Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber Audiobook By John Betancourt, Roger Zelazny cover art

Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber

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Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber

By: John Betancourt, Roger Zelazny
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From Publishers Weekly Fans of the late Roger Zelazny's popular Amber series should flock to this workmanlike, authorized prequel, the first of a projected trilogy, by Betancourt (Infection and three other Star Trek novels). Readers familiar with the heroes Corwin and Merlin from the earlier books will soon catch on that Betancourt's protagonist, the Conan-like Oberon (aka Obere), will one day be their father. In the realm of Chaos, Obere is as handy with his sword as with his sweethearts, serving the king of an outlying world. He is innocent of the magic that rules in his universe until he discovers he is not an orphan but has a nearly 200-year-old father, Dworkin, with vast magical abilities and many progeny from a wide assortment of mothers. Not all these siblings are loving, Obere finds. Betancourt captures the fantastic nature of the original and peppers his story with Amber-familiar terms such as Logrus, that mystical gift which enables its holders to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks and travel vast distances instantly; Trumps, the illustrated cards that assist those with Logrus to travel and even to foretell the future; and Courts of Chaos, the center of this pre-Amberian world. The narrative may lack the sparkling wit of its predecessors, but the cliffhanger ending should leave the faithful hungry for the next installment. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Snatched from the jaws of death by the mysterious figure he knows only as Dworkin, young Obere travels to the realm of Juniper, one of the lands of Shadow that mirror the Courts of Chaos. There he learns his true identity and his flawed heritage and meets his eccentric and magically powerful family for the first time. Working under authorization from the estate of the late Roger Zelazny, Betancourt inaugurates a new series that takes place in the popular world of the Amber novels. Exploring the origins of Amber itself and the nature of the world's most enigmatic character, Dworkin the "mad," Betancourt creates a thrill-a-minute series opener that should appeal to longtime fans of the previous series. For most fantasy collections. Adventure Science Fiction Fiction Magic Emotionally Gripping
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Pauses in the middle of words and the lack of pauses at the end of sentences. Also, the saying "-" instead of a brief pause.

Inappropriate pauses.

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do not care for AI narrator, but want the new stories, wasn't given a choice for a live narrator 😭

new Amber books

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virtual voice was better then many ive heard, scarry for the profesion. Story was great, I want waaaay more!

suprise!

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Stop being cheap with AI narration. Should have paid Alessandro Juliani to do this series. He was fantastic in the Corwin Cycle books!
As for the book, some may call it fan fiction as it is thought Roger didn't want anyone else to write in his universe. So we are left the short stories out there and our own imagination. So until I create my own stories, I'll certainly check out these books. So far so good.

Virtual voice is not the way to go

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The AI just doesnt do as good a job as a human. Spend the big bucks and hire a human, it will ne well worth it. Shame on youforletting AI read it.

Loved the story. The AI reader sucks

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I’ve read all of the other books in the Amber series, and this one doesn’t disappoint from a content/story perspective. However, the AI reading othis title was fairly annoying. The tone of the voice sounds pretty good, but the pace, unnatural pauses, and reading out of punctuation marks detracted from the overall experience.

I’m still glad I bought the book, because I really wanted to read it and this was a good story for a long drive. However, I sure wish a real voice actor had done the reading.

Good book and great story, narration is annoying

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Good story. Interesting characters plus some odd glimpses of shadows. If you have read the original series it will help.

Weird pauses and mispronounced words

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As a long time lover of almost anything Zelazny, and of course the Amber series, and I look forward to the often positive narration by talented readers!! THIS HAS NONE OF THE THINGS I ENJOY. The story is not Zelazny. Poorly written, and self serving. It took the background way outside of expectations for the "dawn of amber" Inconsistencies with the original series. Pooly written in an attempt to mimic the original series in tempo. AND, the AI generated reading!!!. Horrible, included reading of punctuation at times. DON"T BUY THIS BOOK OR ANY OF THE SERIES.

Keep this title a swords length away!!

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