Kaethe

The fun of writing an alternate history, I imagine, is that you can change anything you don't like. let me just say that if Novik were the creator of the universe, rather than just a world, things would probably be both cooler and better.In this installment, our heroes travel to South America, fight, confound and are confounded by the forces of Napoleon, encounter new cultures and consider new ways of doing things. Fun and adventure that never feels brainless. I love these books. Not least because the dragons are obsessed with status, wealth, and who to make eggs with, which is period-appropriate, but so funny. Compares well with Tooth and Claw, which is Trollope with dragons.Library copy.