Atlantis Found
Chapter One
MARCH 22, 2001
PANDORA, COLORADO
The waning stars in the early-morning sky blazed like a theater
marquee when seen from 9,000 feet above sea level. But it was the
moon that had a ghostly look about it as Luis Marquez stepped from
his little wooden frame house. It wore a curious orange halo that he had
never seen before. He peered at the odd phenomenon for a few moments
before walking across the yard to his 1973 Chevy Cheyenne 4x4
pickup truck.
He had dressed in his work clothes and slipped quietly out of the
house so as not to wake his wife and two daughters. His wife, Lisa,
would have gladly gotten up and fixed breakfast and a sandwich for his
lunch pail, but he insisted that 4:00 A.M. was too early for anyone but a
mental case to be roaming around in the dark.
Marquez and his family lived simply. With his own hands, he had remodeled
the house that had been built in 1882. His children went to
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