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    <![CDATA[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 paper-making industrial town called Burz.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Then a terrible thing happens. And 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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    <body><![CDATA[Vlad Taltos takes his dragon-like familiars and flees his country back to his mother's homeland to escape the organization that he's royally pissed off.  But Vlad can't escape trouble, and instead of finding a quaint, peaceful village in the country, he is yet again immersed in plots within plots.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53158664">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 paper-making industrial town called Burz.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Then a terrible thing happens. And 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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    <![CDATA[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 paper-making industrial town called Burz.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Then a terrible thing happens. And 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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    <body><![CDATA[Ahhh, an old friend returns. I've been following the adventures of Vlad Talos since the mid-80's. What can I say, I enjoy a little mafia type actions and some reading the adventures of an assassin in a fantasy setting is just so good. One of the most interesting items of Mr. Brust's Taltos series is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69447947">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I started reading the Vlad books in 1998.  Brust is a master at not only creating a world, but putting you in it without any training wheels.  Each book is a spare, humorous, well-edited delight.  Except for the 10th book, &quot;Dzur&quot; which was such a disappointment that I wailed upon completin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49336619">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 paper-making industrial town called Burz.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Then a terrible thing happens. And 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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    <![CDATA[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 paper-making industrial town called Burz.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Then a terrible thing happens. And 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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    <body><![CDATA[In his latest book _Jhegaala_, Steven Brust takes his main character, Vlad Taltos, back to the time right after his marriage ends, and his flight from the Jhereg begins.<br/><br/>I had to think back to the mood of the book _Teckla_, because during this story arc, it was a turning point for Vlad fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28412083">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not the best Vlad Taltos book in the series.  I felt that the whole plot was kind of throw-away, since this one is set after the events of Teckla and Phoenix, and nothing much happens to affect the over all scheme of the series.  However, it was satisfying enough since we've not had a Vlad book in 2...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44919130">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For the other books, the link between the story and the house/cycle/creature was clear.  For this one, the Jhegaala references seemed to be mostly the little 'natural history' blurbs at the beginnings of the chapters, and it came off a bit forced.  <br/><br/>Even worse, I kept waiting for somethin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43359546">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 paper-making industrial town called Burz.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Then a terrible thing happens. And 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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    <body><![CDATA[I think that Jhegaala is Brust's best book in ten years, since Dragon came out in 1998. Chronologically, it takes place between Phoenix and Athyra.<br/><br/>Vlad leaves the Dragaeran Empire and returns to his family's homeland of Fenario.  After years of dealing with killers, many of whom have tur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27069494">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this addition to the Vlad Taltos series, but am giving it a three instead of a four. Not because it deserves to sit with all the other three star books out there, but because it's where it fits in relation to the other books in the series.<br/><br/>As always, Brust delivers a tightl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14431736">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Steven Brust has so Vlad Taltos books out that he has limited his options for more books, both in terms of power and in terms of friends. He has also lost part of the ironic wit that made it so well liked at first, a Raymond Chandler irony that was lacking in Fantasy.<br/><br/>In this book, the el...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65101294">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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