About the book: year / Oberon, the newly crowned King of Amber, suddenly finds himself in the midst of political machinations, and all because Dworkin - his father - tries make a puppet out of him. Meanwhile, there are rumors that there is a Shadow of Amber in the sea, in which Oberon's double rules, sitting on an onyx throne. And so that life doesn’t seem like a raspberry, Oberon’s sister is trying to marry him to a very-peculiar-supposed-queen, and the Shadows begin to act up. What, then, will the new king do? Of course, he will turn to a new, unexpected ally for help.!