Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: It ain't classic Vlad, but it's classic Brust...

If you're looking for a Vlad Taltos tale, this is not the one.If you like Steven Brust's more lucid writings, this is fantasticand it does nicely set in the slowly emerging world of Taltos the assassin.It's a nice history/action piece, but it's tough to really get into the characters.