Legend of Zorro, A Novelization

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A Novelization by SCOTT CIENCIN Based on the Screenplay by ROBERTO ORCI & ALEX KURTZMAN Story by ROBERTO ORCI & ALEX KURTZMAN and TED ELLIOTT & TERRY ROSSIO

Contents FROM THE LAIR OF THE FOX Thunder crashes outside the dark labyrinth of Zorro’s secret lair…

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PROLOGUE The tale begins long ago in a land called Franconia.

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CHAPTER 1 A very special bell tolled in the high reaches of…

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CHAPTER 2 The rooftops blurred as Zorro blazed across them, his boots…

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FROM JOAQUIN’S CONFESSIONS Zorro, Zorro, I have seen El Zorro!

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CHAPTER 3 Alejandro’s hand playfully explored the soft, sensuous landscape of Elena’s…

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FROM THE PRIVATE JOURNALS OF ELENA DE LA VEGA Several nights ago, the subject of popular author Edgar Allan…

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FROM A SCROLL FALLEN IN A CORNER IN ALEJANDRO DE LA VEGA’S HIDDEN LAIR Today. Big day. Nearly broke my hand on a bandito’s…

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CHAPTER 4 The next morning, Elena de la Vega knelt in her…

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FROM JOAQUIN’S CONFESSIONS Mama? Papi? They don’t understand. They can’t understand.

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CHAPTER 5 Morning light burned Alejandro’s eyes. Squinting, he stirred from the…

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CHAPTER 6 Hacienda de la Fere perched above the rolling night-enraptured…

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CHAPTER 7 The afternoon sun glared in Elena’s eyes as the carriage…

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FROM “ZORRO VERSUS THE SCALLYWAG” A WORK IN PROGRESS El Zorro leaped back, his boot catching the crumbling edge…

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CHAPTER 8 Fray Felipe frowned as he stared down at the passage…

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CHAPTER 9 The dark crimson hues of dusk seeped in through the… 150 CHAPTER 10 The clock in the Town Square struck twelve times, its…

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FROM THE CONFESSIONS OF JOAQUIN DE LA VEGA I am never changing out of these clothes again so… 192 CHAPTER 11 An ornate chandelier radiating a warm comforting bronze glow peered…

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CHAPTER 12 Alejandro de la Vega was a prisoner. Trapped in a…

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CHAPTER 13 Elena knocked at the front door to Armand’s glorious hacienda…

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CHAPTER 14 The blades pressed in. Elena steadied herself for a desperate…

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FROM THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT ARMAND DE LA FERE Her beauty clouds my reason. 256 CHAPTER 15 A knot constricting in her throat, Elena stared with fascinated horror…

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CHAPTER 16 Half a dozen guards attacked as one, like a murderous…

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CHAPTER 17 Joaquin’s chest felt as if it were going to explode…

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FROM THE LAIR OF THE FOX I stand before Zorro in his secret lair, staring deeply…

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