The Jaguar HunterFourteen of Lucius Shepard's most memorable stories are combined with a previously unanthologized novella, Radiant Green Star, to form a stunning sci-fi collection. In the Nebula Award-winning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina. |
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... Dantzler volunteered . Staring at Dantzler , DT's eyes went empty and unfocused . " Naw , " he said . " You don't know no Spanish . ' " " Dantzler ducked his head to avoid DT's stare and said nothing ; he thought he understood what DT ...
... Dantzler volunteered . Staring at Dantzler , DT's eyes went empty and unfocused . " Naw , " he said . " You don't know no Spanish . ' " " Dantzler ducked his head to avoid DT's stare and said nothing ; he thought he understood what DT ...
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... Dantzler was not a born killer ; he was not even clear as to how he had been drafted , less clear as to how he had been manip- ulated into the Special Forces , and he had learned that nothing was optional in Salvador , with the possible ...
... Dantzler was not a born killer ; he was not even clear as to how he had been drafted , less clear as to how he had been manip- ulated into the Special Forces , and he had learned that nothing was optional in Salvador , with the possible ...
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... Dantzler . " I'm fine . " The stream interested him ; it did not reflect the mist , as he had supposed , but was itself a seam of the mist . " How many you think they was ? " asked DT . " How many what ? " " Beaners , man ! I wasted ...
... Dantzler . " I'm fine . " The stream interested him ; it did not reflect the mist , as he had supposed , but was itself a seam of the mist . " How many you think they was ? " asked DT . " How many what ? " " Beaners , man ! I wasted ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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