Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series is fun and witty, a snappy rejoinder to the sword-n-sorcery category of fantasy when it takes itself too seriously. Brust's writing is fast-paced and clever, with his character Vlad's acidic observations peppering the fantasy-mystery plot in each book, and developing the multi-book character arcs with finesse. And who doesn't love a smart-alec familiar to keep one humble!

This is a three-in-one compendium of the first three novels--it's the gateway drug of this series!

Sending to Christiansted in the Virgin Islands as part of an informal book swap "chain letter"