title: One Goal: An Unauthorized Work of Biographical Fiction
author: Ashley D'Andrea
description: Ashley D'Andrea is a Chicago native. She is a devoted hockey fan, and remains loyal to the Chicago Blackhawks despite having relocated to Florida, where she is a high school student preparing to pursue a career in sports journalism.
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  Monica La Porta
  
  
  
  
  
  **The Lost Centurion**
  
  
  
  
  
  Book One of The Immortals
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Copyrights and More Information
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2014 by Monica La Porta
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Dedication
  
  
  
  
  
  To Roberto.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  Marcus sat on the parapet border