However, the main part of the tale occurs almost a thousand years later, right before Vlad’s own time. So you would think you should read it right afterwards, or right before. However, its prologue retells the ending of The Phoenix Guards but from the other side. It is neither a Vlad nor a Khaavren book.

The standalone novel Brokedown Palace was published just after Yendi. (Yes, Khaavren has a non-speaking cameo in Tecla, but that hardly counts.) You simply will not appreciate Tiassa without having read the Khaavren books. It was simultaneously the 13 th Vlad book and the 11 th Khaavren “book”. Sethra Lavode, originally titled The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain but shortened for reasons of spine space on the cover.Īll the Vlad books are 17-chapter books, including Tiassa - which was also a Khaavren book.The Viscount of Adrilankha, published in three volumes but not a trilogy :):.The three books of the Khaavren trilogy are: The Khaavren Romances were published in five volumes, each consisting of two 17-chapter “Books”. This trilogy of three related novels starts out a thousand years before the events in Taltos and spans events up to only a couple hundred years before it.

Then there is the vexing problem of when to read the Khaavren Romances. The short story “The Desecrator” is Daymar (a Hawk) meets Telnan (a Dzur) it appears to occur at least 20 years before Vlad meets Telnan in Dzur, thereby placing it before even the earliest of the Vlad novels, Taltos. “The Desecrator” (short story, not novel).While the publication order of the Vlad books is clear: There are actually three different orders to consider.įor more about this, see the Lyorn Records on books.

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