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Steven Brust is not your average fantasy writer. Like his mentor, Roger Zelazny, he enjoys playing with time. Although Dragon is the eighth book about Vlad to be published, most of it takes place between Taltos, the first book chronologically, and Yendi; interludes and an epilogue occur after Yendi, but before Jhereg. Dragon tells the story of the oft-mentioned Battle of Barritt's Tomb, and how Vlad enlisted in a Dragon army (Dragons are the warrior Dragaerans) and learned that war is nothing like assassination.
Vlad is quick to let readers know the score. "I'll let you stay confused a little longer, and if you don't trust me to clear everything up, then you can go hang. I've been paid." Trust him. Dragon stands alone, but don't miss the others (after Jhereg come Teckla, Phoenix, Athyra, and Orca). It's a fast-moving, satisfying series. --Nona Vero --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
No shit, there I was. . . . We'd been cut up so many ways and so many times we hardly had a skirmish line, and the enemy kept getting reinforced. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Was disappointed at first release,
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This review is from: Dragon (Mass Market Paperback)
I remember reading this book when it came out, and at the time, it was incredibly frustrating. I was looking for story advancement, not character building.This book is an exercise in fleshing out the characters that we know and building on some of the dropped hints in his other books. We get the full story of a significant battle and the revelation of one of the Great Weapons. I love the book; it's extremely well written, and Brust's characterisation is excellent as usual, but I don't necessarily recommend reading it in its publication order. I like reading it right after Jhereg or Taltos. It makes the rest of the series hang together a little better.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting despite being stylistically awkward,
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This review is from: Dragon (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a very interesting work by Brust. Both interesting in that the plot is of interest and the awkward style which doesn't quite work but is also interesting nonetheless.After Orca, we go back in time to Vlad's time in the Dragon army. Vlad originally starts out being the wisecracking crimelord that he was in the beginnning of the series, yet upon volunteering for the armed conflict he seems to be much more like the weary Vlad of Athyra/Orca reviewing his life. It seems Brust's personal growth means you can never go back home again, even if you're a fictional character. Which is all for the best, I didn't like the return to the early shallow wise-cracking Vlad after reading Athyra. I was pleased when the character started displaying a more mature view later in the book. Making matters more complex is the fact that Brust seamlessly weaves three timelines in the book from Vlad's point of view and you are moved from one to the other without warning. We are presented with 1) The Build-up 2) The final confrontation and 3) A post confrontation encounter and we jump from one to the other as Vlad dictates his experiences to a recording device. This struck me as trying to be too clever and artistic and wasn't pulled off well enough. I think Brust's reach didn't meet his goals here. For the plot, we have a comfortable army story, nothing too special but well told. Those who enjoy such tales will enjoy this one.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A change of pace for the Taltos series,
By Timothy Meier (Bakersfield, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dragon (Mass Market Paperback)
This is one of my favorite books from the Vlad Taltos series. This book is slightly different from the other books in the series in that a majority of the action concerns Vlad's time in the army. But the style of writing and sense of humor is still intact, along with Vlad's sidekick/pet LoioshOne of the only problems that I have with this book, and a minor problem at that, is that several different timeframes will be on the same page with no real seperation between them. Once you get used to it you'll be fine, but a bit confusing. You can start the series with this book, but you be better off starting with Taltos and trying to read the series in chronological order as opposed to publication order.
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