General Information

Title:                  Blood of Tyrants: Temeraire, Book 8 (Unabridged)
Author:                 Naomi Novik
Read By:                Simon Vance
Copyright:              2013
Audiobook Copyright:    2013
Publisher:              Tantor Audio
Duration:               13 hours, 48 minutes, 11 seconds
Chapters:               20

Media Information

Source Format:          Audible AAX
Source Sample Rate:     22050 Hz
Source Channels:        2
Source Bitrate:         63 kbits

Lossless Encode:        Yes
Encoded Codec:          AAC / M4B
Encoded Sample Rate:    22050 Hz
Encoded Channels:       2
Encoded Bitrate:        63 kbits

Ripper:                 inAudible 1.91

Book Description

Naomi Novik's beloved Temeraire series, a brilliant combination of fantasy and history that reimagines the Napoleonic wars as fought with the aid of intelligent dragons, is a 21st-century classic. From the first volume, His Majesty's Dragon, listeners have been entranced by the globe-spanning adventures of the resolute Capt. William Laurence and his brave but impulsive dragon, Temeraire. Now, in Blood of Tyrants, the penultimate volume of the series, Novik is at the very height of her powers as she brings her story to its widest, most colorful canvas yet. Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but England's already precarious position in the Far East. Age-old enmities and suspicions have turned the entire region into a powder keg ready to erupt at the slightest spark - a spark that Laurence and Temeraire may unwittingly provide, leaving Britain faced with new enemies just when they most desperately need allies instead. For to the west, another, wider conflagration looms. Napoleon has turned on his former ally, the emperor Alexander of Russia, and is even now leading the largest army the world has ever seen to add that country to his list of conquests. It is there, outside the gates of Moscow, that a reunited Laurence and Temeraire - along with some unexpected allies and old friends - will face their ultimate challenge...and learn whether or not there are stronger ties than memory.