Jhegaala
core novel 2008 Dragaera
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (4,746 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 301 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765301475 |
Synopsis
Jhegaala follows Vlad Taltos as he sets out to learn about his mother's family after discovering that her maiden name was Merss, traveling to the small town of Burz in search of relatives he has never met. On arriving, Vlad, accompanied by his familiar Loiosh, finds the Merss family home burned, apparently by witchcraft, and its occupants dead, turning what began as a personal search for his roots into an investigation of their deaths. A local nobleman known as the Count first has Vlad captured but later offers him sanctuary, while a man named Dahni, claiming to work for the Count, proves to have allegiances that run deeper and darker than they first appear. As Vlad digs into the murders, the case draws him into a tangle of assassins, magic users, and local political intrigue, told in a noir-inflected style that echoes classic detective fiction.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragaera
- Series: Vlad Taltos core; position 11 of 17 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Steven Brust
Notes
- From the series record (Vlad Taltos): 17 novels (1983-2024) of a planned 19-book structure (17 House-named books + Taltos, named for the protagonist, + a final closing volume, The Last Contract, not yet written; Chreotha, the 18th, is also not yet written). Internal chronology is contested among fan sources and explicitly not recorded here, see the notes on Jhereg.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Vlad Taltos: position 11 of 17: previous Dzur (2006) · next Iorich (2010)
Sources
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