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...My first awareness as I came to myself, such as I was, was of a medicinal scent, sharp and acrid. Next was the realisation that I could not move. I was lying on my back, and straps of various sorts kept me there. After a time, it occured to me to open my eyes.
...I resolved then and there to remain still while my head cleared. If I alerted the staff of this place--surely the mental hospital that Tuvoon had mentioned--they were certain to come in. No doubt they had permission to give me drugs to make me sleep again.
Something like this had happened to a fellow in a novel I read once. His enemies stashed him in a private sanitorium and authorised its staff to dope him to the gills. He, however, turned out to have superhuman strength and recuperative powers, and had busted his way out. I wasn't so well equipped.
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Amber! Corwin of Amber!
Nine princes of Amber By Roger Zelazny.
I found this in the book "Lord Demon". The last work of novel by Roger Zelazny with Jane Lindskold before his death. I wonder who put that reference in and why he allowed it. Anyway, I burst out laughing upon reading it. Luckily, no one put in a mental hospital.
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