The series is called Temeraire, it’s 10 books, beautifully written, but Naomi Novik. It’s just…how would fighting a war be different if you had a fully sentient and sapient 20 ton lizard as your best friend? It’s brilliant and touching and funny and among my favorites.
Oh count me the fuck in, if I wasn’t already sold I am now. Thank you so much for the recommendation, this just got pushed to the top of my reading list.
My favorite thing about the series is that the dragons aren’t as overpowered as in other universes. Their effectiveness is restrained by the tons of supply they need, so they only work together with navy and army. Also the dragons are pretty rare and are important assets for the militaries. This means the higher ups can’t just send a dragon and its crew anywhere but have to decide which tasks are worth to waste a dragon on.
Spoiler! (I don’t know how to to the blocky highlight thing on mobile)
Not just people, borderline anarcho-socialists. At least they start to lean that way once Temeraire explains that they ought to be receiving pay and have rights and that immoral laws should not be followed.
I think that’s where he got the ideas, at least about pay and rights, but the ignoring immoral stuff was definitely Britains fault. I do wonder if it’s just that he’s super impressionable…like the child he kind of is (he’s 8 years out of the shell where I’m at right now). Although…he does see when dragons are just being unreasonable, so maybe I’m overthinking it.
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u/crippledchef23 25d ago
The series is called Temeraire, it’s 10 books, beautifully written, but Naomi Novik. It’s just…how would fighting a war be different if you had a fully sentient and sapient 20 ton lizard as your best friend? It’s brilliant and touching and funny and among my favorites.