"Even now, Chaos wells up to fill the vacuum back at Amber. A great vortex has come into being, and it grows. It spreads ever outward, destroying the Shadow worlds, and it will not stop until it meets the Courts of Chaos."

Will all be lost? On Prince Corwin and a hellride through Shadow rests the fate of Amber, threatened with oblivion by the growing power of Chaos. Amber has been bled by internal feuds, but the house of Chaos has thrived on undivided hate. And now the forces of the dark citadel can only be stemmed at their very heart - the damnable Courts of Chaos.