Roger Zelazny‘s classic NINE PRINCES IN AMBER is out now in Portugal! Published by Saída de Emergência as NOVE PRINCÍPES DE ÂMBAR, it is the first novel in the Chronicles of Amber (As Crónicas de Âmbar) series. Here’s the synopsis…
Âmbar é o único mundo verdadeiramente real. Todos os outros mundos, incluindo a Terra, não passam de sombras que de certa forma o imitam.
Exilado na Terra desde há séculos, o príncipe Corwin acorda na cama de um hospital, sem memórias da sua existência passada. Gradualmente, descobre a verdade e é forçado a regressar ao mundo paralelo de Âmbar onde descobre que o rei Oberon, seu pai, é dado como desaparecido. Para ganhar o seu direito à sucessão do trono, Corwin terá de enfrentar realidades impossíveis forjadas por assassinos demoníacos, horrores inomináveis e os exércitos e fúria dos seus irmãos, os príncipes de Âmbar.
First published in 1970, here’s the English-language synopsis…
Awakening in an Earth hospital unable to remember who he is or where he came from, Corwin is amazed to learn that he is one of the sons of Oberon, King of Amber, and is the rightful successor to the crown in a parallel world. Amber, the one real world, wherein all others, including our own Earth, are but Shadows.
Amber burns in Corwin’s blood. Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne. From Arden to the blood-slippery Stairway into the Sea, the air is electrified with the powers of Eric, Random, Bleys, Caine, and all the princes of Amber whom Corwin must overcome. Yet, his savage path is blocked and guarded by eerie structures beyond imagining; impossible realities forged by demonic assassins and staggering horrors to challenge the might of Corwin’s superhuman fury.
The Chronicles of Amber novels have been published widely in translation. For more details, please get in touch. Here are just a few of the NINE PRINCES IN AMBER international editions…
Zeno represents Roger Zelazny in translation, on behalf of the Zelazny Estate.