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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... dark air , he was surprised to see that she was un- changed . Her features held no trace of anything other than her usual listlessness . " I'm sorry I hurt you , " she said , walking toward him . " I know you didn't do anything . I was ...
... dark air , he was surprised to see that she was un- changed . Her features held no trace of anything other than her usual listlessness . " I'm sorry I hurt you , " she said , walking toward him . " I know you didn't do anything . I was ...
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... dark . The darkness was picked out by the purplish glow of black lights illuminating four Jimi Hendrix posters . Though of island stock , Rudy was American - born and , like Prince , a child of the sixties and a veteran . He said that ...
... dark . The darkness was picked out by the purplish glow of black lights illuminating four Jimi Hendrix posters . Though of island stock , Rudy was American - born and , like Prince , a child of the sixties and a veteran . He said that ...
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... dark green and glare , and the hard silver light of the river came up to shatter the windshield . I must have regained consciousness shortly after the crash , for I recall a face peering in at me . There was something malformed about ...
... dark green and glare , and the hard silver light of the river came up to shatter the windshield . I must have regained consciousness shortly after the crash , for I recall a face peering in at me . There was something malformed about ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
Copyright | |
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