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Series is Amber: The Corwin Cycle
Amber: The Corwin Cycle:

The first five books in the Amber series by Roger Zelazney with Corwin as the protagonist.
#Year1st ReadTitleAuthor(s)My Rating 
1 1970 2021 (1) Nine Princes in Amber
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AMBER


Here is the first novel in Roger Zelazny's classic Amber series.  Amber, the one real world, of which all others - including our own Earth - are but Shadows...

NINE PRINCES
IN AMBER


Amber burns in Corwin's blood.  Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber - to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne.

From Arden to the blood-slippery Stairway into the Sea, the air is electrified with the powers of Eric, Random, Bleys, Caine and all the princes of Amber whom Corwin must overcome.  Yet his savage path is blocked and guarded by eerie structures beyond imagining... impossible realities forged by demonic assassins... and staggering horrors to challenge the might of Corwin's superhuman fury.

"ENGROSSING, FANTASTIC... A BELIEVABLE FANTASY"
Science Fiction Writers of America Journal

"A ROUSING GOOD TALE!" Village Voice
2 1972 2021 (2) The Guns of Avalon
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ROBBED OF HIS BIRTHRIGHT,

corwin
escapes


HIS DUNGEON CAPTIVITY
TO RETURN TO THE PERFECT KINGDOM.
BUT AWAITING HIS COMING
WERE THE

demons
of amber.


To assume his rightful place, Corwin, Prince of the Blood, must challenge his brother Eric, usurper of the throne.  Ahead loom the sinister forces of the Circle of Evil through which he must pass - a feat which will require every ounce of his super-human powers.
3 1975 2021 (3) Sign of the Unicorn
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HE WHO RULES
amber
RULES THE ONE TRUE WORLD.
HE WHO THWARTS AMBER
INVITES THE WRATH OF

amber
betrayed.


An unseen enemy of immense strength has seized a Prince of the Blood, and now threatens the perfect kingdom by striking at the very core of its power - the secret knowledge of Shadow.

When Corwin summons forces to defend the throne, he finds himself challenged by royal conspirators, hideous demons, weird supernatural patterns - and the ominous Unknown, in a bizarre vision that suddenly transcends all he ever suspected about the true nature of Amber.
4 1979 2021 (4) The Hand of Oberon
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KING OBERON
HAS VANISHED AND
shadow
MENACES THE
PERFECT REALM OF
amber.


Family blood has been spilled on the magic pattern that created Amber.  To save themselves from the dagger-wielding hand that stabs across the nebulous boundaries of the parallel worlds, the remaining Princes - led by the superhuman Lord Corwin - must find the murderous traitor in their midst... and discover the source of the black road that unites the one true world of Amber with the multi-dimensional realm of Shadow.
5 1978 2021 (5) The Courts of Chaos
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A UNIVERSE OF MANY UNIVERSES
UNITED BY MAGICAL THREADS,
Amber
FACES FINAL DESTRUCTION
FROM THE WORLD BEYOND THE
SHADOW WORLD,
The Courts
of Chaos


The cosmic Pattern that sustains the world of Amber lies in shreds; reality itself is on the verge of disintegration; and Corwin, heroic madman, uncrowned prince of the perfect realm, must face shapeshifting assassins, an alluring woman, and the multi-dimensional terrors of Shadow in his pulse-racing quest to save the kingdom.

Here at last is the crowning finale to the incredible Amber saga, an action-charged adventure that plunges from realm to realm to unlock the mysteries of a breathtakingly imagined world.

"QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST
SWORD-AND-SORCERY
FICTION EVER."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer






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