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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... began to see images in his mind's eye : Michaela's face , Aimée's , and then the two faces were super- imposed . He was shown this over and over , and he understood from it that the Khaa wanted the possession to take place . But he didn ...
... began to see images in his mind's eye : Michaela's face , Aimée's , and then the two faces were super- imposed . He was shown this over and over , and he understood from it that the Khaa wanted the possession to take place . But he didn ...
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... began . Large cargo elevators capable of carrying sixty men ran up and down just inside the east and west slopes of the hill ; but to provide quick access between adjoining levels , and also as a safeguard in case of power failures , an ...
... began . Large cargo elevators capable of carrying sixty men ran up and down just inside the east and west slopes of the hill ; but to provide quick access between adjoining levels , and also as a safeguard in case of power failures , an ...
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... began hitchhiking east across the desert . Our travels were arduous . I had only three hundred dollars , and Alise had none . Tom's story about their having valuables to sell had been more or less true , but in our haste we had left ...
... began hitchhiking east across the desert . Our travels were arduous . I had only three hundred dollars , and Alise had none . Tom's story about their having valuables to sell had been more or less true , but in our haste we had left ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
Copyright | |
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