Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher. Teal: The Retrieval COLOR BOX An imprint of Torquere Press Publishers PO Box 2545 Round Rock, TX 78680 Copyright 2011 Lucius Parhelion Cover illustration by Alessia Brio Published with permission ISBN: 978-1-61040-229-3 www.torquerepress.com All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by the U.S. Copyright Law. For information address Torquere Press. Inc., PO Box 2545, Round Rock, TX 78680. First Torquere Press Printing: May 2011 The Retrieval By Lucius Parhelion I Few people waited at the station in Pasadena for the Santa Fe Chief this early on a Tuesday in October. Morning arrival aside, the train was a Pullman express, a pricy ticket in times as lean as those with a grip on 1932.
