Blood of Amber

The Chronicles of Amber, Book 7

By: Roger Zelazny

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Blood of Amber is the seventh book of The Chronicles of Amber; an epic fantasy series written by six-time Hugo Award winning and three-time Nebula Award winning author, Roger Zelazny.

The ten books that make up the series are told in two story arcs: The Corwin Cycle and the Merlin Cycle.

Narrator Wil Wheaton, who won the 2012 Audie Award for his engaging performance of Fuzzy Nation, brings this classic series to a stunning close by giving voice to Merlin, Corwin’s son, in the final five books of the series.

Pursued by a fiendish enemy, Merle must battle through an intricate web of vengeance and murder that threatens more than the San Francisco Bay area. For Merle Corey of California is also Merlin, son of Corwin, vanished Prince of Amber; and the forces, seeking to destroy the royal house, have unleashed sorceries that can strike anywhere, especially at the very heart of Amber.

©1986 The Amber Corporation (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Zelaznys classic characterization

mispronunciation of words by narrator is distracting though Wheaton is getting much better at voices and narration.

Zelazny greatest work

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Well maybe not he's greatest work but a great little read. A great continuation of the Amber story.

What did you like best about this story?

The amber universe

Which scene was your favorite?

The whole think

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Takes me to my happy place :)

Any additional comments?

Not all Zelazny book work in audio form but this one work great. The way he writes the Amber books makes it easy to to follow the audio.

Great

Zelazny is one of the greats. This is the third or fourth book that I have purchesed had Wil Wheaten narrating. It is the first one that seems to have been forced and not to the usual caliber.

Great read!!

Excellent story and voice acting. Loved this book… on to the next! Can hardly wait

Classic

I have been a fan for years of the amber chronicles. Mr wheaton really brings them to life.

Wil Wheaton does an Awesome performance

A must listen! you will not want to miss this awesome performance of this amazing series..

Amber was my gateway to science fiction

Where does Blood of Amber rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

If I were forced to rank "Blood of Amber" on a scale of one to ten, I would say it is a solid six. The difficulty I have with it is the length. I enjoy a more comprehensive listen, and would easily rank the series a Ten of Ten where all the Amber books combined into as single reading.

Have you listened to any of Wil Wheaton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I found Wil Wheaton's performance very easy to listen too. I have read the books in the past and Wheaton's vocal flavoring of the characters was in line with my own internal imaginings, which made the performance very entertaining for me.

Any additional comments?

I listen to audiobooks regularly. I have a special place in my heart for Roger Zelazny as he was the first science fiction author I ever read. I tore into his stories of Amber with a great amount of zeal as a young man. The premise of shaping reality by mere force of will through infinite possibility was so enticing to me. The series backdrop is so well thought out that it allows for anything to happen, any plot to evolve any twist to take root. Roger Zelazny masterfully takes advantage of this in all of his Amber books. The story elements of family relations, politics, the romance of combat by blade, cunning and force of intellect. The underlying themes of balance in all things, Chaos and Order, Good and Evil, Right and Wrong, these books are all simply outstanding.

Wheaton Aces Merlin Yet Again!

The story series in itself requires a certain kind of audoemce but Wheaton makes it so interesting with his cool narriration, portraying the collected. yet busy-minded Son of Corwin.

WHil WHeaton does a great job.

What did you love best about Blood of Amber?

Alessandro Juliani, who narrated the first half of the series, from Corwin's pov, did a really good job of capturing the tone and attitude of Zelazny's writing.

Wil Wheaton, narrating the books from the pov of Merlin, son of Corwin, pick that up and also does a great job. I never have trouble distinguishing which character is speaking at any given moment, he remembers inflections and accents that he gives bit parts and keeps them consistent.

Zelzany's writing is always an interesting mix of whimsical, edgy, and inventive. Sometimes the descriptions of landscapes go on and on, but by and large this is a very enjoyable and original series.

Zelazny fleshes out the world we thought we knew

The second series of 5 Amber novels adds immensely to the depth of Amber as a world. The character of Merlin is excellent, a computer geek trained as a sorcerer...what's the difference? Wil Wheaton performs the voices perfectly.