• Publication: The Paths of the DeadPublication Record # 650008
• Author: Steven Brust, P.J.F.
• Date: date unknown
• ISBN: 0-812-53417-4 [978-0-8125-3417-7]
• Publisher: Tor
• Price:
  $7.99^?$: US dollar
• Pages: xxii+422
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: NOVEL
• Cover: The Paths of the Dead (2002) • by Eric Bowman
• Notes:

  • Fourth printing based on number line
  • C$10.99
  • Title from title page "The Viscount of Adrilankha Book One: The Paths of the Dead"
  • The author is credited as "Steven Brust, P.J.F." on the title page and as "Steven Brust" throughout the remainder of the publication.
  • There are two essays plus a preface that are "signed" by fictional characters.
  • Page xv- A Few Words of Welcome and Celebration from the Publisher by Luchia of North Leatherleaf, Publisher.
  • Page xix - Preface: Concerning the Fall of the Empire, Lord Adron e'Kieron, and the "Dragon-Jhereg War" by Paarfi 2/2/10/11 (Norath. II: 181)
  • Page 389 - Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice by C. Sophronia Cleebers, Resident Special Faculty, Dragaeran Studies.
  • The copyright statement discloses the real author names. It's assumed the preface is part of the main story and was written by Steven Brust.
  • Copyright © 2002 by Steven Brust.
  • "Publisher's Note" copyright © 2002 by Emma Bull.
  • "Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice" copyright © 2002 by Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
  • Edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xv • A Few Words of Welcome and Celebration from the Publisher • (2002) • essay by Emma Bull
• xix • Preface: Concerning the Fall of the Empire, Lord Adron e'Kieron, and the "Dragon-Jhereg War • [The Viscount of Adrilankha] • (2003) • short fiction by Steven Brust
• 1 • The Paths of the Dead • [The Viscount of Adrilankha • 1] • (2002) • novel by Steven Brust [as by Steven Brust, P.J.F.]
• 389 • Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice • (2002) • essay by Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• 399 • The Lord of Castle Black (excerpt) • [The Viscount of Adrilankha] • (2003) • short fiction by Steven Brust