Tongues of Serpents

In the sixth installment of Naomi Novik's acclaimed Temeraire series, Captain Will Laurence and his dragon, Temeraire, find themselves exiled to a troubled Australian prison colony after being wrongfully convicted of treason. Caught in a political upheaval following the ousting of military governor William Bligh, they must navigate a treacherous power struggle while undertaking a crucial mission through the Blue Mountains. Their journey takes a perilous turn with the theft of a dragon egg, leading to unexpected discoveries that complicate their mission amidst the ongoing war against Napoleon.