| | Sea Voyage | Fantasybookspot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | This malady later extended into a disdain for stories featuring any sot of animal companion, and especially those gifted granted extra-lingual capacities, which I attribute to a too healthy dosage of Mercedes Lackey when I was younger as well. |
| | Novik chooses the time of the Napoleonic wars as her backdrop, and in our introduction into Novik’s world we are witnessing the conclusion of a naval battle, involving the HMS Reliant routing an out manned and French frigate, Amitie, reduced to a condition slightly more than a skeleton crew by disease hunger or both. |
| | To Laurence’s surprise his French counterpart did not relinquish the ship until the final outcome was even beyond fortuitous hope, a decision that at first was taken by Laurence as incompetent and irresponsible command. |
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