In this "astonishing fantasy debut," a mother and a mysterious Chinese
man--who is more than he appears--search for her missing daughter in San
Francisco (Locus).
Offering "a deft blend of the oldest of magicks in a dragon, and the
newest of sorceries in computers" (Anne McCaffrey), this is the
incomparable novel that garnered Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and Philip
K. Dick Award nominations, and earned its author the John W. Campbell
Best New Writer award.
Martha Macnamara knows that her daughter, Elizabeth, is in trouble--she
just doesn't know what kind. Mysterious phone calls from San Francisco
at odd hours of the night are the only contact they've had for years.
Now, Elizabeth has sent her mother a plane ticket and reserved a room
for her at the city's most luxurious hotel. Yet, since Martha checked
in, she still hasn't been contacted by her daughter, and is feeling
lonely, confused, and a little bit worried.
But Martha meets someone else at the hotel: Mayland Long, a
distinguished-looking and wealthy Chinese man who is drawn to Martha's
good character and ability to pinpoint the truth of a matter. They
become close quickly, and he promises to help her find Elizabeth. Before
he can solve the mystery, though, Martha herself disappears--and Mayland
realizes that he's in love with her.
Now, a man whose true nature and identity is unknown to those around him
will embark on a potentially dangerous adventure in a city on the verge
of exploding with its own sort of magic as technology spreads through
the region that will become known as Silicon Valley. An elegant,
delightful, and unusual novel that blends ancient myth with modern
wizardry, Tea with the Black Dragon is "a small masterpiece, setting a
fantasy story against a contemporary background" (Booklist).
