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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... bottle of beer that she'd taken from Peter's refrigerator . She was as mad as a wet hen because she had a plan — a good plan — and that brain- less wonder Hugh Weldon wouldn't hear it , wouldn't listen to a damn word she said . Stuck on ...
... bottle of beer that she'd taken from Peter's refrigerator . She was as mad as a wet hen because she had a plan — a good plan — and that brain- less wonder Hugh Weldon wouldn't hear it , wouldn't listen to a damn word she said . Stuck on ...
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... bottle to her breast . Wind uncoiled a length of rope on the deck behind her , and then she could hear it moaning ... bottle in her surprise . Then she saw they weren't really waves but shapes of water made by the ele- mental . " You're ...
... bottle to her breast . Wind uncoiled a length of rope on the deck behind her , and then she could hear it moaning ... bottle in her surprise . Then she saw they weren't really waves but shapes of water made by the ele- mental . " You're ...
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... bottle , and the second , the taller , carried a machete . " You owe me three thousand lemps ! " said Mullins to Cas- siopeia ; his head lolled back , and silver dots of moonlight flared in his eyes . " Sick of dis Yankee domination ...
... bottle , and the second , the taller , carried a machete . " You owe me three thousand lemps ! " said Mullins to Cas- siopeia ; his head lolled back , and silver dots of moonlight flared in his eyes . " Sick of dis Yankee domination ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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