Tiassa (35 page)

“What did you find out?” I said.

“I’ll have to get back to you on that,” he said.

Then he mounted his horse, turned, and rode away. I turned my attention back to Savn. I took Sara’s hand, and she didn’t pull it away.

BOOKS BY STEVEN BRUST

The Dragaeran Novels

Brokedown Palace

THE KHAAVREN ROMANCES

The Phoenix Guards

Five Hundred Years After

The Viscount of Adrilankha,

which comprises

The Paths of the Dead,

The Lord of Castle Black,

and

Sethra Lavode

THE VLAD TALTOS NOVELS

Jhereg

Yendi

Teckla

Taltos

Phoenix

Athyra

Orca

Dragon

Issola

Dzur

Jhegaala

Iorich

Other Novels

To Reign in Hell

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars

Agyar

Cowboy Feng’s Space Bar and Grille

The Gypsy
(with Megan Lindholm)

Freedom and Necessity
(with Emma Bull)

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

TIASSA

Copyright © 2011 by Steven Brust

All rights reserved.

Edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

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ISBN 978-0-7653-1209-9

First Edition: April 2011

eISBN 978-1-4299-9174-2

First Tor eBook Edition: March 2011

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In the Northwestern language, the word “assume” consists of syllables that, when broken apart, are not dissimilar to the sound for “fish” followed by the symbols that form the word “thought.”