Nine Princes in Amber — Roger Zelazny

Amber, the one real world, of which 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.