The great book of Amber : the complete Amber chronicles, 1-10

After what seemed most of an eternity he woke up in a hospital not knowing who he wasor how he got there. He was absolutely certain, however, that his life depended ongetting out of that hospital and finding out who he was. And so starts an epicadventure in one of science fiction and fantasy’s most revered series, The Chroniclesof Amber.Amber is the one true world of which all others are but shadows reflecting it downthrough the multi-verse. The royal family of Amber, almost god like beings, havepowers over shadow and may move freely through shadow. But despite all the power attheir command the shadows can become dangerous even for them.Roger Zelazny was a science fiction and fantasy writer, a six time Hugo Award winner,and a three time Nebula Award Winner. He published more than forty novels in hislifetime. His first novel This Immortal, serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy andScience Fiction under the title “...And Call Me Conrad,” won the Hugo Award for bestnovel.Lord of Light, his third novel, also won the Hugo award and was nominated for theNebula award. He died at age 58 from colon cancer. Zelazny was posthumously inductedinto the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2010.“A storyteller without peer. He created worlds as colorful and exotic and memorable asany our genre has ever seen.” —George R.R. Martin“. . . his performance was never anything other than dazzling.” —Robert Silverberg “Roger Zelazny’s work excited me. It was intoxicating and delightful and unique. And it was smart.” —Neil Gaiman

"A dazzling blend of myth science fiction and (super) human nature."---Kirkus

"Teems with excitement...A swashbuckling tale of parallel worlds."---Psychology Today

"A rousing good tale."---The Village Voice

Roger Zelazny burst onto the SF scene in the early 1960s with a series of dazzling and groundbreaking short stories. He won his first of six Hugo Awards for Lord of Light, and soon after produced the first book of his enormously popular Amber series, Nine Princes in Amber. In addition to his Hugos, he went on to win three Nebula Awards over the course of a long and distinguished career. He died on June 14, 1995.\

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Fantasy of a superior order.\

Showcases the epic struggle for dimension-wide supremacy. "All ten of Roger Zelzany's classic Amber fantasy novels in one book! Join Corwin, Merlin and the others in wild adventures in the lands of Amber, Earth, and the Courts of Chaos, where the powers of Amber and Chaos constantly battle for supremacy through intrigue and adventure. Revisit Amber, the land of mystery, adventure and romance. Amber, the one true world. All other worlds, including our Earth, are merely Shadows."--Publisher description Alternate cover edition can be found (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34730510-the-great-book-of-amber) here Roger Zelazny's chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now, here are all ten novels, together in one magnificent omnibus volume. Witness the titanic battle for supremacy waged on Earth, in the Courts of Chaos, and on a magical world of mystery, adventure and romance. --back cover SUMMARY: All ten of Roger Zelzany's classic Amber fantasy novels in one book! Join Corwin, Merlin and the others in wild adventures in the lands of Amber, Earth, and the Courts of Chaos, where the powers of Amber and Chaos constantly battle for supremacy through intrigue and adventure. Revisit Amber, the land of mystery, adventure and romance. Amber, the one true world. All other worlds, including our Earth, are merely Shadows. 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