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Jhereg

core novel 1983 Dragaera

Record

First published1983
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.12 (15,751 ratings, collected 2026-08-06)
Page count307
First-edition ISBN9780441385515

Where it sits

  • Universe: Dragaera
  • Series: Vlad Taltos core; position 1 of 17 in the series' recorded order
  • Author: Steven Brust

Notes

  • Internal chronological order is deliberately NOT recorded for this book: at least three independent fan reconstructions of the Vlad Taltos reading order disagree with each other (notably on the placement of Dragon, Yendi, and Tiassa), and Brust himself has stated no single chronological order is authoritative, adding that he deliberately structured Dragon (1998) to undermine strict chronological reading. Per Article 2, the database does not invent a chronology where none is agreed; publication order is treated as primary, per Brust's own stated preference.
  • 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 1 of 17: next Yendi (1984)

Sources

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