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+title = "Sign of the Unicorn (Roger Zelazny, 1975)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-09-07T22:14:00+02:00
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+We are halfway through the Corwin's saga, and Zelazny decides to step up the game.
+Sign of the Unicorn is much slower than the previous ones, which is a welcome change.
+But it also marks the point when Roger finally convinced me that he understands the word he creates.
+
+After the battle with his brother, Corwin is faced with a murder of a yet _another_ brother.
+This does not lead to a run through the Shadows to buy nukes as I would have expected.
+In fact, most of this volume is spent talking.
+We have a mystery, the family secrets are coming out.
+It's a wholly different experience than what we've had before.
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+We've got intrigue, we've got drama, we've got betrayal.
+We even learn who stands behind Corwin's accident, which happened before the start of _Nine Princess_.
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+This may the best book of _Chronicles of Amber_ yet because Zelazny seems to address most of the downsides the earlier books had.
+Characters became actual persons now, with motivation and aspirations.
+In fact, the world building is sidestepping for character building, and I, for one, am fully for this.
+
+As a result, the stakes are also different.
+We assumed that all of the _Black Road_ problems resulted from Corwin's curse, but now we learn that there are multiple layers below that.
+In fact, a lot of what we thought we knew turns out to be wrong.
+
+The only downside I see, at leat at this point, is that everyone important is either Corwin's  relative or acquaintance.
+I get that if you got your position of power purely from the family, the same family will be the centre of your life, but _come on!_.
+I want to get to know someone else!
+
+So, volume three of _Chronicles of Amber_ looks more of a correction from the author, than a direct continuation.