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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... beneath layers of fat . He had not expected her to remain beautiful , and he had tried to assure her that he loved the woman she was and not merely the girl she had been . But that woman was dying , infected by the same disease that had ...
... beneath layers of fat . He had not expected her to remain beautiful , and he had tried to assure her that he loved the woman she was and not merely the girl she had been . But that woman was dying , infected by the same disease that had ...
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... beneath the palm tree where the jaguar had paused the previous night . Lizards whispered past in the grasses , sand fleas hopped onto his face : he hardly felt them , sinking deeper into the languor of the herbs . The fronds overhead ...
... beneath the palm tree where the jaguar had paused the previous night . Lizards whispered past in the grasses , sand fleas hopped onto his face : he hardly felt them , sinking deeper into the languor of the herbs . The fronds overhead ...
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... beneath the snow during a thaw . Gabriela Pa ... Pasco ... Pascual . His finger traced the design etched on the combs , and every curlicue conveyed a sense of her personality . Sadness , loneliness , and - most of all - terror . She'd ...
... beneath the snow during a thaw . Gabriela Pa ... Pasco ... Pascual . His finger traced the design etched on the combs , and every curlicue conveyed a sense of her personality . Sadness , loneliness , and - most of all - terror . She'd ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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