Nebula Award 1978, Hugo Award 1979, Locus Award 1979.
In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed.
With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake, and the dreamsnake, a creature whose hallucinogenic venom brings not healing but an easeful death for the terminally ill.
Rare and valuable is this dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place...
Vonda Neel McIntyre (1948-2019) was an American science fiction writer and biologist who won Hugo and Nebula Awards. She wrote novels such as Dreamsnake, The Moon and the Sun, and Star Trek and Star Wars books, and co-founded the Clarion West Writers Workshop.
