by Steven Brust
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...
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