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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... Hatfield asked , " How de night goin ' , Mr. Winship ? " " So - so , " I replied , and ordered a bottle of Superior from John . " Not much business , ” I remarked to Hatfield , pressing the cold bottle against my forehead . " Oh ...
... Hatfield asked , " How de night goin ' , Mr. Winship ? " " So - so , " I replied , and ordered a bottle of Superior from John . " Not much business , ” I remarked to Hatfield , pressing the cold bottle against my forehead . " Oh ...
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... Hatfield nodded , made a series of mystic passes , shook the ball , and Junie peered intently at the window in its top . " Dere , " said Hatfield . " Everything goin ' to work out in de end . " Other Americans have used Hatfield's ...
... Hatfield nodded , made a series of mystic passes , shook the ball , and Junie peered intently at the window in its top . " Dere , " said Hatfield . " Everything goin ' to work out in de end . " Other Americans have used Hatfield's ...
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... Hatfield . Ran ! The water was waist - deep all the way to the reef , yet she knifed through it as if it were ... Hatfield's first shot struck her in the chest and barely slowed her . She was twenty feet from the dory when the second ...
... Hatfield . Ran ! The water was waist - deep all the way to the reef , yet she knifed through it as if it were ... Hatfield's first shot struck her in the chest and barely slowed her . She was twenty feet from the dory when the second ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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