Tiassa
by:
Steven Brust (author)
Long ago, one of the gods fashioned an artifact called the silver tiassa. To Devera the Wanderer, it's a pretty toy to play with. To Vlad Taltos, it's a handy prop for a con he's running. To the Empire, it's a tool to be used against their greatest enemies—the Jenoine. To the Jhereg, it's a trap...
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Long ago, one of the gods fashioned an artifact called the silver tiassa. To Devera the Wanderer, it's a pretty toy to play with. To Vlad Taltos, it's a handy prop for a con he's running. To the Empire, it's a tool to be used against their greatest enemies—the Jenoine. To the Jhereg, it's a trap to kill Vlad.The silver tiassa, however, had its own agenda.Steven Brust's Tiassa tells a story that threads its way through more than ten years of the remarkable life of Vlad Taltos—and, to the delight of longtime fans, brings him together with Khaavren, from The Phoenix Guards and its sequels. Khaavren may be Vlad’s best friend—or his most terrible enemy.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780765312099 (0765312093)
Publish date: March 29th 2011
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 335
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Humor,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
Speculative Fiction,
Heroic Fantasy,
Sword And Sorcery
Series: Vlad Taltos -5 omnibus (#13)
Perhaps three and a half stars~Initial thoughts: good, but not one of his best. The novel is more like four vignettes; a short story by Devera, a story about an elaborate distraction and con done during the days when Vlad was engaged with Cawti, an incident involving the Jenoine that involves Khaavr...
I love Brust's experiments in storytelling. The ending was a little bit of a letdown after all this great build up, though. I think part two was the best part of the story, mainly because Cawti got to do something awesome again. I'd been rooting for a Vlad/Cawti reunion in part 3 but sadly it didn'...
I enjoyed this more than any Vlad book since Dragon. I'm not necessarily sure that means it was a better book; just that it covers the time periods of Vlad's life that I'm most interested in. I also appreciate that the stories, despite involving gods and (possibly) Jenoine, were smaller scale. I lik...