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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... jaguar of Barrio Carolina . ” " I no longer hunt , " said Esteban . " The Indian is afraid , " said Raimundo , moving up behind Onofrio's shoulder . " I told you . " Onofrio waved him away and said to ... hunters for this 6 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
... jaguar of Barrio Carolina . ” " I no longer hunt , " said Esteban . " The Indian is afraid , " said Raimundo , moving up behind Onofrio's shoulder . " I told you . " Onofrio waved him away and said to ... hunters for this 6 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
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... suddenly realized that killing the jaguar might be the solution to his problems , that by going against his father's teaching , that by killing his dreams , his Indian conception of the world , he might be able to 8 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
... suddenly realized that killing the jaguar might be the solution to his problems , that by going against his father's teaching , that by killing his dreams , his Indian conception of the world , he might be able to 8 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
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... down the beach to Puerto Morada . He went with his head lowered , desolate , thinking of the grim future that awaited him after he returned the money to Onofrio : a life of trying to please an increasingly 16 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
... down the beach to Puerto Morada . He went with his head lowered , desolate , thinking of the grim future that awaited him after he returned the money to Onofrio : a life of trying to please an increasingly 16 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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