Book Review: Black Powder War

This was one of two dragon-related novels I got for my latest birthday. I gave priority to the safer bet in the wake of a gloomy story. Sad things can happen in the Temeraire series, but they don't cast a pall over the whole read.

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For a brief interlude, I'm reading The Little Prince. High time I knew more about the classic juvenile story than what I'd gleaned from a few sources, including the barely faithful movie.