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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... mouth full of white fangs ; its eyebrows were enameled red , fiercely arched , but the eyes had the goofy quality ... mouth , and rice beer would jet out into the mouths of the milling crowds ; at some point a fish would be slipped into ...
... mouth full of white fangs ; its eyebrows were enameled red , fiercely arched , but the eyes had the goofy quality ... mouth , and rice beer would jet out into the mouths of the milling crowds ; at some point a fish would be slipped into ...
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... mouth , blood , more blood flowing into his eyes . He spat and probed his mouth , wincing as he touched the torn gums . Three teeth missing , maybe four . He hugged the palm trunk and hauled himself up . This was the grove near his ...
... mouth , blood , more blood flowing into his eyes . He spat and probed his mouth , wincing as he touched the torn gums . Three teeth missing , maybe four . He hugged the palm trunk and hauled himself up . This was the grove near his ...
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... mouth of the tun- nel . When the Disciple had come half the distance toward him , he took a step forward and — like a man walking into a black mirror - disappeared . The Disciple sped into the tunnel after him . For a time I could see ...
... mouth of the tun- nel . When the Disciple had come half the distance toward him , he took a step forward and — like a man walking into a black mirror - disappeared . The Disciple sped into the tunnel after him . For a time I could see ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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