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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... black coral and inhaled gasoline fumes for escape ; they fought with conch shells , wrapping their hands around the inner volute of the shell so it fit like a spiky boxing glove . And when the nearly as stupid ladinos had ... BLACK CORAL 145.
... black coral and inhaled gasoline fumes for escape ; they fought with conch shells , wrapping their hands around the inner volute of the shell so it fit like a spiky boxing glove . And when the nearly as stupid ladinos had ... BLACK CORAL 145.
Page 147
... black branches in them , seeing the twilit jungle in Lang Biang , and he heard the hiss of the walkie - talkie and Leon's stagy whisper , " Hey , Prince ! I got a funny ... black shavings fell onto the table . " You just BLACK CORAL 147.
... black branches in them , seeing the twilit jungle in Lang Biang , and he heard the hiss of the walkie - talkie and Leon's stagy whisper , " Hey , Prince ! I got a funny ... black shavings fell onto the table . " You just BLACK CORAL 147.
Page 149
... black dust , distant from him , and the coolness had deepened to a penetrating chill . And as a faint radiance suffused the dark , he imagined that the process of the drug had been reversed , that now he was flowing up ... BLACK CORAL 149.
... black dust , distant from him , and the coolness had deepened to a penetrating chill . And as a faint radiance suffused the dark , he imagined that the process of the drug had been reversed , that now he was flowing up ... BLACK CORAL 149.
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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