"An entrancing feast of strangeness, wonder, and horror . . . fascinating and original" - SF Site

"A brave book . . . starker, though no less complex, than its predecessors" - SFRevu

"A world of stark contrasts and dramatic violence, with powerful characters caught in sweeping events. Richly imagined but brutal fantasy—not for the squeamish" - Kirkus

"No matter how strange, how disturbing, or how foreign, Pinto's vision remains compelling because it asks questions about the nature of man . . . asking questions about the limitations of romantic love and its danger to character and integrity" - Strange Horizons

"The groundbreaking The Stone Dance of the Chameleon . . . is that rarest of things—a deeply original fantasy" - SFX

"Majestically structured and vivid" - Starlog

"I was enthralled" - Starburst