Legend of Zorro, A Novelization

325 Pages·2005·3 MB·English

by  Scott Ciencin

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… 1
PROLOGUE
The tale begins long ago in a land called
Franconia. 2
CHAPTER 1
A very special bell tolled in the high
reaches of… 9
CHAPTER 2
The rooftops blurred as Zorro blazed across
them, his boots… 26
FROM JOAQUIN’S CONFESSIONS
Zorro, Zorro, I have seen El Zorro! 40
CHAPTER 3
Alejandro’s hand playfully explored the soft,
sensuous landscape of Elena’s… 42
FROM THE PRIVATE JOURNALS OF ELENA
DE LA VEGA
Several nights ago, the subject of popular
author Edgar Allan… 55
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… 56
CHAPTER 4
The next morning, Elena de la Vega knelt
in her… 57
FROM JOAQUIN’S CONFESSIONS
Mama? Papi? They don’t understand. They
can’t understand. 77
CHAPTER 5
Morning light burned Alejandro’s eyes.
Squinting, he stirred from the… 78
CHAPTER 6
Hacienda de la Fere perched above the rolling
night-enraptured… 97
CHAPTER 7
The afternoon sun glared in Elena’s eyes as
the carriage… 118
FROM “ZORRO VERSUS THE SCALLYWAG”
AWORK IN PROGRESS
El Zorro leaped back, his boot catching the
crumbling edge… 129
CHAPTER 8
Fray Felipe frowned as he stared down at the
passage… 130
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… 170
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… 194
CHAPTER 12
Alejandro de la Vega was a prisoner.
Trapped in a… 211
CHAPTER 13
Elena knocked at the front door to Armand’s
glorious hacienda… 224
CHAPTER 14
The blades pressed in. Elena steadied herself
for a desperate… 238
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… 259
CHAPTER 16
Half a dozen guards attacked as one, like a
murderous… 274
CHAPTER 17
Joaquin’s chest felt as if it were going to
explode… 288
FROM THE LAIR OF THE FOX
I stand before Zorro in his secret lair, staring
deeply… 312
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From the Lair of the Fox
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Thunder crashes outside the dark labyrinth of Zorro’s secret
lair, the sound vying in my ears with the pounding of my own
heart. His journals lie open, his secrets stand revealed. I
know everything now about those thrilling days when the
fate of our country rested with a brave but struggling father
and his rebellious son. Or so I believe.
Zorro approaches, his eyes revealing a final truth. Were it
not for the mysterious depths glimpsed in his dark and
searching eyes, I would see only the blaze of his roguish
grin, the shimmering sweep of his sword, the flowing black
reaches of his cape and costume.
I would not see a man; I would see only a legend.
As I stand before Zorro, the tip of his blade raised boldly
in challenge, I find my voice at last. But what I have to say
is not for him to hear.
It is for you.