Those of you who’ve read the books will probably most appreciate this alternative version of them, as facilitated by Telarium.
![I escape the hospital.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1-300x212.png)
I escape the hospital.
![I convince Flora to let me stay with her.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2-300x212.png)
I convince Flora to let me stay with her.
![Random arrives, and Flora and I help him to dispatch his pursuers.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/3-300x212.png)
Random arrives, and Flora and I help him to dispatch his pursuers.
![Random and I begin the journey to Amber.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4-300x212.png)
Random and I begin the journey to Amber.
![Julian runs us down.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5-300x212.png)
Julian runs us down.
![But we turn the tables on him.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/6-300x212.png)
But we turn the tables on him.
![We rescue Deirdre from Eric's men.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/7-300x212.png)
We rescue Deirdre from Eric’s men.
![We part ways with Deirdre and march straight into Amber. A bit of toadying convinces Eric that I accept him as king.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/8-300x212.png)
We part ways with Deirdre and march straight into Amber. A bit of groveling convinces Eric that I accept him as king.
![I Trump to Deirdre in Rebma and walk the Pattern (via a surprisingly entertaining mini-game).](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/9-300x212.png)
I Trump to Deirdre in Rebma and walk the Pattern (via a surprisingly entertaining mini-game).
![I use the Pattern to transport myself back to Amber.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10-300x212.png)
I use the Pattern to transport myself back to Amber.
![I Trump Bleys to me, and together we murder Eric.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/11-300x212.png)
I Trump Bleys to me, and together we murder Eric.
![But now Bleys turns on me! This will really take some groveling...](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/12-300x212.png)
But now Bleys turns on me! This will really take some groveling…
![I locate Brand in shadow via his Trump, and rescue him from his imprisonment of Bleys's making.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/131-300x212.png)
I locate Brand in shadow via his Trump, and rescue him from his imprisonment of Bleys’s making.
![We stumble across Benedict. Brand makes overtures which I reject, then leaves.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14-300x212.png)
We stumble across Benedict. Brand makes overtures which I reject, then leaves.
![I get a call from Bleys and Brand's former co-conspirator Fiona. We cut a deal of our own.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/15-300x212.png)
I get a call from Bleys and Brand’s former co-conspirator Fiona. We cut a deal of our own.
![Amber is under attack! I agree to march with Benedict to her defense.](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/16-300x212.png)
Amber is under attack! I agree to march with Benedict to her defense.
![Back in Amber I reveal Bleys and Brand's nefarious schemes, leaving Fiona out of it. After I lead the forces of Amber to victory (doubtless from safely in the rear), most everyone except Bleys and Brand thinks I'm a pretty swell guy. I become king of Amber!](https://www.filfre.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/17-300x212.png)
Back in Amber I reveal Bleys and Brand’s nefarious schemes, leaving Fiona out of it. After I lead the forces of Amber to victory (doubtless from safely in the rear), most everyone except Bleys and Brand thinks I’m a pretty swell guy. I become king of Amber!