From the Publisher:
Back when I bargained for the wise-mouthed reptilian who sits perched on my shoulder, his mother wished me: Long life and good hunting. I told her I was not a hunter. She said: You will be...

She was right.

My name is Vlad Taltos. I am an assassin. And this is the story of my early days in the House Jhereg, of how I found myself in a Jhereg war, and how I fell in love with the woman who killed me...