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Book Review: Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny

 Sign of Chaos 

(The Chronicles of Amber #8)

(Amber: Merlin Cycle #3)

By Roger Zelazny 


Published Year: 1987

Page Count: 220 pages 

Medium Used: Kindle PW 

Genre : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Sorcery, Multiverse, Shadows, 2025-read. 

Rating : 5/5 šŸ„³šŸ„³šŸ„³šŸ„³šŸ„³




The pace is fast as with the whole series. I couldn't put it down or take a break because the turn of events kept me on an unbreakable edge. 


Merlin is summoned by Rinaldo into a dream like reality without even using a Trump card to do it. Someone has fed him LSD, hallucinogens before letting him loose to navigate the shadows. As the story unfolds, we learn that Merlin's cousin from the Court of Chaos, Jurt, is trying to murder him so that he could clear up succession challengers to the throne. He has sent a fire eagle after him for this precise purpose. It found him in the imaginary shadow world and is killed by Merlin. Merlin has Jasra as his prisoner and knows about the reason for Dalt's revenge against Amber. He learns that Jurt has aligned himself with the current ruler of the Keep, the Mask Man and is planning to take out Merlin. So he takes help from unusual quarters and sets out to win against the Keep. 


Highly addictive series. I hardly escape from the awesomeness of the powers that Amberites have and use to explore the worlds! 


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