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  <title><![CDATA[Alta (Dragon Jousters, #2)]]></title>
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  <default_description>National best-selling fantasy legend Mercedes Lackey created a vivid, dynamic fusion of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of ancient Egypt with the most exciting, authentic and believable portrayal of dragons ever imagined. In the second novel in Mercedes Lackey's richly-conceived Dragon Jousters series, the dragonrider Vetch escapes to Alta, the subjugated land of his birth. There, he hopes to teach his people to raise and train dragons-and build an army that will liberate his homeland.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Alta (Dragon Jousters, #2)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mercedes Lackey]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 12 20:09:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having escaped Tia with Avatre, Vetch journeys to Alta to bring his knowledge of dragon training to his people.  He finds peers and comrades to champion his cause, but discovers that winning war will not be as simple as training a superior crop of Jousters.<br/><br/>I thought the characters were g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71018078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59207240">
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 17:22:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 12 09:36:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very good book about a boy coming home for the first time in a long while. It Starts the begging of a battle between good and evil. Kiron must grow into his name, and grow out of his serf name Vetch. He must create a Army of bonded dragons to help win back his homeland from the Evil Magi. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59207240">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 09 12:54:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 26 15:59:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first book I read of the Dragon Jousters series and I really liked it. I was impressed with the realism of her fantasy. <br/>Also, despite not having read the first book, I never felt &quot;out of the loop&quot; reading this one. She gracefully explained just enough for me to keep up a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77230400">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58635544">
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  <date_added>Sat Jun 06 06:39:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is good entertainment.]]></body>
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    <review id="33927870">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 26 16:39:04 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 11 08:38:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a sequel to Joust, the first book in Lackey's Dragon Jousters series, and follows former slave Kiron and his dragon as they start a new life and train a new wing of dragons in Alta. Even though these books take place in a setting similar to ancient Eygypt, and the dragons and their riders sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33927870">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41809296">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 00:30:45 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 27 20:36:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book even better than &quot;Joust.&quot; I am really impressed with Lackey's story-telling this time around. I appreciate how the character development mixed with the unexpected plot twists. It was fun.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41809296]]></url>
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    <review id="49841914">
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    <body><![CDATA[See my review for Joust]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49841914]]></url>
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    <review id="720358">
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    <name><![CDATA[Debbie]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's always a good thing when you finish a book and the first thought in your head is, &quot;More please!&quot; I enjoyed this one better than Joust. There was political intrigue and lots of great characters. And I loved the Egyptian influences on Lackey's worldbuilding for this series. I can't wait...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/720358">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26749703">
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    <body><![CDATA[While the process of raising dragons begins to be a bit repetitive, the storyline brings in some strong political intregue, a fascinating new culture and good character development for the principle characters.]]></body>
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    <review id="4408560">
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 11 17:09:59 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gets more interesting and starts the beginning of the real storyline.  It ends kind of abruptly though, like most of her stories.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4408560]]></url>
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    <review id="23037073">
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    <body><![CDATA[I think it's good so far..even though I just noticed that i'm reading the second book...and I haven't even read the first!]]></body>
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    <review id="11458365">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best part: watching the dragonets interact.<br/><br/>Didn't care much for Aket-ten. ]]></body>
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    <review id="27573096">
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    <name><![CDATA[Gabrielle]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 17 17:14:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dargaons, dragons, dragons]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27573096]]></url>
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    <review id="9740185">
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    <name><![CDATA[colleen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[read 05.xx.05<br/>good series.]]></body>
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    <review id="18494447">
    <user id="38574">
    <name><![CDATA[Riley]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Same review as Joust.]]></body>
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    <review id="28135538">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 23 22:27:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[*BIO*]]></body>
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