Sanctuary
core novel 2005 Dragon Jousters
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (7,872 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756403416 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Sanctuary, the third novel in Mercedes Lackey's Dragon Jousters series, follows Kiron and his wing of hand-raised dragons and their young riders after they flee Alta to escape the increasingly corrupt and power-hungry Magi who have come to dominate the city. Their escape leads them to the rediscovery of Sanctuary, an ancient city long buried by the desert and now revealed, seemingly by the will of the gods, as a possible refuge from the conflict engulfing their homeland. With the immediate danger of the Magi behind them, Kiron and his companions turn to the demanding work of building a functioning community from nothing, drawing in both human refugees and additional dragons as they try to establish Sanctuary as a lasting home rather than a temporary hiding place.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragon Jousters
- Series: Dragon Jousters core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Notes
- From the series record (Dragon Jousters): A separate short story, "Joust", appeared in the shared-world anthology The Dragon Quintet (2004) alongside the novels; kept out of Core as an anthology piece rather than a series novel.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Dragon Jousters: position 3 of 4: previous Alta (2004) · next Aerie (2006)
Sources
- Wikipedia — The Dragon Jousters series
- Penguin Random House — Alta (Dragon Jousters #2)
- https://readingovertheshoulder.com/2016/06/03/dragon-jousters-book-3-sanctuary-by-mercedes-lackey/
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