"Outstanding . . . a new kind of writing . . . Pinto is blazing a trail where others, no doubt, will follow." —Amanda Foreman, author, The Duchess
"A remarkable feast which I avidly consumed." —Dennis L. McKiernan, author, The Eye of the Hunter
"Boldly conceived and intelligently written . . . lingers in the memory like a strange and disturbing dream." —Interzone
Amidst the massacre he helped bring about, Carnelian is now desperate to find a way to avoid more carnage. His spurned lover Osidian—seeking revenge and determined to win back his stolen throne—has deliberately stoked the wrath of the Masters who rule the world from its center, Osrakum. Osidian's actions threaten to overturn the repressive order of the Commonwealth, and Carnelian soon learns that he and those he loves are inextricably enmeshed in the terrible power game of the Masters. If he is to survive, he has no choice but to stand with Osidian in defiance of the invincible power of the Masters. In his struggle, Carnelian will unleash apocalyptic forces that will bring his world to a reckoning none could have foreseen, though it has been simmering for 4,000 years.
Ricardo Pinto is the author of The Chosen and The Standing Dead in The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series.
Fantasy
928 pages, Trade Paper, 5 x 8
Distribution Rights: US
$16.95
9780553815054 (0553815059) Pub Date: April 2010
Transworld Publishers/Bantam Press