Orca

Vlad Taltos, Book 7

By: Steven Brust

Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark, Angele Masters

Granted, walking around with two jhereg on your shoulders is not the best disguise for an ex-assassin wanted all over the Empire. But a young boy saved his life and then needs help, Vlad Taltos pays his debt--even if it means uncovering a financial scandal big enough to bring down the House of the Orca and the entire Empire.

©1996 Steven Brust (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

predicted the housing market crash all the way back in '93

"He didn't break the stick." Excellent change of pace while holding onto what makes these books classic.

Engaging readers!

Excellent story, really stellar readers. Great cadence, emphasis, tonality! I really loved the accent for Kiera!

great listen!

would recommend to anyone that lokes this series. great readers, helped my trip to and feom work

From Property Market to Bank Fraud

Vlad continues his life on the run from the Jhereg, this time with a catatonic companion in tow.

In Orca, Vlad is searching for a way to heal his companion Savn, who the audience met in the previous installment. He happens upon an old healer who is the midst of losing her property. Vlad brokers a deal to help her keep her land, while she cares for Savn and finds a method to heal him. But there is more going on than just a property deal, as Vlad quickly finds out.

While still a good story, it feels like the overall plot has come to a bit of a stutter here, the reader could almost consider this filler. Almost. The most important part of Orca is that we get somewhat of a resolution for Savn's involvement in the story, which carries over from the last book. Full of twists and turns and even a few big surprises, the book doesn't disappoint, but you could easily skip over this without missing a beat in the overall story.

For Orca we get the pleasure of listening to two narrators. Masters gives us a great Keira the Thief, while Clark reprises the always smarmy Vlad. Masters gives a bit of a celtic accent to Keira, which Clark has done a bit of in previous novels; it's good to see a bit of vocal continuity, especially since most of the story is told by Keira the Thief.

Good story, but bigger and better things are to come later in the series.

Brust is so good!

one of my favorite Vlad stories! Love the dual narrator production as well. Both voice actors are among the very best.