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David Lynn Golemon

 

LEGEND

An Event Group Adventure

Contents

PROLOGUE: Francisco Pizarro

Part One: THE FOLLOWERS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Part Two: THE DIVINE WIND

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Part Three: THE SEARCHERS

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Part Four: BLACK WATERS

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Part Five: THE LOST WORLD

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Part Six: PADILLA’S HELL

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Part Seven: SPECIES OF GOD

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

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LEGEND

David Lynn Golemon grew up in Chino, California and worked for the US military in a classified role. He now lives in New York.

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Leviathan

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For my family –
Steve, Scott, and Ric.
The few become fewer.

For my aunts and mother, the four sisters of the Apocalypse, living large at the time of the Depression and conquering at the time of war. The world has become a lesser place in your absence.

For Katie Anne, Brandon Lynn, Shaune David, and Cindy Michelle – my children.

Acknowledgments

I would like to take time out to thank my editor, Pete Wolverton; without Pete and his guidance, all would be lost. Also to Katie at Thomas Dunne, forever answering the mundane questions of the unenlightened.

Finally, to the United States Navy, consistently setting the standard among the American armed forces for professionalism and foresight. To the blue-ocean and brown-water navy, without whose cooperation this book would not have been possible.

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Prologue

 

FRANCISCO PIZARRO

A quest for the riches of the earth brought them to the waters of legend and the greed of man came and destroyed the way of innocence, and the ancient one rose from the depths to consume them.

– Father Escobar Corinth,
Catholic priest to the
Francisco Pizarro expedition