The Great Book of Amber
by Roger Zelazny · first published 1999
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This volume collects all ten novels tracing the adventures of Prince Corwin and his son Merlin, as they discover what forces are attempting to destroy them, and in the process, save the fabric of reality itself. 1. Nine Princes in Amber 2. The Guns of Avalon 3. Sign of the Unicorn 4. The Hand of Oberon 5. The Courts of Chaos 6. Trumps of Doom 7. Blood of Amber 8. Sign of Chaos 9. Knight of Shadows 10. Prince of Chaos
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…the story, I saw enough of them afterwards to conjecture about what had happened in Brazil. What's more interesting to me is the set of books that I keep returning to. I have probably read Zelazny's Great Book of Amber (which is itself 10 novels) five or six times in my life, maybe more. It just captures me and takes me on a ride, each time.
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