Trapdoor Books Publishes "Buddhist Thriller"

Trapdoor Books claims that "geeks and Tibetan Buddhist (will) collide this week" after the release of The Magician of Lhasa, "the world's first Buddhist thriller." A brief review appears in Shambhala SunSpace (text below) and the author of The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing suggests that the reader not "start this book before bedtime—you just might be up all night."

In Brief: The Magician of Lhasa

The Magician of Lhasa
By David Michie
Trapdoor Books, 2009; 290 pp., $14.99 (paper)

In this Buddhist thriller the stakes are high. China is invading Tibet and, in order to save two ancient texts from destruction, a young novice monk, Tenzin Dorje, carries them across the Himalayas. Paralleling his dangerous journey are the present-day challenges of Matt Lester, a scientist who finds his nanotech project mysteriously moved from London to Los Angeles and his relationship with his fiancée in crisis. The tension mounts for both men and, just when it comes to a head, their lives collide. The Magician of Lhasa illuminates the complimentary nature of science and Buddhism, and is woven through and through with dharma. David Michie is also the author of three mainstream thrillers published in United Kingdom (From the Shambhala Sun Space)