Steven Brust, Jheghaala

Latest (in paperback, at least) in the Vlad Taltos series, in which Vlad heads back to his ancestral homeland in the East after the events of Teckla and the breakup of his marriage.

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I really didn't like Vlad very much in this one; the murderous-thug side of his nature was decidedly in the ascendant, and we don't learn much more about Dragaeran society or meet most of our favorite Dragaeran characters.