Just to prevent people from being misled by the positive comments ofthe readers here, and by the editorial review, this book is not in any way approved by Zelazny, despite what the cover says.Zelazny was very strongly opposed to this book ever being written and time and time again stated that he didn't want anyone writing any books for Amber. It wasn't until after his death that they felt they could do this becuase he was no longer around to complain.I find that vulgarly offensive to his memory and feel that anyone who buys this book is insulting Zelazny.