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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... fire were flickering with the same rhythm , and he imagined each of them ringed by a group of gnomish copper - skinned men , debating the question of his fate . " Aha ! " said Carlito . " I know what to do . We will occupy Bar- rio ...
... fire were flickering with the same rhythm , and he imagined each of them ringed by a group of gnomish copper - skinned men , debating the question of his fate . " Aha ! " said Carlito . " I know what to do . We will occupy Bar- rio ...
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... fire and darkness , of two supernatural systems , that Eliot was shocked to alertness . He had the idea that neither of them knew what to do . Surrounded by its patch of disturbed air , the Khaa undulated ; the burning woman crackled ...
... fire and darkness , of two supernatural systems , that Eliot was shocked to alertness . He had the idea that neither of them knew what to do . Surrounded by its patch of disturbed air , the Khaa undulated ; the burning woman crackled ...
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... fires clustered together in a globe - a wicked violet - white sun extruding spidery filaments and generating forked , leafy electricities . Prince backed away . The fires flickered in the bush , unmoving . Maybe the drug had finished ...
... fires clustered together in a globe - a wicked violet - white sun extruding spidery filaments and generating forked , leafy electricities . Prince backed away . The fires flickered in the bush , unmoving . Maybe the drug had finished ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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