Carnelian yearns to make a new life with his lover beyond the reach of the malevolent Masters. But—lusting for revenge—Osidian begins to corrupt the people who have taken them in. Can Carnelian stop his manipulations tipping them all into disaster? The Standing Dead is volume 3 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.)