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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... Michaela was gone ! He stared at the starlit billows of the sheets . Where the hell . . . her room ! He hurtled down ... Michaela's door , and he heard a crispy chuckling noise like a fire crackling in a hearth . The wood was warm to the ...
... Michaela was gone ! He stared at the starlit billows of the sheets . Where the hell . . . her room ! He hurtled down ... Michaela's door , and he heard a crispy chuckling noise like a fire crackling in a hearth . The wood was warm to the ...
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... Michaela's voice . He'd expected a hoarse demon voice , and when she walked into the alcove , her white scarf glowing palely against the dark air , he was surprised to see that she was un- changed . Her features held no trace of ...
... Michaela's voice . He'd expected a hoarse demon voice , and when she walked into the alcove , her white scarf glowing palely against the dark air , he was surprised to see that she was un- changed . Her features held no trace of ...
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... Michaela's heartbeat , he thought maybe that the crowd was cheering the wrong man . Three weeks after the night of White Bhairab , Ranjeesh Chatterji divested himself of all worldly possessions ( including the gift of a year's free rent ...
... Michaela's heartbeat , he thought maybe that the crowd was cheering the wrong man . Three weeks after the night of White Bhairab , Ranjeesh Chatterji divested himself of all worldly possessions ( including the gift of a year's free rent ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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