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The Standing Dead (Paperback)

by Ricardo Pinto (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 600 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press (1 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0593045580
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593045589
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,110,512 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Scottish fantasy writer Ricardo Pinto returns with his eagerly awaited second book The Standing Dead, the follow up to his wonderful and critically acclaimed debut The Chosen.

The story picks up neatly where its predecessor ended and now finds Carnelian and Osidian, having escaped from Empress Ykoriana, held captive by one of the Earthsky tribes of the south plain--a captivity Carnelian grows to embrace along with the tribesmen and their ordered life. Meanwhile the fires of revenge are growing in Osidian and But the vampire-like Masters--whom the tribe refer to as "The Standing Dead" of the title--still inflict their terrible oppression on Carnelian's new-found home. But even more dangerous is the terrifying presence Carnelian himself has brought right to the Tribe's door.

Pinto's complex and beautifully written second fantasy is a book to be savoured and devoured slowly. He is immaculate in the detail of people, clothing, buildings and landscapes and purposely spends a lot of time introducing you to his intricately-imagined world. He continues to build the relationship between Carnelian and Osidian, a partnership that resonates with love and tenderness, but one that is also fraught with difficulties and the Masters are as loathesome and as frightening as ever. There are a lot timely lessons here on the persecution of those considered different or unwilling to conform to so-called majority law, but Pinto's story is not so black and white. Everyone is flawed to a point and their own convictions and motivations, no matter how worthy or distasteful, are as utterly convincing to us as they are to them.

Pinto writes beautifully and his prose is a refreshing antidote to much of the action-led fantasy that dominates the genre. This is a thoughtful, engrossing and dynamic piece of work that should establish Pinto as one of fantasy's most ambitious and creative exponents. If you aren't reading Pinto, you shouldn't be reading fantasy at all. --Jonathan Weir



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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Into the Earthsky, 30 Aug 2004
By Katrine Berg "book addict" (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Standing Dead (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon) (Paperback)
Saved from the Empresse's assination attempt in the last minute, Carnelian and Osidian are leaving the Hidden Land with a group of plainsmen from the Earthsky. Osidian is deathly sick from mistreatment and the fact, that he's not going to be God-Emperor, but now only would become a bloodsacrifice at his brother's investment ceremony. Carnelian chooses to save him from this by following the plainsmain into a life of "babarisme". Carnelian finds himself suited for the life, while Osidian is only working to revenge his degradement.
This story is even more hard and grusome than the first book in the trilogy, at times it's almost not bearable to read. But also it is refreshing that there's no miracle solution to all the problems. Our hero is not on top of it all, but instead finds himself repeatingly cought in heartbreaking dilemmas.
The story is very full of details and greatly written, but a bit slow at times and agian you need determination to live through all that happens.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a stunning second installment to the trilogy - READ IT!, 14 May 2002
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...I will be eternally glad that I read this wonderful novel. One word of warning, though. Buy the first one in the trilogy (The Chosen) and read it BEFORE you read this. Really. You'll curse yourself otherwise - and only have to go back and start again.

Ricardo Pinto has taken the brave, wise and extremely ambitious decision to throw Tolkein out of the window and start from scratch. Applause to him. It was worth it - everything about The Stone Dance of The Chameleon is original, beautfully crafted, complex, consistent and highly, highly readable. Stick with this author - he's one to watch.

I'm not going to start summarising the plot here because I couldn't do it justice and I'd only make a mess. Suffice to say that you're very, very, very unlikely to read a better-written, more moving, or more sophisticated fanasy novel this decade.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly conceived, 26 Oct 2008
By Benjamin (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Standing Dead (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon) (Paperback)
Kidnapped to be buried alive a matter of days before Osidian is to become God Emperor, he and Carnelian are unwittingly reprieved, only to be destined to be sold into slavery as trophies. But even from that fate they are rescued only to become captive of the Plainsmen of Earthsky

To effect their own escape the Plainsmen plan to leave the two Masters behind as a decoy, but in a snap decision Carnelian pleads with them that they take him and Osidian with them. As they struggle for survival finding a circuitous route to Earthsky, with Osidian ever weakening with fever, Carnelian becomes drawn to his captors and is prepared to make his way with them, but will Osidian, if he survives, so readily accept such a fate?

Above all it is the character Carnelian who makes the story so compelling; young as he is, his strong sense of loyalty, love and compassion, and his vulnerability cannot fail to win the reader's heart. It is those very qualities that make the dilemma of his situation so difficult, and the restraints he imposes on his growing relation with Fern especially touching.

An enthralling sequel to the Chosen and perhaps even more captivating and more readily accessible, The Standing Dead is a brilliantly conceived story. Pinto creates a fantastic and vividly portrayed prehistoric landscape, an environment at times luxuriantly rich in flora and fauna, but at other times arid and unbearably hot. The suffering Plainsmen lead a tribal life rich with its own customs; it is not surprising that Carnelian is drawn to theses close knit people as he sees the suffering the domination of the Masters causes. But it is not long before Carnelian realises that he may be the cause of something even worse, the very downfall of everything here he has come to cherish.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Cliff Hanger
Standing Dead was a good followup to The Chosen and I found it gripping from start to finish with the cliff hanger ending of Carmelian screaming for the world that he had... Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. Tuppen

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent follow-up to the first volume
The Standing Dead is the second volume of the Stone Dance of the Chameleon.
It is, in my opinion better than The Chosen (volume 1) The Chosen set the world scene but was on... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2003 by ozzieorl

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book about terrible people
This laconically-paced sequel to 'The Chosen' picks up where the prior book left off -- or at least, as near enough as makes no difference. Read more
Published on 1 Jul 2002 by Turner Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent - but another cliffhanger
Carnelian and Osidians true colours surface in this book. It shows that the way you are brought up influences what you become. It's a fantastic book. Read more
Published on 15 May 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Vile, nasty, merciless, artfully written
I can not say I enjoyed this book. It was an exercise in the worst of human relations and the vilest the human spirit has to offer. Just like the first book in the series. Read more
Published on 6 May 2002 by Todd Ellner

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