The Chronicles of Amber - The Chronicles of Amber Books, the Chronicles of Amber Characters, Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: The Chronicles of Amber books, The Chronicles of Amber characters, Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game, List of Chronicles of Amber characters, Nine Princes in Amber, The Courts of Chaos, The Pattern, The Guns of Avalon, The Hand of Oberon, Corwin, Sign of the Unicorn, Merlin, Dworkin Barimen, The Logrus, Trumps of Doom, Sign of Chaos, Blood of Amber, Knight of Shadows, Prince of Chaos. Excerpt: The Chronicles of Amber is group of novels that comprise a fantasy series written by Roger Zelazny. The main series consists of two story arcs, each five novels in length. Additionally, there are a number of Amber short stories and other works. The Amber stories take place in two, true worlds: Amber, and the Courts of Chaos. Other worlds, including our Earth, are but "shadows" of the tension between the two true worlds. The Courts of Chaos is situated in Shadow at the very edge of Chaos itself. Royals of Amber who have negotiated the Pattern, can travel freely through the shadows. By shifting between shadows, one can appear to alter reality by choosing which elements of which shadows to keep, and which to move between. The first ten novels were written by Zelazny and released individually. They have also been released in a single volume called The Great Book of Amber. The first five novels were also released in a two volume set called The Chronicles of Amber Volume One which contained the first two novels and The Chronicles of Amber Volume Two which contained novels three though five. Nine Princes in Amber first appeared as an excerpt in Kallikanzaros #1, June 1967 and as a second excerpt in Kallikanzaros #3, December 1967. Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, and The Courts of Chaos first appeared as abridged, serialized versions in Galaxy Science Fiction. The other Amber novels (The Guns of Avalon, and the five Merlin nove...