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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... knew he must look as guilty as hell ; but that didn't matter , because he could almost see what was going to happen . He was sitting somewhere , and just out of reach below him something glinted . " Then you musta seen her , " said ...
... knew he must look as guilty as hell ; but that didn't matter , because he could almost see what was going to happen . He was sitting somewhere , and just out of reach below him something glinted . " Then you musta seen her , " said ...
Page 165
... knew — oh , God ! —he knew for a certainty there were fires on his back , playing hide - and - seek where he could never find them . He beat at his shoulderblades , like a man putting out flames , and the cold stuck to his fingertips ...
... knew — oh , God ! —he knew for a certainty there were fires on his back , playing hide - and - seek where he could never find them . He beat at his shoulderblades , like a man putting out flames , and the cold stuck to his fingertips ...
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... knew it the first time I came to the Burying Ground . I could feel it . ” " Do you remember what else we talked about the night I showed you Meachem's journal ? " I am not sure why I wanted to challenge him ; perhaps it was simply ...
... knew it the first time I came to the Burying Ground . I could feel it . ” " Do you remember what else we talked about the night I showed you Meachem's journal ? " I am not sure why I wanted to challenge him ; perhaps it was simply ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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