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The World of Dragaera

There are two series set in the world of Dragaera, namely
The Khaavren Romances and The Vlad Taltos novels. They are set
in different periods in the world, but some characters are common
to both series.

Steven Burst - Vlad Taltos Series

The Vlad Taltos series is set on what is apparently another planet,
in an Empire mostly inhabited and ruled by the Dragaerans, who are
humanoid but have such differences as greatly extended lifespans
and heights averaging about 7 feet. Referred to as "elfs" by some
humans, they refer to themselves as "human". The Dragaeran Empire
controls the majority of the landmass known to it on the planet,
and does not greatly concern itself with the rest. Vlad Taltos is
one of the human minority (known by Dragaerans as "Easterners"),
which exists as a lower class in the Empire. Vlad also practices
the human art of witchcraft; "taltos" is Hungarian for a kind of
supernatural person in folklore. Though human, he is a citizen of
the Empire because his social-climbing father bought a title in one
of the less reputable of the 17 Dragaeran Great Houses. The only
Great House that sells memberships this way is, not coincidentally,
also the one that maintains a criminal organization. Vlad proves
surprisingly successful in this organization. Despite being a human
and a criminal, he has a number of high-ranking Dragaeran friends,
and often gets caught up in important events.
Brust has written thirteen novels in the series, which is proposed
to run to nineteen novels . one named for each of the Great Houses,
one named for Vlad himself, and a final novel which Brust has said
will be titled The Final Contract. The first three novels resemble
private-eye detective stories, perhaps the closest being Robert B.
Parker's Spenser series. The later novels are more varied than the
first three. Though they read like fantasy, there are science-
fictional explanations for some things.

Vlad Taltos
There are currently 13 novels in the series(19 are planned).
Jhereg (1983)
Yendi (1984)
Teckla (1987)
Taltos (1988)
Phoenix (1990)
Athyra (1993)
Orca (1996)
Dragon (1998)
Issola (2001)
Dzur (2006)
Jhegaala (2008)
Iorich (2010)
Tiassa (2011)

Steven Brust - Khaavren Romances Series

The series consists of three books and has been completed.
The Phoenix Guards (1991)
Five Hundred Years After (1994)
The Viscount of Adrilankha, published in three volumes:
The Paths of the Dead (2002)
The Lord of Castle Black (2003)
Sethra Lavode (2004)

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