Dragon (yeah, yeah, Brust etc.) took a bit longer to get into than the previous Taltos novels, but by then end it still ended up pretty interesting. I will say that I'm looking forward to finishing off Issola and moving on. I think this may be the longest stretch of books I've read by one author. I refuse to speculate on whether or not that's a good thing. Dragon, for the most part, delves into Vlad's past and provides the soldier story for the series. One of the things I like about Brust is his willingness to gloss over things. Most authors get bogged down in descriptions and setting up events and things like that. Brust winks at the reader a few times and manages to skip that sort of thing and it works out for the best. That's not to say that he doesn't provide descriptions and scene setting, but he knows when it's important and when it's not. Vlad's willing to just tell the story. Plus, some of the description he waves off ends up being other stories. It's either a cheap trick or refreshing brevity. Your pick.
Still chuckling over Kung Fu Hustle. That was such a great movie...
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