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Vlad Taltos returns as Stephen Brusts's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series continues with Hawk...Years ago, Vlad Taltos came from the East, 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 wa...

The latest novel in the "New York Times"-bestselling Vlad Taltos series. House Jhereg, Dragaera's organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad. And now, there's a big price on his head.

Tiassa is the New York Times bestselling thirteenth novel in Steven Brust's most enduringly popular series in modern adventure fantasy, Vlad Taltos. Once, Vlad Taltos knew his trade: he killed people for a living. That skill got him his foothold in House Jhereg, running the rackets for a chunk of urban Adrilankha. Later, things happened that left Vlad a changed man, on the run from the Jhereg and frequently involved in the affairs of Dragonlor...

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After years of surviving in Adrilankha by practicing the trade I know best--killing people for a living--suddenly I'm in the last place any self-respecting assassin wants to be: the army. Worse, I'm right in the middle of a apocalyptic battle between two sorcerous armies, and everyone expects me to play a role they won't explain. All I've got between me and the worst kind of death is my wits. Oh, and a smart-mouthed winged lizard...

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Continuing the swashbuckling epic begun in the "The Paths of the Dead, " Brust gives Vlad Taltos and Khaavren fans alike a new look at one of his most popular characters, the Dragonlord Morrolan.

Now available in paperback--the sequel to "The Paths of the Dead" and "The Lord of Castle Black" is the culmination of the bestselling epic begun with "The Phoenix Guards.

A terrific entry point for new readers into the New York Times bestselling Vlad Taltos series, which features Vlad's return to his homeland in the midst of great danger.

Years ago, Vlad Taltos came from the East, 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.

Two hundred years ago, Adron's Disaster destroyed Dragaera City, killed the Emperor, and deprived the entire Dragaeran Empire of the ability to use sorcery. It's been a rough Interregnum. The children of the great adventurers Khaavren, Aerich, Tazendra, and Pel are growing up in a seemingly diminished world. Like their elders, they're convinced that the age of adventures is over, and that nothing interesting will ever happen to any of them. Th...

Cigany is the gypsy, stalking the city in a cloud of magic. Stepovich is the seasoned cop, who keeps finding dead bodies in the gypsy's wake. The Fair Lady is Queen of the Underworld, drawing them both into her murderous web . . . until only the gypsy's broken memories stand between Stepovich's beloved city and the Lady's dark designs.

Vlad is back in the great city of Adrilankha, with a price on his head. He decides to hide out among his relatives in faraway Fenario, in a paper-making town called Burz. At first it's not such a bad place, though the mill reeks to high heaven. But the longer he stays there, the stranger it becomes. 400 pp. 20, 000 print.

This omnibus contains two of Brust's popular Vlad Taltos novels--"Dragon" and"Issola.

Brust presents the latest novel in his "New York Times"-bestselling Vlad Taltos series.

Once upon a time there was a kingdom that lived in darkness, for the sun, the moon and the stars were hidden in a box, and that box was hidden in a sow's belly, and that sow was hidden in a troll's cave, and that cave was hidden at the end of the world.Once upon a time there was a studio of artists who feared they were doomed to obscurity, for though they worked and they worked, no one was interested in the paintings that stood in racks along ...

The first three fantastical adventures of assassin Vlad Taltos-now in one volume.A welcome addition to any fantasy fan's library, The Book of Jhereg follows the antics of the wise-cracking Vlad Taltos and his dragon-like companion through their first three adventures-Jhereg, Yendi, and Teckla. There are many ways for a young man with quick wits and a quick sword to advance in the world. Vlad Taltos chose the route of assassin. From his rookie ...

An extraordinary novel of magic and mystery from two of fantasy's most electrifying young authors. This wild romp leads readers through every corner of mid-nineteenth-century England, from the parlors of the intellectual elite to the dens of the underclass. Not since Wilkie Collins and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has there been such a profusion of guns, sword fights, family intrigues, women disguised as men, secret societies, occult pursuits, philo...

Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels and his swashbuckling tales of Khaavren have earned him an enthusiastic audience world-wide. "To Reign in Hell" does for the epic of Satan's rebellion what Roger Zelazny's "Lord of Light" did for Hindu myth.