Dragon Jousters · Book 3
Sanctuary
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780756402464
- Type
- novel
About this book
Sanctuary (2005, 432 pages) continues Vetch's arc as the third book, deepening Mercedes Lackey's engagement with slavery and forced labor as war and upheaval keep widening his role beyond simple survival.
Its place in Dragon Jousters
Sanctuary is book 3 in the Dragon Jousters series. It follows Alta. It is followed by Aerie. See the full Dragon Jousters reading order.
In a Bronze Age-inflected Egypt-like kingdom locked in a generations-long war with its southern neighbor, dragons are weapons of war, raised from stolen eggs and drugged into loyalty by the low-born "jousters" who ride them into battle. Joust follows Vetch, an enslaved boy forced to serve as a dragon boy, who secretly raises and bonds with a dragon of his own using gentler methods than the brutal training the state relies on — a bond that makes his dragon genuinely his, rather than a controlled weapon. Alta and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756402464