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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... mouth , and rice beer would jet out into the mouths of the milling crowds ; at some point a fish would be slipped into the pipe , and whoever caught it would be deemed the luckiest soul in the Katmandu Valley for the next year . It was ...
... mouth , and rice beer would jet out into the mouths of the milling crowds ; at some point a fish would be slipped into the pipe , and whoever caught it would be deemed the luckiest soul in the Katmandu Valley for the next year . It was ...
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... mouth , blood , more blood flowing into his eyes . He spat and probed his mouth , wincing as he touched the torn gums . Three teeth missing , maybe four . He hugged the palm trunk and hauled himself up . This was the grove near his ...
... mouth , blood , more blood flowing into his eyes . He spat and probed his mouth , wincing as he touched the torn gums . Three teeth missing , maybe four . He hugged the palm trunk and hauled himself up . This was the grove near his ...
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... mouth of the tunnel . When the Disciple had come half the distance toward him , he took a step forward and - like a man walking into a black mirror -disappeared . The Disciple sped into the tunnel after him . For a time I could see ...
... mouth of the tunnel . When the Disciple had come half the distance toward him , he took a step forward and - like a man walking into a black mirror -disappeared . The Disciple sped into the tunnel after him . For a time I could see ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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