--- Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > Considering the interest here in Patrick O'Brien's books, I'd like to > recommend Naomi Novik's _His Majesty's Dragon_ (_Temeraire_ in the > UK) which is also about the Napoleanic Wars (plus dragons). The > first 45 pages take place at sea, during which the main character > hatches and bonds with a flying lizard. When I read "during which the main character hatches and bonds with a flying lizard", my first thought was, "The main character is a dragon?!" ... Boinggg!! m a m __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com