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Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
4.0

Temeraire in Africa! And a delicious double-rich blend of draconic and cultural world-building, to fulfill an anti-colonial, anti-racist wish fulfillment fantasy which I found very sympathetic.

I won't spoil this one for anyone, but I couldn't help a grim nod in places.

Also, the full implications of a draconic influenza epidemic are explored in this novel, in ways that genuinely surprised me.

Temeraire forever.