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Débordé par la puissance de feu des Mondes syndiqués, le légendaire capitaine « Black Jack » Geary poursuit son dangereux repli à travers l’espace ennemi. « Ressuscité des morts » au bout d’un siècle d’animation suspendue et rendu à la flotte de l’Alliance, il tente désespérément de la ramener au bercail avec son précieux trophée, la clef de l’hypernet du Syndic, qui est aussi celle de la victoire… La flotte ne comptait pas s’attarder dans le système en déshérence de Sutrah, mais c’était avant d’apprendre qu’il hébergeait des milliers de prisonniers de guerre. Dont le flamboyant capitaine Francesco Falco, autrefois adoré des médias et des foules, adulé par ses troupes, privé de combats et de gloire par vingt ans de captivité. Héros contre héros, « Black Jack » contre Falco le « battant », un duel d’influence se prépare au sein de la flotte. Le plus grand danger désormais ne vient-il pas de l’intérieur ?

The fifth adventure of Captain William Laurence and his extraordinary fighting dragon, Temeraire, as they travel from the shores of Britain to China and Africa.

Laurence and Temeraire have betrayed the British. They have foiled their attempts to inflict death upon the French dragons by sharing the cure they found in Africa with their enemy. But following their conscience has a price. Laurence feels he must return to face the consequences, and as soon as they land they are taken into custody. Laurence is condemned to the gallows and Temeraire faces a life of captivity in the breeding grounds. None of their friends or allies can come to their aid, for every hand is needed elsewhere. Britain is completely unprepared for Bonaparte invasion and the advanced tactics of his own celestial dragon -- Temeraire's mortal enemy -- Lien.

Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England's shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons' ranks - forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected - and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France's ever bolder sorties.

Bonaparte's dragons are already harrowing Britain's ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure to the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what lies in store beyond the horizon or for those left behind to wait, hope, and hold the line.