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  <title><![CDATA[Roger Zelazny's Chaos and Amber (Book 2, Dawn of Amber Trilogy)]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;P&gt;In CHAOS AND AMBER, Dworkin and his son Oberon arrive at the Courts of Chaos to discover, and confront, their hidden enemies. But things don't go as planned. Oberon has a terrible physical reaction to being in Chaos, while assassination attempts are made on both his and Dworkin's lives-and the traitor in their family remains a hidden but quite real threat. &lt;P&gt;	Dworkin takes Oberon on a desperate journey, pressing deeper into Shadow than ever before. Here, Oberon discovers more of the true nature of his father...and of his real mother. But they have been followed, and a horde of hell-creatures attacks. Ultimately, Dworkin must create a new Pattern with his own blood to save himself, his family, and the future.&lt;P&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-day type="integer">2</original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2003</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Roger Zelazny's Chaos and Amber (Book 2, Dawn of Amber Trilogy)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John Gregory Betancourt]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I discovered Zelazny's Amber series in my teens and devoured it.  The cosmology was interesting, the characters were well-drawn (although sometimes a little lacking in depth), and the plot was engaging.  I enjoyed the later Merlin novels, although perhaps not quite as much as the original Corwin ser...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71439211">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As I wrote regarding the previous Betancourt foray into the Zelazny Amber world ... this isn't Zelazny.<br/><br/>Of course it isn't Zelazny, it's Betancourt, but what's the point of having such a fantastic, well-developed series mauled by another writer?<br/><br/>The book is a quick read.  Too q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62940935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With this volume, I can see where Betancourt was trying to keep within Zelazny's world, but I can also see how this series drove Amber fans up the wall. It's kind of like reading Donnerjack, really. You can see the potential of the ideas, but they just don't make it.]]></body>
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