Roger Zelazny’s Shadows of Amber
The stories of the Amber series (10 novels and 6 short stories) by the late Roger Zelazny are classics of fantasy literature. John Gregory Betancourt has already written one trilogy to serve as a prequel, and is now starting on another series, which takes place between his prequel and Zelazny’s original stories. Shadows of Amber is the first of this new series.
It’s a good story, and stands well with the other works. Betancourt’s style does differ from Zelazny’s, with a somewhat lessened emphasis on a sense of mystery, and a somewhat heightened sense of adventure and swashbuckling. However, the writing is good. There were several typographical errors, however. I expect these will probably be corrected before the book hits paperback.
November 14th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
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