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Good heavens,” Aunt Denora said from the sink. “You calling the space station?

Return (Matt Turner, #3) by Michael Siemsen

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It was carved in a city called Tadmur, in the middle of Syria, by a furniture maker named Aviena. Her great-grandfather—supposedly—Prince Kaleb of Kush, had passed down the polished stone version of it, but this original had at some point fallen and broken into multiple pieces. Aviena’s medium was wood, so she decided instead of trying to bond it all back together, she’d reproduce the keystone the best way she knew how.

Return (Matt Turner, #3) by Michael Siemsen

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Though separated by seventeen centuries, maybe he was, by default, a sort of honorary new member of a defunct society. It’d probably be wise to learn exactly what those “timeless principles” were before he considered talking about it.

Return (Book Three of the Matt Turner Series) by Michael Siemsen

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"The case here on the right contains the famed bust of Zenobia …" - Return (Matt Turner, #3) by Michael Siemsen According to Wikipedia: Zenobia (Greek: Ζηνοβία / Zēnobía; Aramaic: בת זבי / Bat-Zabbai; 240 – c. 275) was a 3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria who led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire. The second wife of King Septimius Odaenathus, Zenobia became queen of the Palmyrene Empire following Odaenathus' death in 267. By 269, Zenobia had expanded the empire, conquering Egypt and expelling the Roman prefect, Tenagino Probus, who was beheaded after he led an attempt to recapture the territory. She ruled over Egypt until 271, when she was defeated and taken as a hostage to Rome by Emperor Aurelian.

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If three are visible, expect three hundred. The war math of Haeming Grimsson, an eleventh century Icelander with whom Matt had become more than a little acquainted.

Return (Matt Turner, #3) by Michael Siemsen

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How blind she had been during their time together. It was crazy, the things one could overlook while in the thick of a relationship. The things she had ignored, minimized, dismissed, excused.

The Opal (Matt Turner Series Book 2) Michael Siemsen

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People are here for an instant, and they’re lucky if they matter to someone else. A few leave a little mark, like a carving in a tree trunk. But those inevitably disappear, too. Most people, though, are like a match: they’re conceived, flare into life, burn out, and get forgotten within two or three generations. You probably think you’re one of the ones who leave a mark, but in my experience with people like you—no offense—I’d say you’re a match.

The Opal (Matt Turner Series Book 2) Michael Siemsen

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There just weren’t a lot of physical hazards in accounting-fraud cases. The Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Reform Act, on the other hand, he could recite verbatim, and had done so at more than one party—until being politely asked to shut up.

The Opal (Matt Turner Series Book 2) Michael Siemsen