![]() ![]() While Laurence is a relatively mature man, Temeraire is still fairly young, and not as wise to the wide world. Here, in Throne of Jade, with Laurence and Temeraire fully settled into their relationship, Novik tests those bonds throughout novel and presents more of an internalized conflict between British and Chinese sensibilities and ideologies. The first novel dealt primarily with Laurence and Temeraire becoming companions and conflict, primarily on an external level. Of course, both Laurence and Temeraire object to the parting, and soon the two are aboard a sea vessel heading for China, where the Chinese hope they will at last part ways.Īs is the case with Throne of Jade and His Majesty’s Dragon/ Temeraire, it is difficult not to compare a debut novel with its follow-up. The Chinese are a shade removed from appalled when they learn the rare and honored Celestial has been employed as an instrument of war. ![]() Having learned the nature of Temeraire’s unique abilities and physical appearance as a Chinese Celestial, Laurence is soon encouraged by an envoy of the Chinese Emperor to part ways with Temeraire. ![]() After the many brutal skirmishes Laurence and Temeraire experienced in His Majesty’s Dragon/ Temeraire, they are unable to relax as the trials placed upon them have only begun. ![]()
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