So how many dragons does it take to sharpen a sword?.. It is unlikely that, no matter how many of them you collect, they will even condescend to sharpen one sword, unless it is one of the great blades of Morganti. And even then, the matter will not be limited to less than a couple of armies and Vlad Taltosh will enroll in one of them as a simple soldier to march day after day in the pouring rain, eat dry biscuits and desperately hope that his commanders and the great commander Sethra Lavode know what they are doing. Order of writing of the series by Brust: Djareg, Yendi, Tekla, Taltosh, Phoenix, Atira, Orka, Dragon, Isola Chronological order of events: Taltosh, Yendi, Dragon, Djareg, Tekla, Phoenix, Atira, Orca, Isola.