Sanctuary

Dragon Mage Saga #3

by Rohan M. Vider

A magic apocalypse. A new world. Elves, orcs, dragons. And at the center of it THE DRAGON MAGE.

The long-awaited third installment in the Dragon Mage Saga is coming soon!
Jamie and Sierra have managed to establish a foothold in Overworld, but legion are those who hungrily eye their territory. Will Jamie be able to hold them at bay? Or will the inexorable might of the other races prove too great to bear?

Continue reading the award-winning epic fantasy of one man’s journey to save humanity!

Genres: Litrpg, Fantasy

282 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 31, 2025

About the author

Wander through epic worlds of dungeons, dragons, and magic created by fantasy author, Rohan M. Vider.

Reader. Gamer. Writer. That's me :).
I enjoy creating worlds for readers to explore, and of course amazing magic for my characters to wield!

You can support my writing on: PATREON , and follow me on social media through: My Site, Goodreads, Facebook, or Twitter.

Still writing,
Rohan.

Reviews

[Gareth Otton]

The big thing missing from this series is downtime for the characters to get to enjoy something for a change. They continually move from one disaster to the next, never actually getting a chance to enjoy any aspect of their new existence (like having magic powers or having the limitations of their old lives removed). I understand that the series is high-stakes, and it's not intended to be anything remotely joyful (especially when dealing with topics like the destruction of Earth and the enslavement of what remains of humanity), but not taking the time to explore anything remotely hopeful leaves the series feeling really one-dimensional.

It's made this series not just tedious to read, but something I am actually not looking forward to continuing with. There's no light that I feel like I am moving towards, nothing to enjoy along the journey. There is just danger, characters desperately growing strong enough to overcome that danger, with more danger waiting for them afterwards.

It's disappointing, and I'm probably going to leave the series here.

[Murphies_law]

Nice but not great

I had to reread the earlier books as they have veen published years ago and i had forgotten the plot.

In my opinion the story progressed way too fast. Despite not having properly explored and pacified the surrounding area of their starting town, the whole of this book is about defending a second town against the forces of two patrons already.

Criticism and comments

Luckily, food seems to beno concern in this world. Otherwise at least Sanctuary would be rather doomed!

The statements about the Arkon field felt inconsistent and contradictory! The other races are not supposed to be able to cross either its borders nor the ones claimed by human factions but the orks seemingly do whatever they want..

Once again struggled with the levels of the humans. They seemed inexplicable high.

The enemy's communication is never explained. Sometimes they seem to be able to contact each other super fast over big distances, then again they can't..

[Nelfi]

First 2 books, 3.5 stars.

This book is a mess and mc is an idiot. Constantly plot armor, constantly bending rules, mc gets all the advantages.

World building is terrible, the entire orc can pass arken shield is already horrible design, but be able to siege a system protected settlement at range is just cringe-design.

Power system is ok’ish, spellcrafting is a horrible and lazy system; mc just costantly pulls spells out of his ass.

I love apocalypse litrpg ‘clean slate’ type of book series, but no. Just no.

[Thorsten]

As is often the case in this genre, the greatest deficit of this book is its attempt to be litrpg. If the MC were just a powerful mage, he’d be just a typical OP MC, and I’d move on. But because an underlying game system and mechanics support everything that happens, you are constantly pulled out of the moment when the MC does things in complete defiance of the game system.

What’s the point of writing litrpg if your MC is the exception to every rule?

[J.D. Glasscock]

Finally

This was the first litrpg I ever read that led me to eventually over a year later becoming an author... Beautiful that it's back and with gusto.
Highly recommend
JD Glasscock
Author of the Series Blood Brothers, Nocturne and Warborn

[William Howe]

long awaited

Patience is rewarded!

A few new threads added to the tapestry: svartalfar and their thralls; gnomes; and more from the temple guide.

Not as long as wait for the next one (March 2026).

[Fredrick B]

good but way too short, less than 250 pages is not a book

The story is good and making progress but at its current rate of release and the depth of the book I’ll be long dead before the series is completed. Looking for to the next one.

[Kat]

4.5 stars. I was pleased that the author resumed work on this series. Book 3 was another quick read. I appreciate that the MC while advancing faster than anyone else in the story, is not as ridiculously over powered as many authors have done with their series.

[Anthony Milton]

Did not disappoint

I was sad that I had to wait as long as I did for book three,but I understand had good work can’t be rushed.This was definitely good work.

[andrew]

Long awaited return!

Long awaited return of another story from author Vider. Always a good read for his original creativity in his stories.

[Peter]

Great book

Stellar work once again from Rohan M. Video! Lots of action and adventure, magic and monsters. Looking forward to the next one!

[Robert L.]

Very good book

This is a fine LitRPG fantasy adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like the Shadow Lions. I cannot wait to read the sequel.

[Qasim]

Captivating till the very end

Every page leaves you itching to find out what happens next. A very hard book and series to put down once picked up and already one of my favourites.

[LaziMantis Vasquez]

Awesome book

So far there is nothing at all I don't like about this series, the romance amd friendships seem very authentic and believable looking forward to the next book