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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... smile , and that cicatrix of a smile branded its mark on Esteban's heart . She knew what he was about , and she was delighted ! Not in the least worried ! Perhaps she had known of Onofrio's plan to kill the jaguar , perhaps she had ...
... smile , and that cicatrix of a smile branded its mark on Esteban's heart . She knew what he was about , and she was delighted ! Not in the least worried ! Perhaps she had known of Onofrio's plan to kill the jaguar , perhaps she had ...
Page 48
... smile became . This was a different sort of smile than she had displayed on their first meeting . It came so suddenly over her face , it seemed an autonomic reaction , like the open- ing of a sunflower , as if she were facing not you ...
... smile became . This was a different sort of smile than she had displayed on their first meeting . It came so suddenly over her face , it seemed an autonomic reaction , like the open- ing of a sunflower , as if she were facing not you ...
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... smiling . Once again the woman shook her head and sighed , but after a few seconds Bill's smile encouraged her to smile in return . “ I guess if dis de worst of it , " she said , " den better must come . " She patted Bill on the ...
... smiling . Once again the woman shook her head and sighed , but after a few seconds Bill's smile encouraged her to smile in return . “ I guess if dis de worst of it , " she said , " den better must come . " She patted Bill on the ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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