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Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765301475
ISBN: 0765301474
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2008-07-08
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: 2008-07-08
Studio: Tor Books
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Summary: Well written, a few annoyances
Comment: This entry in the Vlad Taltos series was some solid writing by Brust with no significant stylistic "experiments" that are occasionally distracting in a few of his other books. My only real complaint is that he leaves the reader (and Loiosh) in the dark for too long as to what is going on, creating a false sense of suspense through lack of information. Also I would like to have seen a bit more development on some of the antagonists as they were mainly pretty shallow characterizations. All in all a good addition to the series, a must-read for his fans and should be enjoyed by most readers of the genre.
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Summary: Vlad's Back Story Continues
Comment: This, the eleventh book in the Vlad Taltos series, doesn't progress the story left danging in Brust's last book, "Dzur." It is, however, a good background story of Vlad covering the time between Phoenix and Athyra. Vlad, recently separated from his wife, and on the run from assassins from the criminal Jhereg (whom he previously worked for as an assassin himself), decides to seek safer climes and look into his mother's family by leaving the Dragaeran Empire and heads to the East, finding himself in strange lands, and surrounded by even stranger people - other humans. Of course, nothing is easy, and Vlad finds himself having to solve a mystery, protect himself and do it from while flat on his back.
This is not a book for a reader new to the series. You really should start at the beginning with Jhereg and work your way forward. And, you will be rewarded with a well-written, often funny, fantasy series with action, adventure, and mystery.
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Summary: steven brust
Comment: This book answers a good may questions that came up in previous books in this series ,I really enjoyed it, it's my belief that Steven Brust is one of the few great fantasy writer's of all time. I would highly recommend all the books in this series.
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Summary: Oh Steve, what happened to you?
Comment: Steve Brust once described his writing style as:
"Putting as much fun stuff in each page as I can" (paraphrasing)
Please, none of you can tell me that's what he did here!
Lets not be false, obviously we respect Vlad as a human with human weaknesses etc. BUT we also enjoy the fun of fights to the death, magic and duels and gods and exciting things. These aren't just 'who did it' novels, these are adventures! Sad to say, since Issola, Steve has written weak books that seem to do more talking than fun. In Dzur there is no actual point to the story and the book is filled with the descriptions of food (we get it steve you like talking about food, well guess what your readers don't pay to read whole pages of it, get a cook book published if that's what you want).
In THIS book? Are you kidding me? Can you honestly compare this to Taltos? To Jhereg? To Teckla or Pheonix or ANY OF HIS BOOKS???
HOW? this could have been so good, we were all waiting for him to wow
his fellow humans with his magic and skills, so they go : "who the hell ARE you?" kinda thing. And yes, so what if that the predictable thing to do? Steve, remember fun?? I can't find it in this book, it was a chore, it cared nothing for the voyage and only for the conclusion, which was so weak I almost cried. Vlad didn't even do anything that smart, didn't even take care of business. Call me simplistic, but I don't read these books just for Vlad's thoughts, the books need two things: Vlad's thoughts/personality and fun fun fun!!!
Steve, bring back the fun - write the next book after Dzur, get vlad to battle some overwhelming odds that involve magic, gods, and duels. Bring back Sethra and the others, make us read every word of every page, because you are going to lose your biggest fans this way, you have set up Vlad in such a wonderful way in Issola, carry it forwards, fill every page with as much fun stuff as you can, stop being so bloody serious.
All this is said with great love and admiration and hope
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Summary: A Trip to the Homeland
Comment: Jhegaala (2008) is the eleventh fantasy novel of the Vlad Taltos series, following Dzur. Still, the internal chronology puts this novel before the last book. This work fills in some of Vlad's backstory.
In the previous volume, Vlad had problems with women. The Left Hand of the Jhereg was moving into South Adrilankha and Vlad put a stop to it. But Cawti was not pleased.
In this novel, Vlad crosses over the eastern mountains into Fenario fleeing from the Jhereg and searching for his mother's people. His grandfather has taught him many things to smooth his way: customs, politics and culture. And particularly about Guilds and Covens.
As he comes down from the mountain into the forest and finds a road, Vlad goes away from the mountains. He finds it strange to have clear sky and the Furnace overhead. After he walks a while, everything suddenly becomes dark. Only pinpoints of light remain in the sky and they don't shed any light on the terrain.
Vlad is night blind, so he goes off the road, spreads his blanket and sleeps. The next morning, he encounters a young man driving a hay wagon and asks the way to Burz. When the man points along the same way he is walking, Vlad gives him a few coppers and continues down the road.
In this story, Vlad arrives in Burz and asks about his mother's family. Many claim to have no knowledge of the family, but he finally finds a man who tells him where to find their home. He follows the directions and discovers only a recently burned house and bodies.
Vlad has problems with the guildsmen from his first day in Burz. He also cannot find anyone who will direct him to the local coven. The town seems to be filled with very ignorant people.
But Vlad is resourceful and has a Jhereg familiar, who is capable of scouting and following people without being seen. Besides, Vlad can see through the eyes of his familiar and view these people and their actions. Loiosh and his mate Rocza help Vlad ferret out the people who can provide him with the information that he lacks.
Yet, the presence of Loiosh and Rocza on his shoulders proclaims to the townspeople that he is a witch. Some people won't talk to him because of his witchery. And others won't talk to him because his sword shows that he is a noble. These Fenarians are very strange people.
This tale puts Vlad squarely in the middle of a longstanding conflict between the Guild, the Coven and the Count. His own ignorance brings him pain and sorrow. Several somebodies are going to pay for all the harm that they have done.
The story relates misunderstandings and violence from the beginning of Vlad's visit to his maternal homeland. Everybody fears that he is working for their enemy and takes measures against him. Then there are the Jhereg assassins who are stalking him. Enjoy!
Highly recommended for Brust fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of unfamiliar cultures, conflicting interests, and a highly ignorant stranger. Anyone who has not read prior books in this series should start with Jhereg.
-Arthur W. Jordin
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Fresh from the collapse of his marriage, and with the criminal Jhereg organization out to eliminate him, Vlad decides to hide out among his relatives in faraway Fenario. All he knows about them is that their family name is Merss and that they live in a papermaking industrial town called Burz. At first Burz isn’t such a bad place, though the paper mill reeks to high heaven. But the longer he stays there, the stranger it becomes. No one will tell him where to find his relatives. Even stranger, when he mentions the name Merss, people think he’s threatening them. The witches’ coven that every Fenarian town and city should have is nowhere in evidence. And the Guild, which should be protecting the city’s craftsmen and traders, is an oppressive, all-powerful organization, into which no tradesman would ever be admitted. Then a terrible thing happens. In its wake, far from Draegara, without his usual organization working for him, Vlad is going to have to do his sleuthing amidst an alien people: his own.
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