The Guns of Avalon (Chronicles of Amber, Vol. 2)
 

The Guns of Avalon (Chronicles of Amber)

by Roger Zelazny

Seeking vengeance against his usurping brother, Eric, Corwin, the rightful heir to the throne, ventures into the dark world of Shadow in order to gather ammunition, and is distracted by a beautiful and mysterious woman. Reissue. (read review)

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miles-dei
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In the second part prince Corwin decides to join two of his brothers in an attempt to dethrone Eric. His offer: guns, that work in Amber. But even now duplicity is all around. Their attempt fails.

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jmadigan
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Not quite sure what to say about this bit of pulp fantasy from Roger Zelanzy. It's the second in the "Amber" series. To recap a bit, there's this guy named Corwin and he's one of the princes of the city of Amber, which is a kind of Platonic ideal city that casts reflections into a multitude of alternate realities. Royalty like Corwin and his siblings can travel between these alternate realities and thus travel to alternate universes at different times and places. They're also all usually...

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