Set in ancient China, and rich in exotic detail, this novel centres on Yun Cai, now an old man but once an adored poet, whose orderly existence is shattered by the 'poison dragons' of misfortune.
Tim Murgatroyd is an English teacher who lives with his family in York. He has remained fascinated by ancient China since his teens, when he discovered a slim volume of Chinese poetry in a second hand bookshop. Taming Poison Dragons is his first novel. He is currently engaged in writing a sequel chronicling the turbulent events of the Mongol invasion of China.
