Blood of Amber

Blood of Amber
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

Last updated February 01, 2026

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 in the Amber series overall.

Plot summary

Merlin escapes from the crystal cave, and he 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; then he 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 magazine. He stated that "despite a few good wisecracks and neat ideas, Corey's plethora of powers can't revitalize the over-familiar Amber gimmickry and revenge plot".^[1]

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

References

↑ Langford, Dave (January 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 97. Games Workshop. p. 13.

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

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[WD97-1] Langford, Dave (January 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 97. Games Workshop. p. 13.

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The Corwin Cycle	Nine Princes in Amber The Guns of Avalon Sign of the Unicorn The Hand of Oberon The Courts of Chaos
The Merlin Cycle	Trumps of Doom Blood of Amber Sign of Chaos Knight of Shadows Prince of Chaos
Amber short stories	Prologue to Trumps of Doom The Salesman's Tale Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains The Shroudling and the Guisel Coming to a Cord Hall of Mirrors
Characters	Corwin
Other	The Pattern and the Logrus Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game AmberMUSH Nine Princes in Amber Lost Souls Zangband Zelazny bibliography