I Read What?!

So a while back, I was soliciting recommendations for my next book choice and Yendi came up!

Yendi is the second book in the Vlad Taltos series, however it actually takes place BEFORE the first book, Jhereg. I'd mentioned in my introduction to that book that the publication order of the series is interesting idiosyncratic that way.

It does make sense though. If you look at the closest thing to a narrative throughline for the series, the third book, Teckla, takes place not long after Jhereg, and if I recall correctly, a very big part of that book is about the complicated relationship between Vlad and his wife, Cawti.

Yendi, therefore, is the story of how Vlad met his wife. And also a glimpse at an (even) younger Vlad navigating Dragaeran politics as an Easterner. It probably works best to look at it as a big flashback in the overall story. But a fun one, if I'm remembering correctly.

( I do need one book where I don't hate a major character... )