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  1. COVER PAGE
  2. CHOSEN: LOST BOOK 1
  3. BEGINNINGS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. INFIDEL: LOST BOOK 2
  35. BEGINNINGS
  36. ONE
  37. TWO
  38. THREE
  39. FOUR
  40. FIVE
  41. SIX
  42. SEVEN
  43. EIGHT
  44. NINE
  45. TEN
  46. ELEVEN
  47. TWELVE
  48. THIRTEEN
  49. FOURTEEN
  50. FIFTEEN
  51. SIXTEEN
  52. SEVENTEEN
  53. EIGHTEEN
  54. NINETEEN
  55. TWENTY
  56. TWENTY-ONE
  57. TWENTY-TWO
  58. TWENTY-THREE
  59. TWENTY-FOUR
  60. TWENTY-FIVE
  61. TWENTY-SIX
  62. TWENTY-SEVEN
  63. RENEGADE: LOST BOOK 3
  64. BEGINNINGS
  65. ONE
  66. TWO
  67. THREE
  68. FOUR
  69. FIVE
  70. SIX
  71. SEVEN
  72. EIGHT
  73. NINE
  74. TEN
  75. ELEVEN
  76. TWELVE
  77. THIRTEEN
  78. FOURTEEN
  79. FIFTEEN
  80. SIXTEEN
  81. SEVENTEEN
  82. EIGHTEEN
  83. NINETEEN
  84. TWENTY
  85. TWENTY-ONE
  86. TWENTY-TWO
  87. TWENTY-THREE
  88. TWENTY-FOUR
  89. TWENTY-FIVE
  90. TWENTY-SIX
  91. TWENTY-SEVEN
  92. TWENTY-EIGHT
  93. TWENTY-NINE
  94. THIRTY
  95. THIRTY-ONE
  96. THIRTY-TWO
  97. THIRTY-THREE
  98. THIRTY-FOUR
  99. THIRTY-FIVE
  100. THIRTY-SIX
  101. THIRTY-SEVEN
  102. CHAOS: LOST BOOK 4
  103. BEGINNINGS
  104. ONE
  105. TWO
  106. THREE
  107. FOUR
  108. FIVE
  109. SIX
  110. SEVEN
  111. EIGHT
  112. NINE
  113. TEN
  114. ELEVEN
  115. TWELVE
  116. THIRTEEN
  117. FOURTEEN
  118. FIFTEEN
  119. SIXTEEN
  120. SEVENTEEN
  121. EIGHTEEN
  122. NINETEEN
  123. TWENTY
  124. TWENTY-ONE
  125. TWENTY-TWO
  126. TWENTY-THREE
  127. TWENTY-FOUR
  128. TWENTY-FIVE
  129. TWENTY-SIX
  130. TWENTY-SEVEN
  131. TWENTY-EIGHT
  132. TWENTY-NINE

Ramos marched to the edge and stared out at the desert canyons. “Then we go after them. We mount an expedition this moment.”

“There’s nothing I would like better,” Thomas said. “Their water was found on a horse.” He walked up and looked at the pale desert with Ramos. “Even if we left now, we wouldn’t find them before the disease—”

“No!” Ramos roared, knocking Thomas’s hand aside. “No! We go now. He’s out there, you hear me? My boy is out there, and I will not allow him to die or turn into one of those filthy beasts!”

William walked forward. “Ramos, we are gathering for battle.”

Ramos broke then, standing on the cliff next to Thomas. His red face twisted in rage, and spittle flew from his mouth with each word. “Are you all cowards?” he screamed at Thomas. “You sent him to his death! He’s a boy, just a boy with a Horde ball who felt compelled by his mother’s death to cross your foolish line! He doesn’t deserve to be deserted!”

Thomas gently motioned William back and let the man have his emotions. “I’m sorry, Ramos. My heart breaks with yours. But the forests are at stake.”

“So is my son!”

He snatched his sword in panic and started for his horse, but Thomas grabbed him by the shoulder.

“You can’t go after him, Ramos.”

He spun back, tears wet in his eyes. “They killed my wife! Now you say I should let them take my son?”

“And if you go after Johnis, your daughter will be without a father.”

His words stopped the man cold. They all knew there was nothing one man or ten men or a hundred men could do to save one who’d gone into the desert without water. The number of men who’d lost their lives trying could hardly be counted.

Ramos’s lips began to tremble. Tears leaked silently down his cheek.

“You can’t find him, Ramos,” Thomas said gently. “But don’t give up hope. Johnis is a very special boy. This is not over, I promise you.”

The man whirled around, leaped onto his horse, and spurred it toward the forest. Without a word he thundered away.

“He’s a sergeant?” Thomas asked.

“Yes, sir.”

“Now he’s a captain,” he said. “See that he gets his honors.”

SIXTEEN

SIXTEEN

The three lost recruits lay in the cool desert night, snoring and occasionally groaning as disease overtook body and mind.

The body would still function well enough, but with pain and revolting smells obvious to all but those who were afflicted by it.

The mind would also function well enough, but with a limited capacity to appreciate a disease-free state of living.