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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... kill the jaguar , perhaps she had schemed with Onofrio to entrap him . Infuriated , he barged through the widows , set- ting them to gabbling , and walked out into his banana grove and sat on a stone amidst it . The night was cloudy ...
... kill the jaguar , perhaps she had schemed with Onofrio to entrap him . Infuriated , he barged through the widows , set- ting them to gabbling , and walked out into his banana grove and sat on a stone amidst it . The night was cloudy ...
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... kill the jaguar . Onofrio's greed cannot withstand this temptation . " " That you must not do , " said Esteban . " But why ? " asked Amador . “ We may not kill the jaguar , but with so many men we will certainly drive it away . " Before ...
... kill the jaguar . Onofrio's greed cannot withstand this temptation . " " That you must not do , " said Esteban . " But why ? " asked Amador . “ We may not kill the jaguar , but with so many men we will certainly drive it away . " Before ...
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... killed herself and died holdin ' ' em . " “ Why'd she kill herself ? " asked Weldon . " Fear , " said Peter . " Loneliness . Crazy as it sounds , the wind was holding her prisoner . I think she cracked up from being alone on a drifting ...
... killed herself and died holdin ' ' em . " “ Why'd she kill herself ? " asked Weldon . " Fear , " said Peter . " Loneliness . Crazy as it sounds , the wind was holding her prisoner . I think she cracked up from being alone on a drifting ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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