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Un amnésique s'échappe d'une clinique psychiatrique et découvre qu'il détient des pouvoirs quasi divins. Il serait Corwin, l'un des 9 princes d'Ambre, le monde originel dont tous les autres mondes parallèles sont des reflets, des ombres ! Recouvrant peu à peu la mémoire, il entreprend d'ombre en ombre un périlleux retour vers Ambre pour y disputer le trône à son ambitieux et redoutable frère, Eric.

Awakening in an secluded New York hospital unable to remember who he is or where he came from, Carl Corey is amazed to learn that he is actually Prince Corwin, the rightful successor to the crown in Amber, the one true world of which Earth is but a shadow.

Accepting the responsibilities as ruler to the world of Amber, Corwin finds himself the target of sibling treachery, and must seek guidance in a land of visions, where a sinister prediction foretells his doom.

Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the enigmatic gem to reshape the universe.

Across the worlds of Shadow, Corwin, Prince of blood royal, heir to the throne of Amber, gathers his forces for an assault that will yield up to him the crown that is rightfully his. But, a growing darkness of his own doing threatens Corwin's plans, an evil that stretches to the heart of the perfect kingdom itself where the demonic forces of Chaos mass to annihilate Amber and all who would rule there.

Treacheries, trickeries, assassination attempts and bloody family intrigues have finally maneuvered Merlin, aka Merle Corey, into the Courts of Chaos. Thanks to a series of conventionally fatal "accidents" engineered by his mother Dara and uncle Mandor, Merlin third in line to occupy the throne.

Corwin finds his world dissolving around him when his father Oberon, disguised as Corwin's friend, steals the Jewel of Judgment so that he may defeat the evil Brand.

Trumps of Doom is the sixth book of The Chronicles of Amber; an epic fantasy series written by six-time Hugo Award winning and three-time Nebula Award winning author Roger Zelazny.

Pursued by a fiendish enemy, Merle must battle through an intricate web of vengeance and murder that threatens more than the San Francisco Bay area. For Merle Corey of California is also Merlin, son of Corwin, vanished Prince of Amber; and the forces, seeking to destroy the royal house, have unleashed sorceries that can strike anywhere, especially at the very heart of Amber.

Melvin Corey must choose between an alliance with the Pattern of Amber or the Pattern of Chaos, in a tale of a sometimes murderous family of wizards and their alternate worlds.

Following the cliffhanger ending of Blood of Amber, Merlin is stranded in surrealistic Alice in Wonderland-esque bar where the Mad Hatter serves cocktails. Managing to escape, Merlin meets new family members - one of whom is intent on killing him. As events escalate, Merlin finds himself surrounded by his worst enemies - including his ex-girlfriend - back from the dead.

His name is Charles Render, and he is a psychoanalyst, and a mechanic of dreams. A Shaper. In a warm womb of metal, his patients dream their neuroses, while Render, intricately connected to their brains, dreams with them, makes delicate adjustments, and ultimately explains and heals. Her name is Eileen Shallot, a resident in psychiatry. She wants desperately to become a Shaper, though she has been blind from birth. Together, they will explore the depths of the human mind-and the terrors that lurk therein.

Corwin ist aus dem Verließ Ambers, in das ihn sein verhasster Bruder Eric verbannt hat, geflohen. Zurück in der Schattenwelt Erde baut er heimlich eine Armee auf, um gegen Eric zu kämpfen. Da lernt er Dara kennen, die behauptet, die Enkelin von Corwins Bruder Benedict zu sein. Aber Dara verfolgt ihre eigenen Pläne und entwickelt sich zu einer noch größeren Gefahr als Eric. Prinz Corwin lebte nach einem Gedächtnisverlust auf der Erde, ohne zu wissen, wer er ist. Als eines Tages ein Mitglied seiner Familie versucht, ihn zu töten, beginnt er, nach seiner Vergangenheit zu forschen.

Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he'd rather not talk about. And, as Arts Commissioner, he's been given a job he'd rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the shattered remains of Earth is not something he relishes—especially when it is apparent that this places him at the center of high-level intrigue that has some bearing on the future of Earth itself!

Dilivish, a half elf-half man hybrid, failed in his attempt to rescue a young maiden being ritually sacrificed by the dark sorcerer Jelerak. In his anger at the attempt Jelerak kills the maiden and turns Dilvish's body to stone and banished his soul to Hell.

Human Francis Sandow is amused when the alien Pei'ans mistake him for Shimbo of Darktree, God of Thunder, but the Shimbo's enemy, Belion—a true supreme being—arrives for a showdown.

Auf der Flucht durch die Zeit – Roger Zelaznys Science-Fiction-Klassiker in neuer Übersetzung. Red Dorakeen hat sich einen mächtigen Feind gemacht. Kreuz und quer flieht er vor dessen Attentätern durch die Epochen der Menschheitsgeschichte – denn die "Straße nach Überallhin" ermöglicht es ihm, von der unvorstellbar fernen Vergangenheit bis in die weite Zukunft zu reisen. Dieser vergessene Schatz der Science-Fiction lässt einen immer wieder von Neuem staunen, rätseln und mitfiebern – ein außergewöhnliches Hörerlebnis gelesen von Mark Bremer. Neu übersetzt wurde der Klassiker von Jakob Schmidt.

Mankind has been manipulated over the millennia by an alien race that seeks to use it to transform our planet into a world that they can live on. They've patiently encouraged us to adapt technologies that would bring on climate change making our world hotter and more hospitable to them all the while making it less hospitable for mankind. Dennis Guise the most powerful telepath every born is a thirteen-year-old boy, and humanities only hope of escaping oblivion. He is a bridge to our future and a bridge to our past. But can that be enough to save us and our planet?

Corwin, figlio di Oberon, principe d'Ambra, ha raggiunto il suo obiettivo e riconquistato il trono più conteso dell'universo. Conclusa la lotta senza esclusione di colpi combattuta dall'incredibile famiglia d'immortali che ha il potere della vita e della morte su tutti i mondi, Corwin deve affrontare una nuova imprevedibile difficoltà. Ambra, il mondo perfetto, non è esattamente come i suoi stessi abitanti avevano immaginato. C'è un mistero profondo che riguarda l'origine stessa di questo mondo e di tutti i mondi, compresa la Terra.

Ambra è l'unico mondo perfetto. Attorno a esso ruotano tutti gli universi nei quali si muovono i mondi che sono proiezioni della realtà e, in quanto tali, chiamati Ombre. Oltre questi piani di esistenza c'è una regione misteriosa e dimenticata che si protende oltre il tempo e lo spazio e dalla quale proviene un oscuro pericolo: mostruose creature demoniache accerchiano il mondo nel quale si trovano il trono e la Famiglia Reale di Ambra. I principi e le principesse di Ambra sono costretti a stabilire una tregua nella lotta per la successione e far fronte al pericolo comune.