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Legacy
Phoenix and the
Dark Star
by
Gerald Pruett
CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada
Legacy: Phoenix and the Dark Star
Copyright ©2012 by Gerald Pruett
ISBN-13 978-1-927360-06-4
First Edition
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Pruett, Gerald, 1963-
Legacy [electronic resource] : phoenix and the dark star / by Gerald Pruett.
Electronic monograph in PDF format.
ISBN 978-1-927360-06-4
I. Title. II. Title: Phoenix and the dark star.
PS3616.R837L443 2011 813'.6 C2011-907499-0
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Publisher:
CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada
Chapter One
Halloween fell on a school day, and Ellen Anderson wore her vampire costume to the Savannah, Georgia high school that she attended. Half of Ellen’s fellow students were in assorted costumes as well, and when she stepped into her first class, she saw Jessica Harman dressed as super girl.
Ellen stepped up to Jessica and greeted her with, “Hey, Jess. When your dad had pulled you out of school last Monday, I expected that you’d be out this entire week.”
Jessica looked at Ellen and slightly grinned before saying, “Karla and I wanted to be here today… for costume day.”
“Mmm,” Ellen said with an agreeing nod.
“Oh, I’ve been reading my…” Jessica slightly hesitated while glancing at her fellow students—the ones who were in hearing distance—before continuing with, “my family’s diaries.”
“Learn anything interesting about your relatives?” Ellen questioned.
“I learned a lot actually.” The bell rang to start the class as Jessica was continuing with, “I learned that my great-great grandfather—Lawrence Stone the Third—came to the United States from Birmingham, England in search of his father—Lawrence Stone the Second. Lawrence Stone the Second was the big game hunter
