The Chosen: The Stone Dance Of The Chameleon
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In a world where gods walk among men and tyranny is dressed in the gilded robes of divine right, The Chosen — the first book in Ricardo Pinto's epic The Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy — introduces Carnelian, a young man of the ruling elite who has lived his entire life in sheltered exile. When powerful Masters arrive to summon his ailing father back to the God Emperor's court, Carnelian is drawn into the heart of a civilization built on rigid hierarchy, brutal ritual, and the systematic oppression of millions. The journey to the Eternal City tears away every comfort he has known, forcing him to confront the monstrous machinery of power that his own bloodline sustains. Pinto constructs an extraordinarily detailed secondary world, one deeply inspired by pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, presenting an antique and alien grandeur utterly unlike the familiar tropes of European-derived fantasy. His prose is meticulous and atmospheric, building a suffocating sense of dread beneath the surface beauty of a decadent, dying empire. The Chosen is a story of innocence irrevocably corrupted by truth — a truth so vast and terrible that Carnelian, and the reader, may never fully emerge from its shadow.
Author: Ricardo Pinto
Format: Hardback
Genre: Fantasy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In a world where gods walk among men and tyranny is dressed in the gilded robes of divine right, The Chosen — the first book in Ricardo Pinto's epic The Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy — introduces Carnelian, a young man of the ruling elite who has lived his entire life in sheltered exile. When powerful Masters arrive to summon his ailing father back to the God Emperor's court, Carnelian is drawn into the heart of a civilization built on rigid hierarchy, brutal ritual, and the systematic oppression of millions. The journey to the Eternal City tears away every comfort he has known, forcing him to confront the monstrous machinery of power that his own bloodline sustains. Pinto constructs an extraordinarily detailed secondary world, one deeply inspired by pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, presenting an antique and alien grandeur utterly unlike the familiar tropes of European-derived fantasy. His prose is meticulous and atmospheric, building a suffocating sense of dread beneath the surface beauty of a decadent, dying empire. The Chosen is a story of innocence irrevocably corrupted by truth — a truth so vast and terrible that Carnelian, and the reader, may never fully emerge from its shadow.