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First published in Great Britain by Ballantine Books 2013
Copyright © Naomi Novik 2013
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Source ISBN: 9780007569083
Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007569090
Version: 2016-08-31
To Cynthia Manson, my amazing agent and friend, with much love and gratitude
Contents
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
Water lapping salt at his cheek roused him, a fresh cold trickle finding its way into the hollow of sand where his face rested. It spurred him: with an effort he pushed to hands and knees and then up, to stagger indecorously
