Limekiller!

THE ADVENTURES OF JACK LIMEKILLER IN A FAR COUNTRIE

The late, great Avram Davidson (1923–1993) lived enough for many lifetimes and wrote enough for many lifetimes. During the 1960’s, he lived and wrote in the former colony of British Honduras. In his unpublished travel account Dragons in the Trees, he described it as “a place that you can put vour arms around.”

British Honduras became the Central American nation of Belize, famed for its Mayan ruins, beautiful coral reefs, and friendly ecotourism. Avram's experiences in that timeless tropical land became a series of magical realist tales, recounting the amazing adventures of young Jack Limekiller in the somewhat-more-than- colony of British Hidalgo.

The Limekiller series drew an enthusiastic following, and three of the six stories were nominated for Nebula or World Fantasy Awards. Avram Davidson completed the story cycle shortly before he passed on in 1993. He was planning a Limekiller collection, and the notes and dedications were discovered among his papers. The collection wasn’t published during his lifetime, but the wonderful tales of the Bloodv Man and the Manatee Gal live on in one fantastic volume, thanks to Old Earth Books.

— Grania Davis