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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... stood gazing out at the waves ; his thoughts rolled in with them , less thoughts than tidal sweeps of emotion . It was twilight by the time Miranda returned , her arms full of bananas and wild figs . She had not heard the shot . He told ...
... stood gazing out at the waves ; his thoughts rolled in with them , less thoughts than tidal sweeps of emotion . It was twilight by the time Miranda returned , her arms full of bananas and wild figs . She had not heard the shot . He told ...
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... stood , angry . “ What the hell's wrong with that ? ” She sighed with exasperation . " You wouldn't leave your work , " she said . “ And if we did leave , what work would you do ? Would ... " " Why must everything be a problem in ...
... stood , angry . “ What the hell's wrong with that ? ” She sighed with exasperation . " You wouldn't leave your work , " she said . “ And if we did leave , what work would you do ? Would ... " " Why must everything be a problem in ...
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... stood and terminated in front of an enormous building of black stone . I recognized it at once from pictures we had been shown - Hitler's Citadel . Though I was still very afraid , perhaps even more so , I realized that I had learned ...
... stood and terminated in front of an enormous building of black stone . I recognized it at once from pictures we had been shown - Hitler's Citadel . Though I was still very afraid , perhaps even more so , I realized that I had learned ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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