title: Ultimatum: Osguards (The Genesis Legacy) (Volume 1)
author:  Malcolm Dylan Petteway 
description: Nationally award winning author, Malcolm Dylan Petteway is a military analyst for the U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon. He is a twenty-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He flew B-52's as an Electronic Warfare Officer and has 3,000 flight hours and 300 combat hours. In his distinguished career, Malcolm has used his knowledge in the art of war, military weapons and combat defenses in planning over 400 combat sorties. Besides his Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards, Malcolm is the recipient of the U.S. Air Force Air Medal and the U.S. Air Force Air Achievement Medal for his actions during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Malcolm Petteway is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and California State University.
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  M. A.: To Dylan—
  This one is for you and because of you
  (also, yes, there will be goats).
  K. L.: To Alex and Marcus—
  Whatever parental horrors I may inflict on
  you guys as you move into teenhood, I will never
  make you fight a giant serpent. I promise.
  
  ONE
  MATT
  “CONFRONTATION”
  Matt walked through the center of Blackwell, gym bag in hand, jacket
  thrown over his shoulder. It was dark now, with an icy wind from the north,
  but the cold felt good blowing back his sweat-soaked hair. 