Sign of the Unicorn(#3 of The Chronicles of Amber)
and
The Hand of Oberon (#4 of The Chronicles of Amber)
Published Year : 1975, 1976
Page Count : 320 pages
Medium Used: Paperback
Genre : Magic, Sorcery, High Fantasy, Multiverse, Shadows, Awesome-Prose, 2025-read.
Rating : 5/5 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
The plot thickened and got better and better as I kept reading. I couldn't put the book down. Its a fantastic read. This is the story where siblings .. brothers and sisters .. fight among themselves while playing a high stakes game with the end goal being the throne in Amber. The story continues from where it left off in The Guns of Avalon and adds more information to what has happened and also going forward using that knowledge.
There are three places where the family brood of Oberon, the king of Amber, can walk the Pattern to gain control over the shadows. These shadows are like multiple universes with Amber at its center. There is a Pattern in the underground of Amber, there is a Pattern under river at Rebma, there is a Pattern in the sky on Tig Ngorth which is only visible with moon in the sky. It is dangerous for the siblings to spill blood on the Pattern. It is not good for them to walk to the center and project through a jewel around their neck .. it might give them immense control that they might wipe out the whole Amber and shadows and start new. Naturally, the good ones band together and try to stop the bad sibling(s) who won't stop at anything, and try to do the very bad thing. They have already allowed, through their schemes and playing, for some really bad creatures and beings to enter the shadows becoming, constituting the "dark road".
A wonderful read. The prose is awesome. The narration is awesome. The pacing is fast and the writing is simple, elegant and poignant! DO CHECK THIS SERIES OUT !! if only for the book 4 of the series which is one of the best best ever.
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