Sign of Chaos

The Chronicles of Amber, Book 8

By: Roger Zelazny

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Sign of Chaos is the eighth 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.

Following the cliffhanger ending of Blood of Amber, Merlin is stranded in surrealistic Alice in Wonderland-esque bar where the Mad Hatter serves cocktails. Managing to escape, Merlin meets new family members--one of whom is intent on killing him. As events escalate, Merlin finds himself surrounded by his worst enemies including his ex-girlfriend--back from the dead.

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excellent read!

With things heating up for Merlin he'll have to escape peril and make alliances with unexpected magicians. Enjoy this well read book. I certainly did.

Formulaic, but still a fun read.

I first met Zelazny's Princes in Amber books a long time ago. By the 7th or 8th book they became a little too formulaic, but still enjoyable. Much, much better than the recent spate of twinkling vampires and ethical werewolves. I'd love to see these books rewritten in the depth of "Tales of Ice and Fire", or "Harry Potter'. Zelazny has the mythology charted, but his palette, however entertaining, is a bit narrow.

Wheaton and Zelazny are back!

I LOVE this series. I read it decades ago, in the all-in-one version. Wil struggled to voice the characters in book 7 but all is well in book 8. Maybe that is a director issue? I am uncertain. Sign of Chaos has a great story line and cast. This is worth owning!!

Merlin's adventure continues

I think a slightly higher male voice as narrator would have made Merlin his youth more apparent, for he is, in Amber terms, a younster.

Best of the second part

By far, this series does hold up to the first series. Corwyn or Merlyn? Both keep my interest and are satisfying.