Tendeleo's Story

From the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, an alien force begins to spread, turning the land into an unrecognizable alien landscape. Tendeléo is nine years old when this first package comes down, and before she reaches adulthood the Chaga will change her life forever.

REVIEWS

"[An] excellent original novella… gazes boldly into the heart of darkness, and finds there a great and galvanising hope." – Infinity Plus

"… the Chaga sequence [is] Ian McDonald's marvellous panorama of Third World plights and possibilities." – SF Site

Winner of the Sturgeon Award, 2001.



Ian McDonald is the author of many award-winning and critically-acclaimed science fiction novels, including Brasyl, River of Gods, Cyberabad Days, The Dervish House, and the ground-breaking Chaga series. He has won the Philip K. Dick Award, the BSFA Award (five times), LOCUS Award, a Hugo Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. His work has also been nominated for the Nebula Award, a Quill Book Award, and has several nominations for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.