Book of Amber/YMMV

• Magnificent Bastard - Oberon, and several of his children try to match him in this. To the point where Corwin deduces Oberon's presence simply because no one else could pull of a Gambit Roulette that well.
• Recycled Premise - The first series starts with Corwin missing, presumed dead, and he is later imprisoned and blinded. Also, Caine is killed. In the second series, Corwin is missing and presumed dead, Caine is killed off again, and Corwin is later discovered to have been imprisoned and deprived of sight.