The Standing Dead: The Stone Dance of the Chameleon Trilogy, Book #2

Ricardo Pinto

Transworld, Aug 26, 2003 - Fiction - 736 pages

The sequel toThe Chosenand the second book in The Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy.

Twelve years in the creating, Ricardo Pinto's sumptuously imaginedCommonwealth of the Three Landsfirst enthralled fantasy readers in his acclaimed debut,The Chosen. Now the story of the Masters and their imperious, cruel world continues in a novel as original and absorbing as the first. Escaping the clutches of the Empress Ykoriana, Carnelian and Osidian find themselves captives of a barbarian tribe from the southern plain. Dark, unexpected and unbidden forces surface, threatening this new-found world. Rich in detail, passion and drama,The Standing Deadconfirms Ricardo Pinto as one of fantasy's most singular and literate new voices.

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Review: The Standing Dead (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon #2)

User Review  - Shanna - Goodreads

Some of the fight scenes were difficult to slog through, full of so very much detail. Parts of the story slogged on- it took a bit of figuring to realize that YEARS were going by and not days or ...

Review: The Standing Dead (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon #2)

User Review  - Ryan Lawler - Goodreads

The Standing Dead is the second book in Ricardo Pinto's The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series, published by Bantam in 2002. In the first book, The Chosen, Pinto created an amazing, complex, and ...

About the author

Ricardo Pinto is Portuguese, but has lived and studied in Scotland since he was a child. Previously he designed and programmed computer games. This is his second novel. He lives in Edinburgh and is currently working on the final volume in this trilogy.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Standing Dead: The Stone Dance of the Chameleon Trilogy, Book #2; Book 2 of The stone dance of the chameleon, Ricardo Pinto
• Author: Ricardo Pinto
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Transworld, 2003
• ISBN: 0553812858, 9780553812855
• Length: 736 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / General