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Brust, Steven

Brust, Steven

Author Biography & Works

Steven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans living on a world called Dragaera. His recent novels also include The Incrementalists (2013) and its sequel The Skill of Our Hands (2017), with co-author Skyler White.

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Books by Brust, Steven

Jhereg

Jhereg

(Vlad Taltos) Start here

The genius of this series lies in the exquisite character development – especially in relation to the hero, Vlad Taltos. We're accustomed to rooting for anti-heroes these days, (Hi, Dexter...

Yendi

Yendi

(Vlad Taltos)

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...

Teckla

Teckla

(Vlad Taltos)

Vlad Taltos, an assassin, takes the side of the Teckla, peasants who are in revolt against the Empire and his own family, the House of Jhereg.

Taltos

Taltos

(Vlad Taltos)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the third installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series! “[Taltos] is...

Phoenix

Phoenix

(Vlad Taltos)

Vlad Taltos is an assassin in the Dragaeran Empire. When someone tries to kill him, his patron goddess Verra saves him, and asks him in return to kill the king...

Book Of The Jhereg

Book Of The Jhereg

(Vlad Taltos)

Steven Brust, while known in some circles, seems to be largely ignored by most fantasy readers these days. For a certain type of fantasy - heavy comic book action with...

Orca

Orca

(Vlad Taltos)

The inspiring and hilarious true story of an unworldly twenty-two year old California surf punk and his faithful girlfriend who tire of their parochial and drama-filled home town. They decide...

Dragon

Dragon

(Vlad Taltos)

Presents an introduction to dragonology that includes spells for catching dragons, their natural history, and descriptions of legendary dragons and dragonslayers.

Issola

Issola

(Vlad Taltos)

Vlad Taltos, a sometime assassin currently on the run from his former associates, is tracked down in his jungle hideout by a most improbable party: Lady Teldra, who has come...

Dzur

Dzur

(Vlad Taltos)

The newest adventure of Vlad Taltos from the bestselling author of Dragon and Issola

Jhegaala

Jhegaala

(Vlad Taltos)

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...

Iorich

Iorich

(Vlad Taltos)

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...

Tiassa

Tiassa

(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....

Vlad Taltos

Vlad Taltos

(Vlad Taltos)

If smartass characters are your thing, then Vlad Taltos by Steven Brust should be at the top of your list. The book is unoriginally named after the protagonist, but in...

Athyra

Athyra

(Vlad Taltos)

Vlad Taltos, a fugitive who has lost a finger, arrives in the village of Smallcliff and meets Savn, the young apprentice of the local physicker. Savn has never seen an...

Orca

Orca

(Vlad Taltos)

Just imagine you are a young orca whale. Your special friends are two cousins and your 100 year-old great grandmother, the clan leader. Based on orca research, this book combines...

Tiassa

Tiassa

(Vlad Taltos)

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...

Phoenix

Phoenix

(Vlad Taltos)

Vlad Taltos is an assassin in the Dragaeran Empire. When someone tries to kill him, his patron goddess Verra saves him, and asks him in return to kill the king...

Orca

Orca

(Vlad Taltos)

A celebrated journalist's eye-opening history of orcas, and an exploration of their relationship with human beings--a must-read for anyone who's ever been moved by these remarkable creatures

Dragon

Dragon

(Vlad Taltos)

A few weeks after the events of Taltos, the Dragon wizard Baritt is dead. Morrolan hires the assassin Vlad Taltos to guard a cache of Morganti weapons in Baritt's home,...

Dzur

Dzur

(Vlad Taltos)

In which Vlad Taltos confronts the Left Hand of the Jhereg...and discovers the game has more players than he thought Vlad Taltos, short-statured, short-lived human in an Empire of tall,...

Jhegaala

Jhegaala

(Vlad Taltos)

The latest in the New York Times bestselling “Vlad Taltos” series: on the run far from Draegara, without his usual organization working for him, Vlad is going to have to...

Iorich

Iorich

(Vlad Taltos)

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...

Tiassa

Tiassa

(Vlad Taltos)

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...

Hawk

Hawk

(Vlad Taltos)

The human assassin and witch Vlad Taltos survives an assassination attempt in his home city of Adrilankha, where he has come to visit his young son and his estranged wife....

Vallista

Vallista

(Vlad Taltos)

The latest in the New York Times bestselling Vlad Taltos series, a wildly satisfying, swashbuckling adventure fantasy from a master of the genre

Vlad the Assassin series (cover not available)

Vlad the Assassin series

Vlad is a mobster, a sorcerer and an assassin who lives in a magical metropolis.

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