Black Powder War
- 365
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best First Novel
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Our view
“Black Powder War” keeps the Temeraire series on course: a long journey that ends among the land battles of the Napoleonic wars. The fighting can hold even those indifferent to military manoeuvres, and the characters keep growing. Some readers see the previous volume’s pattern return, long travel and then a burst of events on arrival, and want something new by book three. Those already fond of the dragon will be glad of more.
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About the book
Black Powder War is the third novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik. The novel was first published by Del Rey in the United States on May 30, 2006, and by Voyager in the United Kingdom in August 2007.
Reading order · Temeraire
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 254 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 8 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 246 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is Black Powder War?
It has 365 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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