検索キーワード： "ジャガーン" 選集・短編小説

Two black jaguars become the symbol of hope for a race facing extinction when they accompany a dying traveler back to her home planet. Jaguar Hope a novelette, tells of the ill-fated journey to Earth's Age of Crystal in this action-packed prequel to the award-winning historical fantasy novel, Zero Time.

There is an inner playboy in Oliver that he never knew existed, but his new gig brings it out. He grabs the bull by the horns and tries and flow with the tide. The escort business is not so bad after all. He gets paid for getting laid, who wouldn't want that? Being with Anne, however, tames him and he thinks about quitting the business.

Deformed and misshapen at birth, Ulemet is cursed by her Olmec village elders and taunted by her people. Rejected and alone, the young girl's only solace is her small jade carving of Uaxaca, the jaguar animal spirit she wagers will guard her as she makes her way to Tenochtitlán, the golden city of hope. Escaping danger after danger, only to be captured by slavers, Ulemet is forced to play in the ulama, the sacrificial ball game that could result in her freedom or end in her death. Will her hopes in Uaxaca prove misplaced?