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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... stared up through her brows at the Khaa . They melted downward , rolled forward , sprang erect , and hemmed her in against the statue . But the stare was doing its damage . Pieces of ivory and wood were splintering , flying off the ...
... stared up through her brows at the Khaa . They melted downward , rolled forward , sprang erect , and hemmed her in against the statue . But the stare was doing its damage . Pieces of ivory and wood were splintering , flying off the ...
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... stared at the sight . Four ambulances were strewn across the blacktop , forming an effective roadblock a hundred feet away . One had been flipped over on its roof like a dead white bug ; another had crashed into a light pole and was ...
... stared at the sight . Four ambulances were strewn across the blacktop , forming an effective roadblock a hundred feet away . One had been flipped over on its roof like a dead white bug ; another had crashed into a light pole and was ...
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... stared at her as he chewed , ducking his eyes each time he speared a fresh bite , then resuming his stare . Ordinarily Lisa would have been irri- tated , but she found the man's conspicuous anonymity appealing and she adopted a ...
... stared at her as he chewed , ducking his eyes each time he speared a fresh bite , then resuming his stare . Ordinarily Lisa would have been irri- tated , but she found the man's conspicuous anonymity appealing and she adopted a ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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