Return (Matt Turner Series Book 3) (51 page)

Matt followed hesitantly, staring at the back of her head.

You have me at a disadvantage.

Not really, Matthew. Let us educate each other.

The Pharos, or Lighthouse of Alexandria

Engraved for the New Geographical Dictionary, 1790

(erroneously depicted with European architecture of the day)

Editing services provided by the extremely skilled and generous (of her time) Kristina Circelli from
Red Road Editing
. As always, these stories would be nothing without my growing list of amazing beta readers: Alyssa W, Angela P, Bill H, Bill R, DeeDee B, Donna R-J, Jennifer S, Jessica B, Joe S, Julie T-M, Karen L, Kristin D-H, Laura B, Laura F, Pascal B, Rachel B, Scott K, Stacey L, and Vicky W—thank you all! Master Scuba Instructor Scott Kehoe for his keen, expert consultancy for Chapter One; Josh Cook for paying attention; my patient, insightful, and patient wife, Ana, (intentional redundancy for patience em
pha
sis) for her ongoing and essential collaborative editing of all my books; and finally, my Ancient Near East consultant, Leah Laird, for sharing her vast knowledge, time, research, and creativity to make the Library and Patra’s story as truthful to real history as fiction allows. I also thank everyone else who took the time to answer one or more of my silly questions over the past two years of this book’s creation, and, of course, any poor soul who had to deal with me over said two years.

And to you the readers, who, more than anyone else, have made my dreams of a writing career come true.

Michael Siemsen came from Sothern California, moved to Northern California, and now lives at a keyboard. He enjoys his family, pets, travel, rewriting history, imagining the future, and he occasionally wears pants.

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