num_pages: 298
description: When novice monk Tenzin Dorje is told by his lama that the Red Army is invading Tibet his country's darkest moment paradoxically gives him a sense of purpose like no other. He accepts a mission to carry two ancient secret texts across the Himalayas to safety. Half a century later in a paradox of similarly troubling circumstances Matt Lester is called upon to convey his own particular wisdom as a scientist when Matt's nanotech project is mysteriously moved from London to a research incubator in Los Angeles. Tenzin and Matt embark on parallel adventures which have spine-chilling connections. Tenzin's perilous journey through the Himalayas amid increasing physical hardship and the ever-present horror of Red Army capture is mirrored by Matt's contemporary but no less traumatic challenges as his passionate relationship with his fiance Isabella and his high flying career undergo escalating crises. It is at the moment when both Tenzin and Matt face catastrophe that their stories converge spectacularly transforming our understanding of all that has gone before.
language: English
title: The Magician of Lhasa
publisher: Conch Books