Alta (book)
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Alta is the second book (the first is Joust) in the planned Dragon Jousters tetralogy by Mercedes Lackey. It is set in a fictionalized version of the pre-Pharaonic Lower Kingdom of Egypt. Lackey stated on her website that she intented Alta to to be a fusion of predynastic Lower Egypt and Atlantis, with more emphasis on the former than the latter. The Atlantis connection is not readily apparent in Alta, but becomes a bit more obvious towards the end of the sequel, Sanctuary.
In this story, Kiron flies on Avatre to the place of his birth, Alta, with the help of the Bedu. There he tells the Jousters the secret to having tame dragons--and finds himself supervising eight boys about his age in tending to their new dragon eggs.
