Corwin, the most appealing superman since [Robert] Heinlein's Valentine Michael Smith, continues the family feud begun in Nine Princes in Amber (1970) [in The Guns of Avalon], battling in Shadow, which includes earth as well as Avalon, for the crown of the real world, Amber. Zelazny's dazzling blend of myth, science fantasy and (super) human nature suspends disbelief and raises the highest hopes for volume three.

"Fiction: 'The Guns of Avalon'," in Kirkus Reviews (copyright © 1972 The Kirkus Service, Inc.), Vol. XL, No. 16, August 15, 1972, p. 978.