TheNeverWar(Book3ofPendragon:JourneyofanAdventureThroughTimeandSpace)D.J.MacHaleTABLEOFCONTENTSFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHENDOFJOURNALFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHENDOFJOURNAL#10THIRDEARTHTHIRDEARTHENDOFJOURNAL#11FIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHFIRSTEARTHENDOFJOURNAL#12That'swhereIam.FirstEarth.Veeloxwasamisdirection.SpaderandIflumedtoVeelox,butfoundtheactionwasn'tthere.ItwashereonFirstEarth.WhereisFirstEarth?Thebetterquestionis,whenisFirstEarth?I'minNewYorkCityandit's1937.Marchof1937tobeexact.Tobereallyexact,it'sMarch11of1937.I'mwritingthisonmybirthday.Here'saweirdthought:IfI'min1937andit'smybirthday,didIstillturnfifteen?Kindoffreaky,no?I'llbeginthisnewjournalbytellingyouIstumbledintothemostbizarro,confusing,dangeroussituationyet.Butthenagain,haven'tIsaidthatbefore?LetmegiveyoualittletasteofwhathappenedinonlythefirstfewminutessinceIgothere…SpaderandIwerenearlykilled.Threetimes.Wewerealsorobbedandwitnessedagruesomemurder.Happybirthdaytome!Thewaythingsaregoing,IknowwhatIwantformyfifteenthbirthday…thechancetohaveasixteenth.WhenSpaderandIflumedinfromVeelox,Ihadnoideaofwhat"FirstEarth"meant.SinceI'mfromSecondEarth,IcouldonlyguessthatFirstEarthwassometimeintheEarth'spast.Buthowfarpast?ForallIknewwewereflumingbacktoatimewhenquigsweredinosaursandwe'dbeontherunfromhungry,yellow-eyedraptors.Iwastotallyrelievedtofindthatwhenwelandedatthegate,itwastheexactsamerockyroomthatIhadbeenthroughmanytimesbefore.Yes,wehadarrivedatthegateofthesubwaytunnelintheBronx,NewYork.Phew.AtleasttherewerenoT-rexesorNeanderthalswaitingforus.Thatwasthegoodnews.Badnewswasthatweweren'talone.Assoonastheflumedroppedusoff,Isawtwoguysstandingthere,facingus.Theyworeold-fashionedgraysuits,likeClarkKentwearsintheoldSupermanshowonTVLand.Actually,abetteranalogyisthattheseguysweredressedlikethebadguysfromthatoldshow,becausethat'swhattheywere.Badguys.Verybadguys.Theyworewide