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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... stood . " Let's look for him , " he said to Gilbey . Gilbey started to say something but kept it to himself . He tapped his spoon hard against the edge of the table . Then he , too , scraped back his chair and stood . Baylor was not to ...
... stood . " Let's look for him , " he said to Gilbey . Gilbey started to say something but kept it to himself . He tapped his spoon hard against the edge of the table . Then he , too , scraped back his chair and stood . Baylor was not to ...
Page 370
... stood was a huge pile of animal bones , taking a pale shine from the half - light . Wind keened through the tattered shrubs . " Meric ! " " Cattanay . " The voices were closer . Well , there was one place where they would not follow ...
... stood was a huge pile of animal bones , taking a pale shine from the half - light . Wind keened through the tattered shrubs . " Meric ! " " Cattanay . " The voices were closer . Well , there was one place where they would not follow ...
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... stood , saying that she'd be right back , she was going to pack her things , and Tom stared at me with an expression that — had I not been so pleased with myself — I might have recognized for pained distaste . The beach at Pedregalejo ...
... stood , saying that she'd be right back , she was going to pack her things , and Tom stared at me with an expression that — had I not been so pleased with myself — I might have recognized for pained distaste . The beach at Pedregalejo ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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