In a post-apocalyptic world, the young healer Snake ventures into
unknown lands during her proving year. Her genetically engineered
rattlesnake and cobra provide vaccines and medicines, while the rare
alien dreamsnake eases pain and suffering.
Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand won SFWA's Nebula Award. It is the first
chapter of Dreamsnake, which won the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and
the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.