The Red Harlequin: Masks and Chromes

No one knows for sure where Arlequins—the monstrous creatures capable of any evil—came from. Some say that the appearance of Arlequins was caused by unclean incestuous relationships between chroms of different colors. In the world of chroms, seven peoples live, and each has its own aura color. Here, immutable universal laws rule—according to them, everyone must publicly wear a mask, and only Arlequins are allowed not to obey. Fourteen-year-old chrom Asheva is Black, and for the first time in his life he witnesses the execution of an Arlequin. Asheva still doesn’t know that soon the world familiar to him will collapse, and a winding, trial-filled path toward the truth about what Arlequins are and how the world of chroms truly works will begin…

«Masks and Chroms» is the first book of Roberto Ricci’s vivid fantasy cycle "The Red Arlequin".