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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... voice . Jubert's voice ! " Mon , I hurt you bad myself and you slip me de black coral ! " " Dass de truth ! " " De mon had de right to take action ! " Other voices tumbled forth in argument , most of them drunken , sodden , and seeming ...
... voice . Jubert's voice ! " Mon , I hurt you bad myself and you slip me de black coral ! " " Dass de truth ! " " De mon had de right to take action ! " Other voices tumbled forth in argument , most of them drunken , sodden , and seeming ...
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... voice came . No one argued against Byrum . When he had finished there was a silence . " The bastard's been sleeping with my wife , " said a twangy American voice . " Jerry ! " Prince yelled . " Where are you ? " A constellate bottle of ...
... voice came . No one argued against Byrum . When he had finished there was a silence . " The bastard's been sleeping with my wife , " said a twangy American voice . " Jerry ! " Prince yelled . " Where are you ? " A constellate bottle of ...
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... voice , " but she would only say , " Dat's what it were - de duppy voice . " I paid for my oil , and as I went out the door , she called , " God bless America ! " She always said it as a farewell to her American customers ; most thought ...
... voice , " but she would only say , " Dat's what it were - de duppy voice . " I paid for my oil , and as I went out the door , she called , " God bless America ! " She always said it as a farewell to her American customers ; most thought ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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