Anybody else into the Temeraire series? The latest book just came out today. No spoilers as I've only read a couple of chapters...I downloaded it at 2 a.m. and read a couple of chapters before bed, then nearly missed my train stop on the way to work this morning with my nose in my Cybook!
I do love this series and Naomi is in top form so far--the dragons are great, the action is superb, the dialogue and historical details are top-rate, but Temeraire and Laurence are separated and it's breaking my heart. I generally don't go in for slash but they are my interspecies OTP.
Obviously just putting dragons in the Napoleonic Wars makes this series alternate history, but she's really going out there this time--Napoleon's invading England. Well, not too far into it yet, so I can't speak too much to plot, but it's a humdinger and page-turner (er, button-pusher? LOL) so far. Wellington's just showed up! Wheeee! (Not Wellington yet, of course, just "General Wellesley.") And I believe Nelson's still around...he survived Trafalgar if memory serves. I would like to see them have scenes together though I dare say both their egos wouldn't fit in one room.
I do want to have a bit of a rant about the (Mobipocket) ebook's aesthetics, though. I don't mind paying almost-hardback prices, because I want to read the book now and that's what it costs. But for that price I expect the REAL cover art, not some crappy-looking placeholder, and I would really like to be able to justify the frakking text. I feel like I'm reading the free-verse version of the Napoleonic wars. Somebody at Ballantine will be receiving a strongly-worded e-mail.