Orion The Hunter And The Hunted

Orion The hunter and the Hunted is the story of the evolution of a troubled adolescent into a world class assassin. The dark forces that created the environment for this transformation are in conflict with several other factors that enable Orion to keep some piece of his early life intact. These past beliefs are buried deep in Orion’s mind; they surface at some of the most inopportune times. During these times Orion wishes for some way to extricate himself from his present occupation. To further complicate Orion’s existence, outside influences, both past and future, related to his occupation keep him swirled around in a never ending duet with death.

Shining, heroic, belted with bright stars, Orion is the classic Western image of the hunter metaphor for how men understand and assert their identites. Through mythology, anthropology, literature, and art, author Charles Bergman offers an original and compelling interpretation of Western masculinity.

Retells the story of Orion, the mythic hunter, and how his actions angered the gods and sealed his fate.

Orion the Hunter: The Spiral Arm Season One Space Opera in the grand tradition, featuring Geos Ah'rion Rassas rel Pen'atha, the half-breed man tracker and Federation marshal know as Orion the Hunter. Season One contains the five complete short stories: Why the Weirwan? - A pulse pounding murder mystery aboard an isolated and remote outpost. Whiteout - Orion crashes on a distant ice world and must tend his injuries partner, fight off deadly ice worms, and still pursue the criminals whose escape brought them here. Danni & the Pirates - Danni and Orion separate to pursue Enoch Ranier, one of the most wanted war criminals in the Federation. While on her own, Danni finds herself trapped aboard a high-jacked freighter fighting for her life. Into the Woods - With Danni's fate unknown to him, Orion pursues the arrest of Enoch Ranier and is pursued himself through the deadly forest of a world settled by religious fanatics. Hunted to the point of exhaustion, can one marshal defeat a posse determined to seek his death and the freedom of their beloved religious leader at all costs? Scars - Enoch Ranier is finally comes to trial for his crimes, but a deadly religious militia targets Orion and a key witness. Will the survive long enough to see justice done? The Orion the Hunter series takes place hundreds of years in mankind's future, in a time just after a great interplanetary war. The Federation is in its infancy, a product of the fragile peace that came out of the bloodshed and barbarism of the decade previous. Orion is among an elite force tasked with hunting criminals between worlds and bringing to justice the smugglers, black-marketeers, and other war criminals still running wild on the fringe worlds. Scarred and deeply flawed, Orion is a product of the war, growing to manhood in the filth and degradation of an internment camp. His alien family casualties of the war. His human family unknown. Orion's adventured take him across many worlds and put him face to face with the worst of humanity and its alien allies. The wounds of war are still seeping, the racism and bigotry are still raw, but Orion is one of the beacons of hope despite his personal darkness. These stories are post-dystopian, set in a a Federation determined to make its neighborhood, the Orion Spiral Arm, a better place.

The book is the mythical stories behind the constellations Scorpio the Scorpion and Orion the Hunter. Orion is out to impress a young lady, Diana, when he unnecessarily slaughters animals. Feeling partially responsible, Diana goes away to mull over the massacre. Mother Nature sends Scorpio to attack and kill Orion for his terrible deed. The two battle until Orion swims into the water, where the scorpion will not venture. Unaware that Orion is swimming toward her, Diana takes aim with her bow at the object in the water and kills Orion.

We hunt for many reasons. Maybe the most cherished thing we get from hunting are the memories. Volume 2 of Under Orion is a collection of one hunter's memories, made while hunting from the hills of Appalachia where he was born, to the green hills of Africa. All are told in Richard Mann's simple campfire fashion.Adam Heggenstaller, the Editorial Director for Game & Fish Magazine probably best describes this second book in Richard Mann's Under Orion series, "Lucky for us, Richard Mann likes to tell stories, and he has enough good ones to fill a second volume of Under Orion. He delivers them honestly and directly, and his words don't always paint a pretty picture. He doesn't shy from emotion. He admits his mistakes. He keeps it real. Readers may judge him, criticize his actions and disagree with his conclusions but no one can doubt his commitment to telling a story the way it happened. Richard has hunted around the world and has plenty of success stories to tell, but his choice to include in this book some of the times when things didn't go according to plan is the mark of a true hunter (and writer) confident in his experience."Under Orion makes for great bed time reading. You'll put it down, close your eyes, and your own hunting memories will take over.

Text and illustrations explore and explain the constellation Orion, the Hunter, from ancient perspectives on the universe to the birth and evolution of stars.