steven brust

The Gypsy Steven Brust, Megan Lindholm Tor Orb, Apr 2005, $23.95, 272 pp. ISBN: 0765311925 In Lakota, Ohio, someone murders a liquor store clerk for the sum of $179 and change. Police Officer Mike “Step” Stepovich arrests the Gypsy, a street wanderer who can’t remember anything. However, the...

Dzur Steven Brust Tor, Aug 2006, $24.95 ISBN: 0765301482 As he sits in a restaurant in Adrilankha preparing to confront the House of the Left Hand of the Jhereg, Vlad Taltos thinks back to when everything changed. He was an assassin working for Neilar chasing after one of his employees who...

Brokedown Palace Steven Brust Orb, Sep 2006, $14.95 ISBN: 0765315041 In the Kingdom of Fenario on the bank of the Faerie River, four brothers rule but compete for ultimate control. King Laszlo is considered a just and kind person, but most of his subjects especially his siblings think he is not...

Freedom & Necessity Steven Brust & Emma Bull Tor Orb, Apr 2007, $15.95 ISBN: 0765316803 In 1849 his family assumes that Chartism revolutionary James Cobham died in a boating accident. Two months after his alleged death, James finds himself at a Portsmouth, England inn with no idea how he got...

Jhegaala Steven Brust Forge, Jul 2008, $24.95 ISBN 9780765301475 Vlad Taltos is upset with his divorce as he married expecting forever. However, he is more concerned over his former employer, Jhereg putting a hit on him for his recent betraying activities. He concludes if he wants to remain...

The Phoenix Guards Steven Brust Orb (Tor), Oct 2008, $14.95 ISBN: 0765319659 In the Dragaeran Empire, the swordsman Khaavren tries to become a member of the Imperial Guard whose mission is to protect the new Phoenix Emperor. On his trek to the capital, he meets three other somewhat wary...

Five Hundred Years After Steven Brust Orb (Tor), Aug 2009, $15.99 ISBN: 9780765319661 FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER the events of THE PHOENIX GUARDS, in which Khaavren fulfilled his life dream to become an Imperial Guard, he remains the same rank with little hope for promotion and no further...

Iorich Steven Brust Tor, Jan 5 2010, $24.95 ISBN: 9780765312082 In Draegara, the House Jhereg crime syndicate has placed a price on the head of Vlad Taltos, who has avoided the mob for several years. However, his skill at staying in hiding ends in a small village tavern when he overhears news...

Tiassa Steven Brust Tor, Apr 10 2012, $14.99 ISBN: 9780765333063 After serving as a top rate assassin for the House Jhereg Vlad Taltos has fled for his life. He sneaks into his hometown to visit his family, but runs into dangerous imperial captain Khaavren of the Phoenix Guards. Vlad has found...

The Paths of the Dead Steven Brust Orb, May 22 2012, $15.99 ISBN: 9780765330307 Two centuries have passed since Adron’s Disaster imploded the Empire with the magical destruction of the capital Dragaera (see The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After) and the loss of the emperor. Many...

I first heard about this through our Goodreads book of the month. Though it's not earth-shattering, the books are entertaining and more complex than your run of the mill assassin story. I'm half-way through Athyra now, and am enjoying reading about Vlad's journey and his self doubt about his...

Maybe there's already a thread like this one out there, and if that's the case I appologise. I adore the Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust. They are some of the wittiest, cleverest and most entertaining fantasy I've ever read. Anyone else who likes them?

Has anyone here read both the Vlad the Assasin books as well as the Viscount of Adrilankha story? I loved the Vlad series (apparently he is currently working on number 9) but I wasn't much taken with Paths of The Dead and couldn't finish it. Was I too hasty in putting it down? I think the...

Anybody? Any Brust fans out there? As you can tell from my tag, I'm a fan of the Dragaera series (the Vlad Taltos saga, Phoenix Guards, etc.) :D