David Lynn Golemon

PRIMEVAL

An Event Group Adventure

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First published in the United States of America by Thomas Dunne Books an imprint of St. Martin’s Press 2010
First published in Great Britain as an electronic edition by Penguin Books 2013

Copyright © David Lynn Golemon, 2010

All rights reserved

The moral right of the author has been asserted

Cover image © Christian Ohde / imagebroker.net / SuperStock

This is a work of fiction. All the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

ISBN: 978-1-405-91203-7

Contents

Prologue: The Crossing

Part One: WHEN DIAMONDS ARE LEGEND

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Part Two: THE VALLY OF CHULIMANTAN

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Part Three: THE FOREST PRIMEVAL

Chapter 12

EPILOGUE

Chapter 13

Acknowledgments

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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

By the same author

Event

Legend

Ancients

Leviathan

For Kiera—
My new baby granddaughter, the most valuable jewel in the world!

For my son, Shaune, and daughter-in-law, Tram—
you did real well!

Acknowledgments

For the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for assistance beyond the call of duty—my many thanks.

For Major Rudolf Anderson, a brave man and U2 pilot who helped save the world in 1962.