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Mercedes Lackey: Sanctuary

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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.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication


ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

SIXTEEN

SEVENTEEN

EIGHTEEN

NINETEEN

TWENTY

TWENTY-ONE



Raves for Sanctuary:

“In Lackey’s well-crafted third Dragon Jousters book, 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. Spot-on dialogue and just the right amount of exposition mark this rip-roaring adventure as superior fantasy fare.”—Publishers Weekly


“The tension is palpable throught as Lackey wraps up the trilogy begun by Joust in fine style, remaining true to the characters and their world.”—Booklist


“Fans of dragon-powered fantasy sagas will thoroughly enjoy how Lackey delves into the legendary creatures and their relationship with their human riders.”

The Barnes & Noble Review


“One of Lackey’s trademarks is her sympathetic characters, and she doesn’t disappoint here. Fans will enjoy this satisfying conclusion to the ‘Dragon Jousters’ series.”—Romantic Times



SANCTUARY

NOVELS BY MERCEDES LACKEY available from DAW Books:

THE HERALDS OF VALDEMAR


ARROWS OF THE QUEEN


ARROW’S FLIGHT


ARROW’S FALL


THE LAST HERALD-MAGE


MAGIC’S PAWN


MAGIC’S PROMISE


MAGIC’S PRICE


THE MAGE WINDS


WINDS OF FATE


WINDS OF CHANGE


WINDS OF FURY


THE MAGE STORMS


STORM WARNING


STORM RISING


STORM BREAKING


VOWS AND HONOR


THE OATHBOUND


OATHBREAKERS


OATHBLOOD


BY THE SWORD


BRIGHTLY BURNING


TAKE A THIEF


EXILE’S HONOR


EXILE’S VALOR


VALDEMAR ANTHOLOGIES:


SWORD OF ICE


SUN IN GLORY


CROSSROADS


Written with LARRY DIXON:


THE MAGE WARS


THE BLACK GRYPHON


THE WHITE GRYPHON


THE SILVER GRYPHON


DARIAN’S TALE


OWLFLIGHT


OWLSIGHT


OWLKNIGHT


OTHER NOVELS:


THE BLACK SWAN


THE DRAGON JOUSTERS


JOUST


ALTA


SANCTUARY


THE ELEMENTAL MASTERS


THE SERPENT’S SHADOW


THE GATES OF SLEEP


PHOENIX AND ASHES


THE WIZARD OF LONDON



And don’t miss:


THE VALDEMAR COMPANION


Edited by John Helfers and Denise Little


Copyright © 2005 by Mercedes R. Lackey.

All rights reserved.



DAW Books Collectors No. 1326


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Dedicated to the Lunatics.


You know who you are.

ONE

IT was the silent, blue time before dawn. The air hung cool and still above the pale sand, not a hint, not a breath of breeze, so still one could hear the tick of grain against grain as a thin trickle at the crest of a dune. The desert stretched out all around Sanctuary, as if beneath the calming hand of a god. Or a goddess, perhaps; Nofet, whom the Altans called Nefer-et, the Goddess of Night, had not yet withdrawn the hem of her robe from the land. Re-Haket, the sun, still lingered in the Summerland beyond the Star Bridge.

It would not be cool for much longer, nor still.

Kiron stood on the roof of one of the four buildings that surrounded a courtyard that had been given over for use as the dragons’ sand wallow and leaned on the parapet to watch the dawn come in over the desert. Not difficult; at this point, although there were still refugees finding their way here all the time with the help of the Bedu (also called the Veiled Ones), there was no structure in the entire city that was more than three buildings away from the open sand.

He was, given a choice, not usually awake at this time. But in a little while, the dragons would, slowly, begin to rouse from their slumber, and they would be hungry. Here in Sanctuary, unlike in Alta and Tia, there was no butchery from which to feed them, no Temple sacrifices to provide the carcasses. If the dragons wished to eat, they must hunt like their wild brethren. Hunts were always more successful when the Jouster and dragon hunted as a team. So if the dragons wished to eat, their riders must waken and go out with them.

Kiron might be the first one awake and out today, but by now, the others of his wing were stirring at the very least. He generally didn’t beat the rest by very much. Besides, the terrible heat of the desert at midday in the middle of the Dry meant that their schedules were much changed from Alta. Here, they flew at dawn and dusk, and spent the hottest part of the day well away from the burning rays of the sun.

The sun: Altan Re-Haket was not the kindly Solar Disk, the bringer of life here—oh, no—not “beautiful with banners.” He was not even the Re-Haket that the Tians knew. Here in the desert, he wore the harsher visage of Se-ahketh, the Tester, the Scourge of Fire, he who had no mercy, only an unwinking Eye that tested to destruction. Even the dragons sheltered beneath a canopy from His Eye at midday. Sometimes Kiron wondered—was this where the Magi of Alta had gotten the idea for their unwinking Eye, their scourge of fire?

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