Tiassa
A Novel of Vlad Taltos
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4.2 • 115 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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.
Steven Brust's Tiassa tells a story that threads its way through more than ten years of the remarkable life of Vlad Taltos—and, to the delight of longtime fans, brings him together with Khaavren, from The Phoenix Guards and its sequels. Khaavren may be Vlad's best friend—or his most terrible enemy.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The 18th novel (after 2010's Iorich) in Brust's sprawling Dragaera fantasy series is a wonderful return to form, setting assassin hero Vlad Taltos in a contest of wits and wills against imperial guard captain Khaavren, the formidable protagonist of 1992's The Phoenix Guards. On the run from his former employers, the Jhereg, Vlad swings back into town for a surreptitious visit to his family and finds himself wanted all over again by Khaavren, who is chasing a magical silver statue of a tiassa. A cat-and-mouse game ensues, full of plots, counterplots, unlikely disguises, swordfights, and mistaken identities. Fans will love the full cast of favorite characters and the resolution of longstanding plots and mysteries, and like most of Brust's books, this witty, wry tale stands well alone and is very accessible to new readers.
Customer Reviews
Whew!
Just finished this last night and I am consistently amazed by the depth of allegory in Brust's works. This work goes into Thai and Indian folklore and relates a very well thought plot line based loosely on the Bhagavad Ghita. While he glosses over scenery and setting, his dialogue is rife with thought-provoking commentary bordering on the didactic but all of it fits the characterizations of each speaker beautifully. If you are unacquainted with Brust's work, start with his earlier works and build up to this one. If you do know his work, you will find this entertaining. Personally, I put Stephen Brust in the same quality of writer as Robert Heinlein, Gordon Dickson, and Roger Zelazny.
Tiassa
I've read better but then of course I've read worse. Suffice to say that Brust has returned to form and my money was well spent on this book.