Sanctuary (Dragon Jousters Series #3) by Mercedes Lackey
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- Pub. Date: May 2005
- 432pp
- Sales Rank: 486,892
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2005
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 432pp
- Sales Rank: 486,892
- Series: Dragon Jousters Series, #3
- ISBN-13: 9780756402464
- ISBN: 0756402468
Synopsis
In the third novel of the best-selling Dragon Jousters series, The Altan serf Vetch has escaped the enemy kingdom of Tia, only to find his homeland, Alta, enslaved by the evil Priest-Kings. With a small band of followers, Vetch must gather a secret army of dragon riders to rid their world of war and magical domination once and for all.
Publishers Weekly
In Lackey's well-crafted third Dragon Jousters book (after 2004's Alta), wing-leader Kiron, the former serf known as Vetch, and a disparate group of refugees from the countries of Alta and Tia flee to the desert, to a hidden refuge that the gods have uncovered and named Sanctuary. In Sanctuary, Kiron and a small cadre of Jousters are safe from the evil Magi, who are draining Alta and Tia of their "gifted ones." Kiron and the Jousters with their magnificent dragons, who have as much personality as the human characters, must learn to co-exist in a land of extremes. Kiron discovers that it might be possible to deal with some of the freed dragons of Tia who have gone wild. Even though Sanctuary may be concealed from the diabolical Magi, no one living there can forget their presence. Once again, Kiron and friends must face their fear and brave danger to help save Alta from the Magi's depravity. Spot-on dialogue and just the right amount of exposition mark this rip-roaring adventure as superior fantasy fare. Agent, Scovil, Chichak, Galen. (May 3) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Poorly doneby Anonymous
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May 18, 2007: I would not be suprised if all the bad boys let loose with evil cackles every now and then or if the good guys shone with glorious fervour. Characters are too predictable in good and bad roles and the story line in the first two of this series has held no substance or strenght. After reading a few Mercedes Lackey books her characters all seem to follow the same vein.
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October 02, 2006: I have read a great deal of Mercedes Lackey books. By and large she has very creative and imaginative story lines. I have read at least 17 (that is right SEVENTEEN) of her novels thus far. First off, parents should be made aware that her books should be screened or censored for adult content. Some of them, not all, have vivid adult material as in 'The Fairy Godmother' and the 'Magic's Pawn' (Heralds of Valdemar) trilogy. Overall I enjoy her stories even though I have found her severely lacking in the craft/technique of writing. For the most part I read her books for the creative talent I see in them and try and muck through everything else that should've been cut. Mercedes Lackey had at one point stated on her website that she has a goal to surpass the number of novels written by some author whose name escapes me. Anyhow, the number of books was somewhere around 50 which apparently was what she thought was the greatest number of novels written by a single author. This was incorrect as there have been a few authors who wrote past 100 novels in their lifetimes. Seeing how I can no longer find this statement on her site, I assume she may have later learned of that and removed it. Perhaps her goal to write as many novels as possible is sabatoging the quality of her work? As far as her novels go her publishers/editors ought to be fired as there are many grammar and typographical errors. Where did her editor go? She could go so far with a good editor. There is also a great deal of exposition rather than the 'show don't tell' rule of truly great story writers. It would be nice if writers now a days slipped their political views into a story in a more skilled manner rather than simply expositioning the main character's thoughts or conversations. Over all there were many times in her novels when vocab words were used improperly, there was lots of redundancy, and once in one of the Valdemar novels she switched minor characters' names and roles mid story (obviously by accident). I also agree that the stories tend to move pretty slow. In the Owl Knight's last two books in the series they go on for 3/4 in vivid details about costumes and foods and nothing else. Then in the end it picks up. Seems she does the same with the Alta and Sanctuary books. I could easily see her becoming one of the masters in fiction story telling if she'd simply slow down enough to clean up all the expositions and repetitions . Then find herself someone competent to do all the editing and fix the grammar errors. By and large I blame her editors. (Who's repeating herself now?) Really. It is truly a shame as her story lines and talent are good and her writing skill, though in need of polish as she needs to learn how to cut out the excesssive everyday details, is still pretty vivid. As for the book 'Alta' and 'Sanctuary' of the Dragon Jousters series: I enjoyed them enough to check the series out from the library and am on the waiting list for the last one, 'Aeyrie'. I've decided that until Lackey takes the time to improve her over all writing skill I will not spend my money to buy her books. ('To Take a Thief' was probably one of the better written books of hers I did purchase). Hope this helps.
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