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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... door and went staggering into the front room . There was a crash behind him , and turning , he had a glimpse of a huge black shape struggling to extricate itself from a moonlit tangle of vines and ripped screen . He darted into the ...
... door and went staggering into the front room . There was a crash behind him , and turning , he had a glimpse of a huge black shape struggling to extricate itself from a moonlit tangle of vines and ripped screen . He darted into the ...
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... door and set it against the wall of the alcove , he was amazed by its lightness ; he felt possessed of a giddy strength , capable of heaving the door up through the well of the courtyard and over the roofs . The cocktail of pain ...
... door and set it against the wall of the alcove , he was amazed by its lightness ; he felt possessed of a giddy strength , capable of heaving the door up through the well of the courtyard and over the roofs . The cocktail of pain ...
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... door . The knob of this door was made of glass and cut your hand . After that you just walked back and forth , unsure what to do . " She waited for a reaction , and when he gave none , she said , " Do you understand ? " He kept silent ...
... door . The knob of this door was made of glass and cut your hand . After that you just walked back and forth , unsure what to do . " She waited for a reaction , and when he gave none , she said , " Do you understand ? " He kept silent ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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