Roger Zelazny's The Dawn Of Amber: John Gregory Betancourt

Book I of The Dawn Of Amber. In Roger Zelazny's Amber universe, there is only one true world, of which all others are but Shadows. In the ten-book saga that he created, it is learned that Amber was not the first true world; rather, it was The Courts of Chaos. The saga chronicled the adventures of the royal family of Amber, culminating with a worlds-shaking battle between champions from Amber and from Chaos. Zelazny did not have the chance to create the origin of Amber and its royal family, or reveal other key information that is only alluded to, before he died. In this prequel trilogy that will explore events that precede the first Amber novel, many important questions will be answered: Who created Amber? Why was its creation necessary? Who created the pattern? How did Oberon become ruler of Amber ? Why are the Courts of Chaos at war with Amber? How did this conflict begin, and who does it serve? Here, we meet the young soldier known as Obere as he's whisked away from the kingdom he's known and defended his entire life and placed on a knife's edge of turmoil, intrigue, domination and death. Cover art by Scott Grimando.