Tea with the Black Dragon

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Title Tea with the Black Dragon

Cover of first edition (paperback)
Author R. A. MacAvoy
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Bantam Books
Released 1983
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 166
ISBN ISBN 0-553-23205-3

Tea with the Black Dragon is a 1983 science fiction novel by R. A. MacAvoy. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1983 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1984.

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Tea with the Black Dragon is about a woman named Martha MacNamara who was brought west to San Francisco by her daughter Elizabeth's disappearance. Mayland Long, an Asian gentleman who happens to be a 2,000 year old Chinese dragon, aids Martha in her search for her daughter. As they search for any clues as to why Elizabeth disappeared they discover hints of Martha's daughter being possibly mixed up in something dangerous.

Spoilers end here.