THE ACCLAIMED SEQUEL TO THE CHOSEN In desperation, the Ruling Lord Suth searches within the sacred walls of Osrakum for Carnelian, his son, and Osidian, the God Emperor elect. He suspects the Empress Ykoriana is behind their disappearance and knows that if they are not found soon it is her other son, Osidians brother Molochite, who will rule with fearful consequences for the Three Lands. Captive of the tribes of the Earthsky, Carnelian is for the moment safe, and succumbs readily to the seasonal rhythms of tribal life, he is convinced by unexpected discoveries that it is fate that has bought him there.He grows to love these simple people and hopes for sanctuary among them. But the dark forces Carnelian helped unleash in Osrakum begin to cast their shadow over his adopted home. He is witness to the awful oppression that the Masters whom the tribesmen call the Standing Dead have been inflicting on them for millennia. But even more terrible is the presence Carnelian has unwittingly brought with him. Potent and terrifying, it threatens everything he now holds dear in this new-found world.
With The Standing Dead, Ricardo Pinto gives us a tumultuous new chapter in the Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy and confirms his place as one of fantasys most singular and literate voices.
+ UK edition
This edition is now out of print but can be bought second hand. I’m working on a 2nd edition+ US edition
This edition is now out of print but can be bought second hand. I’m working on a 2nd edition+ Edicão Portuguesa
Já apelidado como o novo Tolkien português, os livros de Ricardo Pinto, um emigrante radicado na Escócia, são um sucesso no Reino Unido, Alemanha, Holanda e EUA. No entanto, para se compreender o segundo volume da trilogia A Dança de Pedra do Camaleão urge ter lido o primeiro, publicado em Março deste ano, o primeiro momento de uma saga dividida em três partes que se complementam. As duas primeiras obras funcionam como uma espécie de tese e antítese, revelando-se em Os Escolhidos o mundo da casta dominante, a elite que a si própria se designa divina e cujas leis são implacáveis e cruéis, enquanto Os Guardiães dos Mortos retrata o universo das classes inferiores. Este romance conta como Carnelian e Osidian, vítimas de uma traição, são adormecidos no paradisíaco jardim proibido do Yeden, drogados, raptados e colocados em urnas funerárias… Uma poderosa fantasia épica que reserva a Ricardo Pinto o lugar único como autor de algo que «permanece na memória como um sonho estranho e perturbador» (Interzone).+ Deutsche Ausgabe
Wenn der Teufel im Detail steckt, dann war Ricardos erster Roman Die Auserwählten ein Ausflug in die Hölle: Die Beschreibungen seines “Bewachten Landes” und der hierarchischen Strukturen, die dort herrschen, könnten nicht minutiöser sein. Laut Klappentext hat er jahrelang Fantasy-Welten für Computerspiele entworfen. Das war leider allzu sehr zu spüren — einem Handbuch zu einem Fantasy-Rollenspiel hätte es nicht mehr an Handlung mangeln können.
