Black Powder War

Last time I saw Temeraire he was thinking of heading back to Britain, on a mission to bring Chinese wisdom and liberty (if not the Chinese climate) to his friends. Which is good of him, if a little optimistic. Goodness knows it's hard enough to get British people to think that education is a good idea, so hopefully British dragons are a little less hopeless in that department, or he's got his work cut out for him. Just about to think about heading for home, he and his crew are waylaid by a letter from the Admiralty telling them to head for Turkey sharpish, and pick up some dragons' eggs. So this time we're in for a long trek cross-country, over mountains and desert, in an attempt to obtain Britain's first fire-breather.

( Although they might wind up wishing they'd left her out East... )