The jaguar hunterA collection of short stories by the author of the highly acclaimed Life During Wartime. Shepard's novella "R & R" won the Nebula Award for Best novella. |
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One of the Khaa . . . No! It was Mr. Chatterji's Khaa. Opaquely black, scrap of fire
glimmering in its hand. Compared to its big brothers, it had the look of a skinny,
sorry mutt. Eliot felt camaraderie toward it. "Hey, Bongo," he said weakly. "We
won.
One of the Khaa . . . No! It was Mr. Chatterji's Khaa. Opaquely black, scrap of fire
glimmering in its hand. Compared to its big brothers, it had the look of a skinny,
sorry mutt. Eliot felt camaraderie toward it. "Hey, Bongo," he said weakly. "We
won.
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It was the only one of its kind, or, if there were others, it had never encountered
them. Peter felt no sympathy for its loneliness, because it felt no sympathy for him.
It wanted him not as a friend or companion but as a witness to its power. It would
...
It was the only one of its kind, or, if there were others, it had never encountered
them. Peter felt no sympathy for its loneliness, because it felt no sympathy for him.
It wanted him not as a friend or companion but as a witness to its power. It would
...
Page 280
reflected, I felt imperiled, out of my element. We passed room after room of gray
marble and black furnishings identical to those I have already noted, but with an
occasional variant: a pedestal supporting nothing but an obsidian surface; ...
reflected, I felt imperiled, out of my element. We passed room after room of gray
marble and black furnishings identical to those I have already noted, but with an
occasional variant: a pedestal supporting nothing but an obsidian surface; ...
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Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The jaguar hunter |
| Author | Lucius Shepard |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0553346954, 9780553346954 |
| Length | 356 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fantasy fiction, American Fiction / Fantasy / General |
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