Book Description
The new two-in-one omnibus featuring two classic novels of Vlad Taltos and his winged jhereg companions-Athyra and Orca. Vlad Taltos is a sorcerer and assassin without peer-as deadly at spell casting as he is with sword wielding. Accompanying him on his journeys are two leathery-winged jhereg who share a telepathic link with Vlad--and triple his chances against even the most powerful of enemies... In Athyra, Vlad finds he's ready to retire himself and his jhereg companions, but the biggest hitters of the House of the Jhereg have something else in mind. In Orca, Vlad must repay a debt to a boy who saved his life-even if it means breaking a scandal big enough to bring down the House of the Orca, and possibly the entire Empire.


About the Author
Steven Brust is the author of Jhereg, Yendi, Teckla, Taltos, Phoenix, Athyra, Orca, and Dragon.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
The Book of Athyra is a new omnibus edition including two of Steven Brust's best Vlad Taltos novels, Athyra and Orca. Vlad is a human assassin and sorcerer on the run from members of a powerful faction bent on revenge. Being an "Easterner" in an empire of elves, Vlad is always the outsider -- and he is made even more conspicuous because of his two jhereg (small flying reptiles) friends with which he shares telepathic links.

In Athyra, Vlad wanders into a small Dragaeran village just after an elf is found dead. Everyone suspects the strange outsider, but Vlad thinks he knows who did it: an undead necromancer who happens to be the baron of the area. Vlad befriends a young elf named Savn to help him figure out the mystery. But time is running out for Vlad as the suspicious townspeople -- and the undead wizard and his assassin -- close in￯﾿ﾽ

Orca continues where Athyra leaves off. Vlad and Savn are wandering the realm when they stumble into another mystery involving the untimely death of a wealthy baron. As Vlad investigates the matter with the help of Kiera, a master thief, he uncovers a scandal that could affect the entire Empire.

Vlad's dry sense of humor and the telepathic dialogue with his wisecracking jhereg buddies make these fantasy novels highly enjoyable. Paul Goat Allen

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"Vlad Taltos is a sorcerer and assassin without peer - as deadly at spell casting as he is with sword wielding. Accompanying him on his journeys are two leather-winged jhereg who share a telepathic link with Vlad - and triple his chances against even the most powerful enemies..." In Athyra, Vlad finds he's ready to retire himself and his jhereg companions, but the biggest hitters of the House of Jhereg have something else in mind. In Orca, Vlad must repay a debt to a boy who saved his life - even if it means breaking a financial scandal big enough to bring down the House of the Orca, and possibly the entire Empire.

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