Lyorn

{{Short description|2024 novel in the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book|  | name = Lyorn | orig title = | translator = | image = File:Lyorn_-_book_cover.jpeg | caption = | author = Steven Brust | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = The Vlad Taltos novels | genre = Fantasy novel | publisher = Tor Books | release_date = April 9, 2024 | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = 273 | isbn = 978-0765382863 | isbn_note = (1st ed., hardback) | dewey= | congress= | oclc= | preceded_by = Tsalmoth | followed_by = }} '''''Lyorn''''' is the seventeenth book in Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series, set in the fantasy world of Dragaera. It was released in April 9, 2024. Following the trend of the series, it is named after one of the Great Houses, and the personality characteristics associated with that House are integral to its plot.<ref name="Locus"/>

== Plot summary == The story follows Vlad as he hides in a theater from the sorceresses of the Left Hand of the Jhereg, who want to kill him for events that happened in the conclusion of the 2014 novel ''Hawk''. Vlad's scheme to get himself out of trouble ends up involving many of his old associates, in particular Sethra Lavode and Kragar, as well as the play being staged by the theatrical company that's sheltering him. Like most of the novels in the series, it is told largely from Vlad's point of view, but atypically, also includes several third-person scenes establishing important character viewpoints for others in the plot, as well as a running gag featuring Dragaeran-themed parodies of famous songs from musicals and stage plays such as “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General.”<ref name="PW2024"/>

In terms of the internal chronology of the series, ''Lyorn'' takes place just after ''Hawk''. The books published in between the two, ''Vallista'' and ''Tsalmoth'', were both flashback books whose events occurred earlier in Vlad's life.<ref name="Silver2024"/>

==Reception== ''Publishers Weekly'' gave the book a positive review, calling it "a wonderful installment that combines theatricality, crime, Vlad’s trademark wise-cracking, and portents of world-changing events."<ref name="PW2024"/> Reviewer Steven H. Silver noted that the book's focus on moving the Dragaera series' overall plot arc forward means that "it can be more thoroughly enjoyed with knowledge of the entire series of books."<ref name="Silver2024"/> B. Morris Allen of Metaphorosis Reviews was more critical, saying that "I think Brust is a talented author, but it feels like he’s been coasting for years now – maybe decades – and it’s been a long time since I could count him as a true favorite."<ref name="Metaphorosis2024"/>

==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Locus">{{cite web |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/04/new-books-9-april-2024/ |title=New Books: 9 April 2024 |last= |first= |date=2024-04-09 |website=Locus |publisher= |access-date= 2024-04-29}}</ref> <ref name="PW2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765382863 |title=Lyorn |last= |first= |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher= |access-date= 2024-04-29 }}</ref> <ref name="Silver2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.stevenhsilver.com/lyorn.html |title=LYORN By Steven Brust |last= |first= |date=2023-01-30 |website=Steven Silver's Reviews |publisher= |access-date= 2024-04-29}}</ref> <ref name="Metaphorosis2024">{{cite web |url=https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/lyorn-steven-brust/ |title=Lyorn – Steven Brust |last=Allen |first=B. Morris |date=2023-12-25 |website=Metaphorosis Reviews |publisher= |access-date= 2024-04-29}}</ref> }}

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