by Steven Brust
This review assumes you read Jhereg. The story takes a jump back in time (a few years earlier), and gives us another mystery to solve involving criminals and the noble houses. The style of the book is the same, quick, no nonsense, and more background of Vlad is revealed as the plot progresses. ...
Thank goodness I knew beforehand that the Vlad Taltos books aren't written in order of the timeline, or else I would have been really confused. This is the second book in the series to be published, but actually takes place before the first book, to the time when Vlad first meets his wife Cawti.I re...
This book was incredible! As wonderfully written as Jhereg, and with all of the same amazing characters present, I liked it almost as much as the first book. The plot twists were just as fascinating and convoluted, the action was just as tight and perfectly placed, the humor was right in the same ve...
Not sure if I'll ever get around to reading this one, even though I own a copy.
Yendi is the 2nd installment in the Vlad Taltos series, and is actually a prequel to the first book. It establishes some background; how Vlad met Cawti (she tried to kill him) and how he built up his Jhereg territory. There is also the obligatory political problem, which in this case was extremely ...
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