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| Zorro The Legend Begins |
Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, comes a horseman known as Zorro. ZORRO IS BACK!!! There's only one word to describe this new full-cast audio drama from American Radio Theater and that word is FUN! Zorro The Legend Begins is without a doubt the most fun of all the Zorro radio dramas. It has a strong basis on the Disney Zorro and New World Zorro television series concepts while cleverly acknowledging many other Zorro incarnations. It's loaded with swashbuckling, In fact, there may be more swordfights in this production than any other swashbuckler out there. It's filled with adventure. The story is absolutely enjoyable from start to finish. It offers everything a Zorro story should: action, adventure, drama, comedy, romance, swordfights. The acting ranges from good to great and the sound design is quite good. Even the cover photo featuring San Diego comic con legend Scott Sebring is amazing. Yes, without a doubt when tyrants ride high and govern with fear and the forces of evil conspire.. then from out of the night a hero must rise... a hero who's name is ZORRO! Zorro The Legend begins is based on characters and situations created by Johnston McCulley, written by Daryl McCullough and Joy Jackson. It's published by Bearmanor Media and available from Amazon and a variety of bookstores and media outlets.
Alta California - 1820
The Pueblo de Los Angeles is under the heel of a dictatorial Alcalde. Luis Miguel Montero is squeezing the life of out the people. No class is exempt. Peons are being beaten and thrown into prison. Indians are being forced into slave labor. And Rancheros are being taxed out of existence. Conditions are intolerable! California’s largest landowner, Don Alejandro de la Vega, has grown weary of the situation and has summoned his son Diego home from the University of Madrid to aid him in overthrowing Montero’s oppressive regime. But to his surprise, when Diego arrives, he finds his son uninterested the community’s problems and unwilling to take up arms. However, Diego's pretense of pacifism is just a ploy to protect his quick-tempered firebrand of a father from the certain destructive retribution challenging the Alcalde's rule would bring. Rather than face the King's representative in open rebellion, Diego has devised a plan to rid the pueblo of this tyrant. By day he is a man of books - interested only in painting, poetry, music and science. But at night, Diego rides as the masked hero Zorro fighting cruelty and injustice. For Zorro to end this reign of terror, he must outwit the scheming Montero and avoid being captured by Sergeant Garcia, Corporal Reyes and the rest of the pueblo’s Lancers.
The Pueblo de Los Angeles is under the heel of a dictatorial Alcalde. Luis Miguel Montero is squeezing the life of out the people. No class is exempt. Peons are being beaten and thrown into prison. Indians are being forced into slave labor. And Rancheros are being taxed out of existence. Conditions are intolerable! California’s largest landowner, Don Alejandro de la Vega, has grown weary of the situation and has summoned his son Diego home from the University of Madrid to aid him in overthrowing Montero’s oppressive regime. But to his surprise, when Diego arrives, he finds his son uninterested the community’s problems and unwilling to take up arms. However, Diego's pretense of pacifism is just a ploy to protect his quick-tempered firebrand of a father from the certain destructive retribution challenging the Alcalde's rule would bring. Rather than face the King's representative in open rebellion, Diego has devised a plan to rid the pueblo of this tyrant. By day he is a man of books - interested only in painting, poetry, music and science. But at night, Diego rides as the masked hero Zorro fighting cruelty and injustice. For Zorro to end this reign of terror, he must outwit the scheming Montero and avoid being captured by Sergeant Garcia, Corporal Reyes and the rest of the pueblo’s Lancers.
Zorro: The Legend Begins is a fun action packed swashbuckling adventure dramatized from an original story and based on characters and situations created by Johnston McCulley. American Radio Theater brings to life a delightfully enjoyable tale that every Zorro fan is sure to enjoy.
