Vlad Taltos Series by Steven Brust, Alan Zelenetz

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  • Jhereg (Vlad Taltos #1)
    #1

    Jhereg (Vlad Taltos #1)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings · published 1983

    The first to be published, this is actually the fourth novel in the timeline of the VLAD TALTOS series. The books recount the adventures of the wisecracking hired killer Vlad, a human on a planet mainly inhabited by the long-lived, extremely tall sorcerers known as the Dragaerans. One of the most powerful bosses in the Jhereg--Dragaera's premier criminal organization--hires Vlad, one of their guild members, to assassinate Mellar, who stole millions from the Jhereg leadership and fled... more

  • Steven Brust's Jhereg - The Graphic Novel (Vlad Taltos #1)
    #1

    Steven Brust's Jhereg - The Graphic Novel (Vlad Taltos #1)

    Alan Zelenetz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1990

    Paperback. Epic graphic novel by Alan Zelenetz and John Pierard. The first graphic novel based on Brust's anti-hero, Vlad Taltos. Follow our assassin, Vlad, and his companion, a dragon-like creature, who possesses poisonous teeth. These two are bad boys indeed.

  • Yendi (Vlad Taltos #2)
    #2

    Yendi (Vlad Taltos #2)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings · published 1984

    Vlad Taltos tells the story of his early days in the House Jhereg, how he found himself in a Jhereg war, and how he fell in love with the wonderful woman, Cawti, who killed him.

  • Teckla (Vlad Taltos #3)
    #3

    Teckla (Vlad Taltos #3)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 1986

    The third to be published, this is actually the fifth entry in the timeline of the VLAD TALTOS books, and it represents a darker, more serious turn in the series. Vladimir Taltos is a short-lived, short-statured Easterner (what we would call a human) in a world mostly populated by the long-lived, extremely tall Dragaerans. He is also an assassin and petty crimelord. His lifestyle and career require some difficult moral choices... more

  • The Book of Jhereg (Vlad Taltos #1-3)
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    The Book of Jhereg (Vlad Taltos #1-3)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1983

    A welcome addition to any fantasy fan's library, The Book of Jhereg follows the antics of the wise-cracking assassin Vlad Taltos and his dragon-like companion through their first three adventures: Jhereg, Yendi, and Teckla. From his rookie assassin days to his selfless feats of heroism, the dauntless Vlad will hold readers spellbound and The Book of Jhereg will take its place among the classic compilations in fantasy.

  • Taltos (Vlad Taltos #4)
    #4

    Taltos (Vlad Taltos #4)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 1988

    Journey to the land of the dead. All expenses paid!Not my idea of an ideal vacation, but this was work. After all, even an assassin has to earn a living. The trouble is, everyone knows that a living human cannot walk the Paths of the Dead, and return, alive, to the land of men. But being an Easterner is not exactly like being human, by Dragaeran standards anyway. Thus, the rule doesn't apply to me... I hope.

  • Phoenix (Vlad Taltos #5)
    #5

    Phoenix (Vlad Taltos #5)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 1990

    Verra, Vlad's patron goddess, hires him to assassinate a king whose country lies outside the Dragaeran Empire, resulting in increased tension between the two places. Meanwhile, the peasant Teckla and the human Easterners persevere in their fight for civil rights. As Vlad's wife Cawti is a firm partisan of the movement, and Vlad is not, their marriage continues to suffer, causing Vlad to make some decisions that will change his life forever.

  • The Book of Taltos (Vlad Taltos #4-5)
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    The Book of Taltos (Vlad Taltos #4-5)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2002

    In a world where other races live centuries, human Easterner Vlad narrates. Loiosh, fatally venomous jhereg dragonet, distracts and attacks from assassin's shoulder. 4 Taltos - Thief Kiera teaches, gives him vial of goddess blood. Philanderer wastes assassin wages on girls. Morrolan and vampire Sethra trick him to fetch their ancestor Aliera from gods in the Halls of the Dead. Goddess Verra helps... more

  • Athyra (Vlad Taltos #6)
    #6

    Athyra (Vlad Taltos #6)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 1993

    Vlad Taltos is very good at killing people. That, combined with two faithful companions and a talent for witchcraft, makes him an assassin par excellence. But lately his heart just hasn't been in his work, so he decides to retire. Unfortunately, old enemies have scores to settle with Vlad. So much for retirement! Advertising in Locus.

  • Orca (Vlad Taltos #7)
    #7

    Orca (Vlad Taltos #7)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 1996

    Granted, walking around with two jhereg on your shoulders is not the best disguise for an ex-assassin wanted all over the Empire. But a young boy saved his life and then needs help, Vlad Taltos pays his debt--even if it means uncovering a financial scandal big enough to bring down the House of the Orca and the entire Empire.

  • The Book of Athyra (Vlad Taltos #6-7)
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    The Book of Athyra (Vlad Taltos #6-7)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2003

    The Book of Jhereg and The Book of Taltos collected the first five novels of Steven Brust’s highly imaginative fantasy series that Locus praised as “entertaining and worth reading.” The Book of Athyra features books six and seven in the series—Athyra and Orca. Vlad Taltos is a sorcerer and assassin without peer—as deadly at spell casting as he is with sword wielding... more

  • Dragon (Vlad Taltos #8)
    #8

    Dragon (Vlad Taltos #8)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 1998

    In which Vlad Taltos finds himself, much to his surprise, at the fateful Battle of Baritt's TombMarching through mud just isn't as much fun as they say.After years of surviving in Adrilankha by practicing the trade he knows best--killing people for a living--suddenly Vlad Taltos finds himself in the last place any self-respecting assassin wants to be: the army... more

  • Issola (Vlad Taltos #9)
    #9

    Issola (Vlad Taltos #9)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 2001

    Okay, so maybe I've been living in the woods too long, where you can't even get a decent cup of klava first thing in the morning. So who should turn up but Lady Teldra, the courtly servant of my old friend the Dragonlord Morrolan?Teldra wants my help, because Morrolan and Aliera have disappeared, and according to Sethra Lavode, it looks like they may be in the hands of the Jenoine. Do I want to mess with them? The guys who made this place? And I thought I had problems before.. more

  • Dragon & Issola (Vlad Taltos #8-9)
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    Dragon & Issola (Vlad Taltos #8-9)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2001

    Celebrated as one of fantasy's freshest and liveliest voices, Steven Brust is perhaps best know for his witty and wildly popular swashbuckling tales Jhereg, Yendi, and Teckla, in which assassin and crimlord Vlad Taltos struggles to make a living int he perilous Empire of the Dragaerans. Now, in one handy volume, are the two newest adventures of Vlad Taltos, human in aworld of near-immortal Dragaeran "elfs," witch and telepathic partner to the winged-lizard Loiosh... more

  • Dzur (Vlad Taltos #10)
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    Dzur (Vlad Taltos #10)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2006

    In which Vlad Taltos confronts the Left Hand of the Jhereg...and discovers the game has more players than he thoughtVlad Taltos, short-statured, short-lived human in an Empire of tall, long-lived Dragaerans, has always had to keep his wits about him. Long ago, he made a place for himself as a captain of the Jhereg, the noble house that runs the rackets in the great imperial city of Adrilankha... more

  • Jhegaala (Vlad Taltos #11)
    #11

    Jhegaala (Vlad Taltos #11)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 2008

    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... more

  • The Book of Dzur: Comprising the Novels Dzur and Jhegaala (Vlad Taltos #10-11)
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    The Book of Dzur: Comprising the Novels Dzur and Jhegaala (Vlad Taltos #10-11)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 2011

    The first seven of Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels have long been in print from Ace Books in a set of three trade paperback omnibuses. In Spring 2011, Tor put the next two Vlad books, Dragon and Issola, into print as a trade paperback entitled The Book of Dragon. Now we continue with the next two, collecting the New York Times-bestselling Dzur and Jhegaala into The Book of Dzur.In Dzur, Vlad is back in the great city of Adrilankha, with a price on his head... more

  • Iorich (Vlad Taltos #12)
    #12

    Iorich (Vlad Taltos #12)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 2009

    House Jhereg, Dragaera's organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos. There's a big price on his head on Draegara City. Then he hears disturbing news. Aliera--longtime friend, sometime ally--has been arrested by the Empire on a charge of practicing elder sorcery, a capital crime.It doesn't make sense. Everybody knows Aliera's been dabbling in elder sorcery for ages... more

  • Tiassa (Vlad Taltos #13)
    #13

    Tiassa (Vlad Taltos #13)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2011

    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... more

  • Hawk (Vlad Taltos #14)
    #14

    Hawk (Vlad Taltos #14)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2014

    Years ago, Vlad Taltos came to make his way as a human amidst the impossibly tall, fantastically long-lived natives of the Dragaeran Empire. He joined the Jhereg, the Dragaeran House (of which there are seventeen) that handles the Empire's vices: gambling, rackets, organized crime. He became a professional assassin. He was good at it.But that was then, before Vlad and the Jhereg became mortal enemies... more

  • Vallista (Vlad Taltos #15)
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    Vallista (Vlad Taltos #15)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2017

    Vlad Taltos is an Easterner an underprivileged human in an Empire of tall, powerful, long-lived Dragaerans. He made a career for himself in House Jhereg, the Dragaeran clan in charge of the Empire s organized crime. But the day came when the Jhereg wanted Vlad dead, and he s been on the run ever since. He has plenty of friends among the Dragaeran highborn, including an undead wizard and a god or two. But as long as the Jhereg have a price on his head, Vlad s life is messy... more

  • Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos #16)
    #16

    Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos #16)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2023

    Tsalmoth is the next installment in Steven Brust's bestselling Vlad Taltos series--hold on to your hats and get ready for another swashbuckling adventure!First comes love. Then comes marriage...Vlad Taltos is in love. With a former assassin who may just be better than he is at the Game. Women like this don't come along every day and no way is he passing up a sure bet.So a wedding is being planned. Along with a shady deal gone wrong and a dead man who owes Vlad money... more

  • Lyorn (Vlad Taltos #17)
    #17

    Lyorn (Vlad Taltos #17)

    Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2024

    All The World's A Happy Stage. Until the knives come out... Lyorn is the next adventure in Steven Brust’s bestselling Vlad Taltos seriesAnother Opening…Another Cataclysm?Vlad Taltos is on the run. Again. This time from one of the most powerful forces in his world, the Left Hand, who are intent on ending his very lucrative career. Permanently... more

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