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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... hair jet black . Encarnación's hair was streaked with gray , and the clean beauty of her limbs had dissolved beneath layers of fat . He had not expected her to remain beautiful , and he had tried to assure her that he loved the woman ...
... hair jet black . Encarnación's hair was streaked with gray , and the clean beauty of her limbs had dissolved beneath layers of fat . He had not expected her to remain beautiful , and he had tried to assure her that he loved the woman ...
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... hair fly- ing about , you looked like a mad Bolshevik hatching a plot . " " Actually , " he said , adopting a Russian accent , " I come here to make contact with our submarines . " " Oh ? What's up ? An invasion ? " " Not exactly . You ...
... hair fly- ing about , you looked like a mad Bolshevik hatching a plot . " " Actually , " he said , adopting a Russian accent , " I come here to make contact with our submarines . " " Oh ? What's up ? An invasion ? " " Not exactly . You ...
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... hair . Somebody wailed , shocking him from his daze . He should call the hospital , the police . But where was a phone ? Most of the houses were empty , waiting for summer tenants , and the phones wouldn't be working . Somebody must ...
... hair . Somebody wailed , shocking him from his daze . He should call the hospital , the police . But where was a phone ? Most of the houses were empty , waiting for summer tenants , and the phones wouldn't be working . Somebody must ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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