With the help of his two jhereg, sorcerer and former assassin-for-hire Vlad Taltos takes on the corrupt House of the Orca as he sets out to uncover a huge financial scandal.
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### Amazon.com Review
Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels are wildly and deservedly popular. Here Vlad--wanted all over the Empire, and trying to elude capture--aids a young boy who saved his life and probes the secrets of the House of the Orca.
### Review
Vlad is an engaging, wisecracking, hard-boiled sort of character ... bright, bracing, with an appealing sardonic edge. -- *Minneapolis Star Tribune*
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With the help of his two jhereg, sorcerer and former assassin-for-hire Vlad Taltos takes on the corrupt House of the Orca as he sets out to uncover a huge financial scandal. ** ### Amazon.com Review Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels are wildly and deservedly popular. Here Vlad--wanted all over the Empire, and trying to elude capture--aids a young boy who saved his life and probes the secrets of the House of the Orca. ### Review Vlad is an engaging, wisecracking, hard-boiled sort of character ... bright, bracing, with an appealing sardonic edge. -- *Minneapolis Star Tribune*