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The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10
by Roger Zelazny
My only regret is that I didn't read these books sooner. The first five books are wonderful - I would rate them five stars each. The action is non-stop. The intrigue changes so many times it is hard to keep track of who is allied with whom. It can be fatal to trust the wrong person - but who can you trust when your entire family is locked in a battle for the throne? Relatives pop out of the woodwork like termites - but do they want the throne, revenge or something else? Nothing is ever what it seems. The first book of the series, Nine Princes in Amber, was brilliantly done. It starts with Corey not remembering anything. So as he struggles to find out what is going on, the reader learns with him. The first book also ends with a cliff-hanger, so naturally, now you have to read the next book... and so on until you realize that you have read them all.
The last five books are not as brilliant as the first five. The last five books deal not with Corey, but with his son. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll just say that while I really enjoyed Corey's personality, I'm not nearly so fond of his son. Though his story is interesting, and it does fill in what happens between the forces of Order and Chaos, it lacks a certain something that the first five books had.
These books are classic, not to mention necessary, if you ever want to play Amber Diceless Roleplaying - or get any Amber references in any other fantasy games (trust me, once you read this, you will find lots of references you would otherwise be missing!)
The last five books are not as brilliant as the first five. The last five books deal not with Corey, but with his son. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll just say that while I really enjoyed Corey's personality, I'm not nearly so fond of his son. Though his story is interesting, and it does fill in what happens between the forces of Order and Chaos, it lacks a certain something that the first five books had.
These books are classic, not to mention necessary, if you ever want to play Amber Diceless Roleplaying - or get any Amber references in any other fantasy games (trust me, once you read this, you will find lots of references you would otherwise be missing!)