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Sign of Chaos - Wikipedia

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Sign of Chaos
Dust-jacket illustration from the first edition.
Author	Roger Zelazny
Cover artist	Linda Burr
Language	English
Series	The Chronicles of Amber
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Arbor House
Publication date	October 1987
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	214 pp
ISBN	0-87795-926-9
OCLC	16004222
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3576.E43 S54 1987
Preceded by	Blood of Amber
Followed by	Knight of Shadows

Sign of Chaos is a fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, published in 1987. It is the third novel in the second Chronicles of Amber series, and the eighth book overall in the Amber series. The title of this book mirrors that of Sign of the Unicorn, the third book in the first Amber series.

Plot summary

Merlin realises that Wonderland, where he and Luke are trapped, is an LSD-induced hallucination made real by Luke's powers over shadow. As a Fire Angel (a vicious creature from Chaos) pursues them, he administers medicine to Luke. The Fire Angel is weakened in a fight with the Jabberwock and Merlin is able to finish it off with the vorpal sword. He leaves Luke to sober up.

He seeks his stepbrother Mandor, who thinks that their half-brother Jurt may be trying to kill Merlin in order to take the throne of Chaos. Fiona contacts them, and they investigate a shadow-storm. Merlin and Mandor return to Amber, and then along with Jasra they wrest the Keep of the Four worlds from Jurt and the sorcerer, Mask. They learn that Jurt has (at least partially) turned himself into a living Trump, as Brand did, and that the sorcerer Mask is in fact Merlin's ex-girlfriend Julia.

Reception

H. J. Kirchoff of The Globe and Mail wrote that Zelazny "serves up his usual mixture of fast action and slick dialogue, and blends in enough mystery, magic, intrigue and love interest to keep the kettle simmering."^[1] Dennis O'Shea of United Press International wrote that the novel is "well-stocked with the wry wit and expansive imagination that endear Zelazny to his readers", even if its "complexities" are "not handled quite as deftly as we have come to expect from Zelazny."^[2] Drew Bittner of the Asbury Park Press called the novel "well written" and wrote: "It's worth buying the next book just to see how Zelazny will tie up all the threads into a whole tapestry."^[3]

References

^ Kirchoff, H. J. (14 November 1987). "Fast read SIGN OF CHAOS". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ O'Shea, Dennis (4 October 1987). "Sign of Chaos, by Roger Zelazny". United Press International. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Bittner, Drew (23 August 1987). "SIGN OF CHAOS, by Roger Zelazny". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

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Sign of Chaos at Worlds Without End

v t e Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber
The Corwin Cycle	Nine Princes in Amber The Guns of Avalon Sign of the Unicorn The Hand of Oberon The Courts of Chaos
The Merlin Cycle	Trumps of Doom Blood of Amber Sign of Chaos Knight of Shadows Prince of Chaos
Amber short stories	Prologue to Trumps of Doom The Salesman's Tale Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains The Shroudling and the Guisel Coming to a Cord Hall of Mirrors
Characters	Corwin
Other	The Pattern and the Logrus Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game AmberMUSH Nine Princes in Amber Lost Souls Zangband Zelazny bibliography

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