Cover of Twisting the Rope

Twisting the Rope

core novel 1986 Tea with the Black Dragon

Record

First published1986
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.69 (821 ratings, collected 2026-09-05)
Page count242
First-edition ISBN9780553260267
Internal chronology2

Where it sits

Notes

  • From the series record (Tea with the Black Dragon): A completed two-book contemporary-fantasy sequence: a grieving mother investigating her missing daughter's computer-fraud entanglement is aided by a courtly stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, an ancient dragon in human form; the sequel follows the same pair investigating a fraudulent psychic. MacAvoy's debut won the 1984 Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the 1983 Nebula Award and 1984 Hugo Award for Best Novel; MacAvoy herself won the 1984 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

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