Roger Zelazny Books in Order

Dream therapist Charles Render enters patients' minds to reshape their nightmares. When a blind psychiatric resident asks for his help, her unusually powerful imagination unsettles his control and blurs the boundary between healer and patient.

On an Earth devastated by nuclear war and increasingly owned by alien visitors, Conrad Nomikos escorts a powerful Vegan through ancient ruins. His mysterious past complicates a journey tied to the surviving human population's future.

On a distant colony world, technologically advanced humans rule as Hindu gods, controlling reincarnation and suppressing progress. Sam challenges their authority, using religious rebellion and powers of his own to undermine their grip on ordinary people.

Convicted criminal Hell Tanner receives a chance at a pardon: carry desperately needed medicine across a devastated America. His armored journey toward plague-stricken Boston leads through radioactive wilderness, violent storms and the dangers left by nuclear war.

Godlike beings modeled on Egyptian mythology struggle for power across a universe governed by mysterious forces. Thoth, Osiris, Anubis and Set become entangled in rivalries surrounding an ancient threat whose survival could disrupt the cosmic order.

World-builder Francis Sandow retreats into the planets he can create until photographs arrive showing people long believed dead. The messages draw him out of seclusion and into a confrontation involving old relationships, alien religion and extraordinary powers.

Corwin awakens in a hospital with little memory of his past and discovers he belongs to Amber's royal family. Recovering his identity pulls him into a struggle for the throne and journeys through worlds that reflect Amber.

On an Earth divided between a scientific dayside and a magical night, the thief Jack draws power from shadows. After punishment by his enemies, he pursues vengeance through dangerous realms populated by sorcerers, monsters and rival supernatural beings.

Stories gather unusual speculative encounters, including The Keys to December, A Rose for Ecclesiastes and This Moment of the Storm. The title story joins other pieces that show Zelazny’s range across science fiction and fantastic possibilities.

Escaping imprisonment in Amber, Corwin seeks a substance that can give his forces a military advantage against Eric. His journey toward Avalon reveals another danger spreading through Shadow, complicating his plans to reclaim the royal throne.

A wanderer known as H travels between worlds using his extraordinary ability to heal disease. When that gift reverses into a power to spread deadly infection, his plight intersects with a galaxy already threatened by devastating epidemics.

Revived in a distant future, assassin Angelo di Negri undertakes a mission that leads into an artificial environment called the House. A secret group of clones and unexplained killings complicate questions of identity, memory and control.

A murdered prince and an abduction deepen Corwin's suspicions about his own family. As he investigates the threats surrounding Amber's throne, conflicting accounts and dangerous journeys through Shadow expose a conspiracy within the royal household.

Young telepath Dennis Guise struggles to separate his own identity from the minds flooding into his consciousness. His unusual abilities draw him into a confrontation with alien influences shaping humanity's future and the condition of Earth.

Perpetual college student Fred Cassidy becomes a suspect after a valuable alien artifact disappears. Pursued by criminals, investigators and extraterrestrial agents, he tries to untangle a mystery that threatens Earth's newly established relationship with other civilizations.

A man erases himself from a global information system, gaining the freedom to adopt any identity. Working on dangerous assignments for an international detective agency, he faces threats that test both his resourcefulness and his unusual independence.

Corwin investigates damage to the Pattern that underlies Amber and its shadow worlds. With the kingdom's survival at stake, his search for the Jewel of Judgment brings him into further conflict with relatives whose loyalties remain uncertain.

As Amber faces a crisis that threatens the worlds of Shadow, Corwin undertakes a perilous journey toward the Courts of Chaos. Family rivalries and the struggle over the Jewel of Judgment accompany the effort to restore cosmic balance.

Red Dorakeen travels a highway whose exits lead to different eras and possible histories. Searching for a place he half remembers, he alters events along the Road while assassins and fellow travelers complicate his journey through time.

Switched between worlds as an infant, Pol grows up among technology while another boy develops machines in a magical realm. Pol must return to the world of his birth when those inventions threaten the balance between both realities.

Roger Zelazny's science fiction and fantasy stories explore survival, identity, and changing worlds. The collection includes a machine considering humanity's disappearance, a dangerous return from space, and other encounters that challenge the boundaries between people and their creations.

Back in his native world, Pol Detson possesses considerable magical power but little formal training. His efforts to understand sorcery draw him into dangerous initiations and the plans of wizards whose ambitions reach beyond their own realm.

Dilvish and his metal horse Black pursue the sorcerer Jelerak to Castle Timeless. Other magicians converge on the fortress, where a captive being's unstable power transforms the surrounding land and makes the quest for revenge increasingly dangerous.

This collection presents Roger Zelazny's poetry, with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. It offers readers a different form of his writing from the science fiction and fantasy novels for which he is best known.

A chess match with a unicorn places humanity's future at stake in the title story. Other tales explore time travel, alternate realities, intelligent cars, jealous computers, and dragons, combining speculative adventures with questions about human behavior.

Escaping centuries of torment in Hell, Dilvish returns with his demonic metal horse Black to seek revenge on Jelerak. These linked stories follow his adventures through besieged towns, cursed places and encounters with dangerous magic.

Navajo hunter Billy Blackhorse Singer needs help from Cat, a telepathic alien he once captured, to protect a diplomatic mission. Cat agrees on one condition: afterward, it will hunt Billy, forcing him to confront his own despair.

Computer programmer Merlin, Corwin's son, investigates the attempts made on his life each April 30. His search takes him beyond Earth into Shadow, where his magical computer Ghostwheel becomes entangled in threats involving Amber's royal family.

Merlin escapes captivity but remains surrounded by enemies whose sorcery can reach across worlds. Seeking leverage and answers, he ventures toward the Keep of the Four Worlds while threats against Amber complicate his already uncertain alliances.

When their scientist father disappears through a portal to another Earth, James Wiley, his sorceress sister and an exchange student set out after him. Their search crosses parallel worlds divided by a conflict between light and darkness.

Merlin must escape a Wonderland made real by the powers of Shadow before confronting fresh threats to his life. Family rivalries, magical pursuers and disturbances between worlds complicate his search for the people orchestrating his troubles.

Illustrations, floor plans and cutaway drawings guide readers through Castle Amber's rooms, dungeons and hidden chambers. This companion also explores the royal family, Amber's culture and military, the Courts of Chaos and the appearance of Trump cards.

This collection brings together Roger Zelazny's shorter science fiction and fantasy work, including stories recognized by the Hugo and Nebula awards. It offers a selection of the author's later writing across the two genres.

Merlin's search for explanations about Julia, Jurt and his enemies draws him into a strange realm inhabited by Pattern-created ghosts. The investigation places him between the rival powers of Amber's Pattern and the Logrus of Chaos.

Collecting Changeling and Madwand, this volume follows Pol Detson, a sorcerer's son raised in a technological world. Returning to his magical homeland, he confronts disruptive inventions, his father's legacy and the dangers of learning to wield his powers.

Across centuries, successive incarnations of Loki confront an immortal adversary associated with Ahriman. Their struggle links medieval sorcery with later lives, combining myth and science as an old conflict continues through changing eras and identities.

Demon Azzie Elbub enters a contest between Good and Evil by creating his own Prince Charming and Sleeping Beauty. He intends to corrupt their fairy-tale romance, but magical complications and unreliable participants threaten his carefully designed scheme.

Summoned to the Courts of Chaos, Merlin discovers that family intrigue has brought him unexpectedly close to the throne. He must navigate magical traps, shifting loyalties and rival ambitions while continuing to investigate his father's fate.

In 2081, humanity has spread throughout the Solar System after decades of relative solar calm. A massive flare threatens that civilization, and interconnected episodes follow people confronting its effects on Earth, in space and beyond.

Snuff, the canine companion of a mysterious man named Jack, prepares for a supernatural contest culminating on Halloween. Around Victorian London, humans and their animal familiars form alliances over whether a gateway to ancient powers should open.

Mephistopheles mistakenly recruits a medieval thief instead of Doctor Faust for a contest between Good and Evil. As the disgruntled demon Azzie interferes and heavenly forces pursue their own tactics, the bargain develops into an increasingly tangled competition.

Two interwoven historical adventures follow John Colter and Hugh Glass through the American wilderness. Colter flees captors in the Yellowstone region, while Glass, abandoned after a bear attack, struggles across harsh terrain toward survival and vengeance.

Bored between cosmic contests, demon Azzie devises an immorality play in which seven pilgrims receive their hearts' desires. Their changing wishes, meddling heavenly opponents and unexpected performers threaten his attempt to demonstrate the benefits of wickedness.

Engineer John Donnerjack helps create Virtu, an immersive virtual world, then bargains with Death for the return of his lover. The consequences extend into his son's life as technology, mythology and the boundary between realities become intertwined.

Reporter Alf Noir investigates a mysterious Roman shop whose proprietor trades in emotions, talents and psychological traits. His inquiry into this unconventional business draws him into exchanges and transformations that challenge his understanding of identity and reality.

Retired demon Kai Wren investigates his human servant's death and suspects enemies he believed defeated have returned. Unsure whom to trust, the glassblower and former godslayer forms an uneasy alliance with humans and demons to uncover the threat.

Fantasy and science fiction stories range beyond Zelazny's novels, including further adventures in Amber. Previously uncollected tales and a rare Trumps of Doom prologue appear alongside other stories, with an introduction by Stephen Brust.

Short fiction from Zelazny’s late 1970s and early 1980s brings together dangerous machines, mythic defenders and unusual games. The stories include Home Is the Hangman and Unicorn Variation, accompanied by commentary connecting the works to their creation.

Stories from the 1980s gather Zelazny’s mature explorations of fantasy and science fiction, including Permafrost and 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai. Dilvish and Wild Cards tales extend the collection into familiar and newly imagined worlds.

Stories from Zelazny’s prolific mid-1960s period combine mythological ideas with speculative situations, including The Furies and For a Breath I Tarry. His essays and editorial notes provide context for the fiction and the development of his craft.

Former art smuggler Ovid Wiley discovers his old partner murdered on his gallery floor. The CIA draws him into an investigation involving a missing priest and Vatican money, sending the reluctant art dealer into international intrigue and danger.

Works from Zelazny’s final five years combine new directions with familiar fictional worlds. Godson, Wild Cards stories and five linked Amber tales appear alongside a play, tracing ideas that continued to develop near the end of his career.

Short works from the late 1960s and early 1970s explore Zelazny’s expanding range of styles and interests. Stories including Damnation Alley, The Steel General and The Man Who Loved the Faioli are accompanied by essays and editorial commentary.

Early short works trace Zelazny’s experimentation through the mid-1960s, including A Rose for Ecclesiastes and The Graveyard Heart. Fiction, poetry and commentary reveal the development of the voice that shaped his later science fiction and fantasy.

Ten long stories trace Roger Zelazny's early science fiction career, moving from encounters with alien cultures to dream manipulation and travel across a devastated landscape. Their contrasting worlds explore the possibilities and dangers of unfamiliar futures.

Seven short stories return to the world of Amber, extending the saga beyond its novels. Familiar characters and unresolved threads reappear in tales shaped by the royal family’s rivalries, strange powers, and movement between worlds.

Four works of speculative fiction bring together The Furies, The Graveyard Heart, The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth and A Rose for Ecclesiastes. An introduction by Theodore Sturgeon accompanies Zelazny’s early imaginative stories.

This omnibus collects all ten Chronicles of Amber novels, following Corwin and his son Merlin through rivalries among a royal family able to traverse alternate realities. Their struggles involve succession, shifting alliances and the forces of Amber and Chaos.