The world of ZEN CITY is a world of passionate desires: the desire for power, the desire for order, and the desire for self-transcendence. ZEN CITY is a story about the struggle and violence of people who see themselves as striving for the ultimate. Along the way, ZEN CITY presents a sly critique of the practice and perversions of imported spirituality in twentieth-century America.

Eliot Fintushel is a prolific science-fiction writer with scores of short stories, many of them anthologized in Best Of collections. His novel "Breakfast With The Ones You Love" is available from Random House. Eliot is also an award winning performance artist. He studied real Zen for many years, working on koans at the goad of the stick.