SHEPARD, LUCIUS — The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter
Willimantic, CT: Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1988. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0961297085. Illustrated by J. K. Potter. Cover Art; Limited to 300 copies, this is number 191and has been signed by the author and the dust jacket artist Jeffery K. Potter. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents...Shepard embraced many different themes throughout his career. In his early work, he wrote extensively about Central America. This included clearly science-fictional stories about near future high-tech jungle war (such as "R&R" and "Salvador") , as well as stories that seemed more in line with magic realism. Many of these, such as "Black Coral" (which concerns an American living on an island off of Honduras) and "The Jaguar Hunter" (the story of a man whose wife's debt forces him to hunt a mythical black jaguar which his people consider sacred) , explore cultural clashes. Shepard traveled extensively in Central America and lived there for a time." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author & Illustrator. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
