Editing Knight of Shadows

{{Short description|1989 novel by Roger Zelazny}}
{{about|the book by Roger Zelazny}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name          = Knight of Shadows
| title_orig    =
| translator    =
| image         = 
| caption       = Dust-jacket illustration from the first edition.
| author        = [[Roger Zelazny]]
| cover_artist  = Linda Burr
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = ''[[The Chronicles of Amber]]''
| genre         = [[Fantasy literature|Fantasy]]
| publisher     = [[William Morrow and Company]]
| release_date  = November 1989
| media_type    = Print ([[hardcover]])
| pages         = 215 pp
| isbn          = 0-688-08726-4
| dewey= 813/.54 20
| congress= PS3576.E43 K6 1989
| oclc= 19845743
| preceded_by   = [[Sign of Chaos]]
| followed_by   = [[Prince of Chaos]]
}}

'''''Knight of Shadows''''' is a [[fantasy literature|fantasy]] novel by American writer [[Roger Zelazny]], published in November 1989. It is the ninth book in the [[Amber (fictional realm)|Amber]] saga.

Merlin continues to attempt to solve the mysteries in his life, in particular understanding why Julia turned against him, how she got involved with Jurt, and the person who is raging against him.

After being trapped in a strange world peopled with ghosts induced by the Pattern, Merlin discovers that he is involved in a superpower quarrel between Amber's  Pattern and the Logrus of Chaos.

==Reception==
''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' called the novel a "mega-yarn so hypercomplicated that Zelazny spends the first 50 pages here explaining--not always convincingly--who's been doing what to whom, and why."<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= KNIGHT OF SHADOWS|url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/roger-zelazny-8/knight-of-shadows/|work= [[Kirkus Reviews]]|location= |access-date= 19 September 2024}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' wrote: "Readers who enjoyed the poetic writing, skilled plotting and crafted characterizations of the original Amber books will be disappointed again."<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= Knight of Shadows|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780688087265|work= [[Publishers Weekly]]|location= |access-date= 19 September 2024}}</ref> Drew Bittner of the ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'' wrote: "With his customary excellent imagery and strong characterization, especially the running dialogue between Merlin and his magical strangling cord, Zelazny's newest work is a worthy addition to the Amber series, adding a few more clues to the mysteries of Amber."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/144300957|title= Book adds few more clues to the mysteries of Amber|last= Bittner|first= Drew|date= 22 November 1989|website= [[Asbury Park Press]]|publisher= |access-date= 19 September 2024|quote=}}</ref>

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