New York: Ballantine, (2006.). First edition - Special small preview booklet with an excerpt from the first book in a unusual historical fantasy series - this introduces the remarkable dragon Temeraire and his heroic captain, Will Laurence, who are thrust into the world of the Aerial Corps, offering aerial support to the British during the Napoleonic Wars. Praise from writers ranging from Stephen King to Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, David Feintuch and others. 30 pp.