The Courts of Chaos

The Chronicles of Amber, Book 5

By: Roger Zelazny

Narrated by: Alessandro Juliani

The Courts of Chaos is the fifth 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.

In book five, 2012 Audie Award nominee Alessandro Juliani completes his reading of the Corwin Cycle, expertly narrating the first five novels of the series and bringing the world of Amber to life.

As the first cycle is brought to a close, Corwin finds his world dissolving around him when his father Oberon, disguised as Corwin's friend, steals the Jewel of Judgment so that he may defeat the evil Brand.

©1978 Roger Zelazny (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

The Satisfying Conclusion

Don't start here! Go back and read the first book, Nine Princes in Amber. This is not the kind of series you can start in the middle. All the books are short reads though! So they go down like delicious, addictive popcorn. I still don't like the narrator for these. (See my review of Nine Princes.)

The balance of Chaos and Order (Amber) is at risk as Oberon attempts to repair the pattern and Corwin rides to the Courts of Chaos to aid in the final battle. Along the way, though he is caught up in a reality storm. What will he do to keep Chaos from refashioning all of the shadow realms and reality itself?

AMBER

The first five books have withstood the test of time.
The saga of Amber reads/listens just as well as it did in the '70s when I first read them. This series is worth the time.

Over Priced.

Great series. Pick up all 10 for 20$ total. But on audible they are 10$ a book… Way over priced, they are only 5-6 hours long each. So a 20$ paper back that contains all 10 books are about 100$ on here. Book 5 stars, audible pricing 0 stars

Excellent as always

A long time favourite series read many times, book narration was excellent bringing book to life

simply amazing.

great series. The way everything comes together is beautiful.

The best narrator of all time. His work blew my mind along with the story and really it come alive for me

Unpredictable and profound - Masterful Narration

The ending here is an unpredictable one. In a way less tried and true to a typical story ending and more messy, with mixed up threads, and 3 dimensional characters, and a convoluted ending, more like real life, Corwin is a hero with feet of clay and he comes to realize his own flaws, which is not where fantasy stories usually end up! He has glimpses of greatness, occasionally, and in the end, maybe that's enough, for both him, and the story, and the reader. All of these books are so well written, and the concepts in these books stand the test of time. The narrator of all five of the Corwin chronicles is a master narrator - truly adding to the enjoyment of the book double-fold. I have previously read them all in book form. This narrator makes the characters and the story come alive and adds depth and nuance which enrich the experience. Highly recommend, both the Amber series and this narrator.

easy listening

I loved it. The narrator is so good. I can actually distinguish the characters by the voices that he gives to each one. Each character has a very distinguishable voice. I really enjoyed listening to the first five books with him narrating

one of my all-time favorites

An all time science fiction classic. Narrator is very good.
Last book in his first Amber series, it ties everything together and even provides a few surprises

Enjoyed all the books in the Chronicles of Amber

Fantastic! Just like all the other books in the series. The voice actors do a wonderful job as well

WONDERFUL BOOK!!!

The the never-ending story -- but not in a bad way. At two or three points it could have ended making a great short story. Then it continued making great overall audio book. Can't wait to hear the one in the series!