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Fourteen 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... read more

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It was his wife's debt to Onofrio Esteves, the appliance dealer, that brought Esteban Caax to town for the first in almost a year.

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Foreword by Michael Bishop

The Jaguar Hunter (Nebula 1985)
The Night of White Bhairab
Salvador (Nebula 1984)
How the Wind Spoke at Madaket
Black Coral
The End of Life as We Know It
A Traveler's Tale (Nebula 1984)
Mengele
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule (Nebula 1984)
A Spanish Lesson
R&R (Nebula 1986)
Radiant Green Star (Nebula 2001)

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  1. Lucius Shepard (Author)

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  • Nebula (Finalist, 1984: Best Short Story)
  • Nebula (Finalist, 1984: Best Novelette)
  • Nebula (Finalist, 1984: Best Novella)
  • Nebula (Finalist, 1985: Best Novelette)
  • Nebula (1986: Best Novella, #1)
  • Nebula (Finalist, 2001: Best Novella)
  • World Fantasy Award (1988: Collection, Winner)

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