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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... face hidden by a shawl . When they reached the store , Esteban had Onofrio stamp the bill PAID IN FULL , then he handed the bill and the money to Encarnación . " If I kill the jaguar or if it kills me , " he said harshly , “ this will ...
... face hidden by a shawl . When they reached the store , Esteban had Onofrio stamp the bill PAID IN FULL , then he handed the bill and the money to Encarnación . " If I kill the jaguar or if it kills me , " he said harshly , “ this will ...
Page 109
... face and chest . Then she screamed . She dove for the hole in the wall and flung herself into a frenzied heart - busting run , stumbling , falling , scram- bling to her feet , and waving her arms and yelling . Behind her , the wind ...
... face and chest . Then she screamed . She dove for the hole in the wall and flung herself into a frenzied heart - busting run , stumbling , falling , scram- bling to her feet , and waving her arms and yelling . Behind her , the wind ...
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... face embedded in a spaghetti of Styrofoam strips . They would point out such oddities to each other , but nobody was ... face : a pale , drawn face that might have been beauti- ful but was starved - thin and worn by sorrows . Gabriela ...
... face embedded in a spaghetti of Styrofoam strips . They would point out such oddities to each other , but nobody was ... face : a pale , drawn face that might have been beauti- ful but was starved - thin and worn by sorrows . Gabriela ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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