Issola by Steven Brust

Issola is my favorite book in the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust.

I would not recommend this book for people that are unfamiliar with the series.  You would be missing far to much of the back story for many of the plot lines to truly make sense.

For fans of the series, I wholeheartedly endorse it, as I mentioned above this is my personal favorite of the series.


The story begins with Lady Teldra finding Vlad in the wilderness.  She has come to request his aid in locating some missing people.  Then the trouble begins.

Spoiler Alert  Don't click the read more unless you want some spoilers or have already read the book.

Tiassa by Steven Brust

Tiassa is a bit disjointed in time, part of that is Brust is having fun with his writing, also there are characters that are not strictly bound by time.

For die hard Brust fans, or die hard Vlad fans (ME!) it is a must read.  If you don't know the characters or author I would suggest starting at the beginning or with Issola which is my personal favorite of the Vlad Taltos series.

Brust is a fan of Dumas, and the last third of this book is written in that style.

Steven Brust's webpage.

Steve also has one DVD he recorded, I found it amusing,  A Rose For Iconoclastes.