Blood of Amber

Blood of Amber is a fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, published in 1986. It is the second book in the second Chronicles of Amber series, and the seventh book overall in the Amber series.

Blood of Amber
Dust-jacket illustration from the trade edition published by Arbor House
AuthorRoger Zelazny
Cover artistNed Dameron (limited)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Chronicles of Amber
GenreFantasy
PublisherArbor House (trade); Underwood-Miller (limited)
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages215
ISBN0-87795-829-7 (trade); ISBN 0-88733-058-4 (limited)
OCLC13361327
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3576.E43 B58 1986
Preceded byTrumps of Doom 
Followed bySign of Chaos 

Plot summary

Merlin escapes from the crystal cave, and decides to gain leverage over Luke by rescuing his mother from the Keep of the Four Worlds. He spars with the sorcerer who now controls the keep, and who seems to know him. He escapes with the petrified Jasra, and returns to Amber where an unusual Trump summoning imprisons him in the Mad Hatter's tea party.

Release details

The book was published simultaneously in a limited edition of 400 signed and numbered copies, by Underwood/Miller and also a trade edition, by Arbor House.

References to other works

When Merlin first spies the Keep of the Four Worlds, he describes it as "an amazingly huge and complex structure, which I immediately christened Gormenghast." "Gormenghast" is the name of the sprawling, crumbling fortress from Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Blood of Amber for White Dwarf #97, and stated that "Despite a few good wisecracks and neat ideas, Corey's plethora of powers can't revitalise the over-familiar Amber gimmickry and revenge plot."[1]

References

  1. Langford, Dave (January 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (Issue 97): 13.

Sources

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 672.


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