![]() The series evolved considerably in tone and content over the course of 20 years - the Corwin books start as lone-fantasy-hero novels with a touch of hard-bitten detective story (much like the Dresden Files books), and turn into an epic war story, while the Merlin books are more about a cosmic hacker on a quest, trying to reshape reality. (The other true world, the Courts of Chaos, is a sort of evil opposite.) The first five books follow Corwin, a Prince of Amber, while the second five books follow his son Merlin. The series, starting with 1970’s Nine Princes In Amber, is an episodic, epic story about a sprawling family of power-hungry schemers using magic, intrigue, and alliances to vie for control of Amber, one of two "true worlds" that’s spawned an infinite number of "shadow" universes with widely varying physical laws. ![]() Zelazny’s Chronicles Of Amber, written between 19, have some notable things in common with George R.R. ![]()
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