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.
Author	Roger Zelazny
Cover artist	Ned Dameron (limited)
Language	English
Series	The Chronicles of Amber
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Arbor House (trade); Underwood-Miller (limited)
Publication date	1986
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	215
ISBN	0-87795-829-7 (trade); ISBN 0-88733-058-4 (limited)
OCLC	13361327
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3576.E43 B58 1986
Preceded by	Trumps of Doom
Followed by	Sign 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.

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".

Reviews

• Review by Debbie Notkin (1986) in Locus, #307 August 1986
• Review by Laurel Anderson Tryforos (1986) in Fantasy Review, October 1986
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #85 October 1986
• Review by John Gregory Betancourt (1987) in Fantasy Book, March 1987
• Review by Tom Easton (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1987
• Review by Graham Andrews (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #69

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.

External links

• Blood of Amber at Worlds Without End