title: Falco: Book 1: Blurr and the Raging Horde
author:  Daryl Periman 
description: Daryl Periman spent years working in a rehabilitation center for birds of prey in Colorado. It was there that he got his inspiration for writing FALCO. He was fortunate enough to help rehabilitate injured raptors and return them to the wild. Those that could not, and were suitable for the role, were trained for educational programs. The height of his experience was being able to train a Golden Eagle from the initial stages to the finishing touches of becoming a working educational bird. He has taught middle school science for many years in Wyoming and Illinois, where he currently lives with his wife, two children, and various pets.
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  [**Begin Reading**](part001.html)
  
  
  [Table of Contents](toc.html)
  
  
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  # [PROLOGUE](toc.html#toc-part001)
  
  # [HIGH-OCTANE EVIL](toc.html#toc-part001)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [One](toc.html#toc-chapter001)
  
  
  I HAVE NEVER felt so alone in a crowd.
  
  
  I was penned in, crushed by a horde of seriously evil thugs who, fortunately,
  didn’t realize I had infiltrated their ran