AvoNova, New York, 1992, 3^rd pr.  ISBN 0-380-75502-5.  MMPB, 241 pages.  Good plus; wraps show edge and cover wear, some wear at spine ends; reading creases; binding sound with a very slight lean.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  ‘Having survived blackest betrayal and attempted assassination, Merle Corey, aka Merlin, discovers he is third in line to occupy the throne of Chaos – his ascension aided by a series of conveniently fatal “accidents” engineered by his mother, Dara, and Mandor, his uncle. … Dread plots and dark enchantments await Merlin on the road to ultimate rule.  But he is determined to triumph – and silence the murderous discord between Amber and Chaos … At the end of his visionary quest lies an unsettling destiny – and his father, Corwin, long believed dead but in truth imprisoned by a villain’s magic.’ (from rear wrap)