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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... beaners they had " refried . ” But Dantzler knew they were tra- versing pure emptiness and burning empty holes . Days , under debilitating heat , they humped the mountains , traveling seven , eight , even ten klicks up trails so steep ...
... beaners they had " refried . ” But Dantzler knew they were tra- versing pure emptiness and burning empty holes . Days , under debilitating heat , they humped the mountains , traveling seven , eight , even ten klicks up trails so steep ...
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Lucius Shepard. " We're on recon , man ! You think the beaners be waitin ' in the passes , wavin ' their white flags ? " DT whipped his rifle into firing position and pointed it at LeDoux . " C'mon , Louisiana man . Pop a few , and you ...
Lucius Shepard. " We're on recon , man ! You think the beaners be waitin ' in the passes , wavin ' their white flags ? " DT whipped his rifle into firing position and pointed it at LeDoux . " C'mon , Louisiana man . Pop a few , and you ...
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... Beaners , man ! I wasted three or four after they hit us , but I couldn't tell how many they was . " Dantzler considered this in light of his own interpretation of events and Moody's conversation with the knife . It made sense . A Santa ...
... Beaners , man ! I wasted three or four after they hit us , but I couldn't tell how many they was . " Dantzler considered this in light of his own interpretation of events and Moody's conversation with the knife . It made sense . A Santa ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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