The Chronicles of Amber Vol I Author:Roger Zelazny Here, together for the first time, are the Chronicles of Amber -- Nine Princes in Amber...The Guns of Avalon. — Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself - Shadow worlds that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. Unfortunately, the royal family is torn by jealousies and suspicions. And the disappearance of... more » the clan patriarch, Oberon, has intensified the conflicts by leavings Amber's throne apparently up for grabs. The CHRONICLES begin in a hospital on the Shadow Earth, where a man is recovering from a freak auto accident. Since he is also suffering from amnesia, and has been for sometime, he has no idea that he's Prince Corwin of Amber -- until his memory receives a succession of jolts.« less