Dzur

Blurb

Dzur has three meanings, all of which are linked to the fiction of Steven Brust:
Dzur is one of the seventeen Great Houses of the people of the fictional planet of Dragaera, or to a member of that house. The Cycle Poem of imperial succession, describing each of the different creatures and respective houses notes "Dzur stalks and blends with night".
The dzur is an apex predator indigenous to Dragaera, appearing similar to a large black panther. It is the namesake of Dzur House.
Dzur is the title of the tenth book of the Vlad Taltos series, originally published in 2006 by Tor Books. It takes place immediately after Issola. The novel was originally intended to be called Tiassa, after another Dragaeran House. The book entered the New York Times Bestseller list for Hardcover Fiction on August 22, 2006.