Increasingly estranged from Osidian, Carnelian struggles to contain his malice. But Osidian is a Master, and a Master will not endure having less than total dominion. As events spiral towards chaos and violence, can Carnelian even save those he loves? The Darkness Under The Trees is volume 4 of 7 of The Stone Dance of the Chameleon —a coming of age story—a saga of love and war—an apocalyptic, epic, fantasy adventure about power and redemption. (This Second Edition is a leaner and extensive reworking of the acclaimed original.) 'The groundbreaking The Stone Dance of the Chameleon . . . is that rarest of things--a deeply original fantasy' SFX 'Phantasmagorical brutality . . . gorgeous prose that is both concise and poetic . . . uses horror to jolt the reader from the sense of escapism often associated with the fantasy genre . . . contains no magic and yet retains an atmosphere of occult malevolence.' Strange Horizons '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 'Majestically structured and vivid' Starlog 'I was enthralled' Starburst