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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... tunnel as we were of our masters . Almost . One night after the guards had taken some of the girls into their quarters , we opened the tunnel and three of us entered it . I was in the lead when our control slipped and the tunnel began ...
... tunnel as we were of our masters . Almost . One night after the guards had taken some of the girls into their quarters , we opened the tunnel and three of us entered it . I was in the lead when our control slipped and the tunnel began ...
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... tunnel walls , showing a shinier black , then fading . I was at an angle to the tunnel , and while I could see inside it , I could also see that it had no exterior walls , that it was a hole hanging in mid- air , leading to an unearthly ...
... tunnel walls , showing a shinier black , then fading . I was at an angle to the tunnel , and while I could see inside it , I could also see that it had no exterior walls , that it was a hole hanging in mid- air , leading to an unearthly ...
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Lucius Shepard. And then he caught sight of the tunnel . His mouth fell open , and he backed against the rocks directly beneath me . Shockley spotted it , too . He shined his flashlight into the tunnel , and the beam was sheared off ...
Lucius Shepard. And then he caught sight of the tunnel . His mouth fell open , and he backed against the rocks directly beneath me . Shockley spotted it , too . He shined his flashlight into the tunnel , and the beam was sheared off ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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