Sign of Chaos
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 Dust-jacket illustration from the first edition |
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| Author | Roger Zelazny |
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| Cover artist | Linda Burr |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Chronicles of Amber |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Arbor House |
| Released | October 1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 214 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0877959269 |
| Preceded by | Blood of Amber |
| Followed by | Knight of Shadows |
Sign of Chaos is the third novel in the second Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny, and the eighth book overall.
[edit] 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 step-brother 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.
| Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber | |
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| 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 |
