The last in a six-volume series Volume 6: The Road To Amber, the last in the series, covers the final five years of Zelazny's career in the early 1990s, when he reached for new ideas and continued familiar themes with stories such as "Godson" and "Godson: A Play in Three Acts," two more Wild Cards stories ("Concerto for Siren and Serotonin" and "The Long Sleep"), and a linked sequence of five Amber stories leading to planned but unwritten Amber novels. The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny (frontispiece portrait) • (2009) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan A Word from the Editors (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) • (2009) • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins Roger Zelazny • essay by Jane Lindskold Remembering Roger • essay by Gerald Hausman The Trickster • essay by Gardner Dozois Godson • (1994) • novelette by Roger Zelazny Godson: A Play in Three Acts • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Our Own Piece of the Sky • poem by Roger Zelazny The Appetite and Rising Sun • poem by Roger Zelazny Cry of the Needy • poem by Roger Zelazny Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love • [Kalifriki] • (1992) • novella by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Prince of the Powers of This World • (1993) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Storm • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass • (1995) • novelette by Roger Zelazny Walking, of Course • (1994) • poem by Roger Zelazny Spinning the Day Through My Head • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny Tunnel Vision • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Epithalamium • (1995) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Paranoid Game • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The God and Frustrate Shrine • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny Prelude the First (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Second (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Third (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Fourth (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Postlude (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun • (1996) • poem by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Rational Gods • poem by Roger Zelazny Lady of Steel • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Sleeper: Character Outline • [Croyd Crenson] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Concerto for Siren and Serotonin • [Croyd Crenson] • (1988) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Spring Morning: Missive • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The Long Sleep • [Croyd Crenson] • (1993) • novelette by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Long Sleep) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs A Word from George R. R. Martin (The Long Sleep) • essay by George R. R. Martin The Realm of Zelazny's Amber (map) • interior artwork by Elizabeth T. Danforth and Roger Zelazny [as by Roger Zelazny and Liz Danforth ] Prolog to Trumps of Doom • [Amber Stories] • (1985) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny (variant of Prolog (Trumps of Doom)) A Word from Zelazny (Prolog to Trumps of Doom) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Road to Amber • [Amber Stories] • (1996) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny The Great Amber Questionnaire • (1978) • essay by Ken St. Andre and Roger Zelazny A Secret of Amber • [Amber Stories] • (2005) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny and Ed Greenwood The Salesman's Tale • [Amber Stories] • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Salesman's Tale) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains • [Amber Stories] • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Blue Horse, Dancing Mountain) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Shroudling and the Guisel • [Amber Stories] • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Shroudling and the Guisel) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Coming to a Cord • [Amber Stories] • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Coming to a Cord) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Hall of Mirrors • [Amber Stories] • (1996) • novelette by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Hall of Mirrors) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs On Writing Horror After Reading Clive Barker • (1990) • essay by Roger Zelazny "When It Comes It's Wonderful": Art Versus Craft in Writing • (1995) • essay by Roger Zelazny Warriors and Dreams • (1995) • essay by Roger Zelazny (variant of Introduction (Warriors of Blood and Dream)) "... And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6 • [And Call Me Roger • 6] • essay by Christopher S. Kovacs Sandow's Shadow (Outline) • [Francis Sandow] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Sandow's Shadow (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Shadowland (Outline) • [Jack of Shadows] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Shadowland (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Dysonized Biologicals (Outline) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Donnerjack, of Virtù: A Fable for the Machine Age (Outline) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Donnerjack, of Virtù: A Fable for the Machine Age (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs A Zelazny Timeline • essay by Christopher S. Kovacs and Alice N. S. Lewis and David G. Grubbs Z-World • essay by Michael Whelan Z-World • interior artwork by Michael Whelan The Quintessential Roger Zelazny • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins Isle of Regret • essay by Trent Zelazny In Memoriam: Roger Zelazny, the Lord of Light • essay by George R. R. Martin Acknowledgments (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) • (2009) • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins

Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the enigmatic gem to reshape the universe.

Fantasy Masterworks Volume 6ReviewRoger Zelazny's books have three things in common: a flawed hero who sometimes fails, endlessly surprising plot twists, and a blend of lyricism, literary allusions, and sly puns that makes the pages fly. The Great Book of Amber, collecting all 10 Amber novels, is vintage Zelazny. Despite some irritating typographical errors, it's invaluable for anyone who wants to read or reread the tales of Corwin and his son, Merlin. Corwin is a prince of Amber, the "immortal city from which every other city has taken its shape." All other worlds, including Earth, are shadows of that reality. Corwin has spent centuries on Earth as an amnesiac. But when someone in the family tries to kill him there, Corwin begins a search for his past. He quickly learns that his family has some very unusual powers. They can travel between Amber, its shadows, and Chaos by manipulating reality; use magical playing cards to communicate and travel instantaneously; and are able to walk the Pattern that created Amber. Corwin regains his memory, solves the mystery of his father Oberon's disappearance, and fulfills his destiny--only to disappear into Chaos. Merlin searches for Corwin and his destiny as a son of both Amber and the Courts of Chaos. His story parallels Corwin's, answering many questions about Amber, Chaos, and the next generation in the family.Many readers have complained that the series goes on too long and the ending is disappointing. None, however, would deny that it's filled with fascinating ideas, complex characters, and action-adventure. Don't miss a chance to make up your own mind. --Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself -- Shadow worlds, that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. But the royal family is torn apart by jealousies and suspicion; the disappearance of the Patriach Oberon has intensified the internal conflict by leaving the throne apparently up for grabs. In a hospital on the Shadow Earth, a young man is recovering from a freak car accident; amnesia has robbed him of all his memory, even the fact that he is Corwin, Crown Prince of Amber, rightful heir to the throne -- and he is in deadly peril . . . The five books, Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon and The Courts of Chaos, together make up The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny's finest work of fantasy and an undisputed classic of the genre.Have added the other five novels of amber to this compilation as well - because I can!

Pol Detson, son of Lord Det of Rondoval, has come home. He is now a powerful sorceror of unsurpassed natural ability--in a world where the power of magic is the only kind that matters. But Pol is still an untrained talent, a "madwand." To take control of his powers, to rule in his father's place, he must survive arduous training and a fantastic initiation into the rites of sorcery. As friends, Pol has one dragon and one thief. As enemies, he has the most powerful wizards of the land. And at least one of them wants him dead!