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Nearly two decades have passed since the Sifiq occupation and the resulting civil war ended in Turand.

Through faith and hard work, Turandans have recaptured the vitality and prosperity that once characterized their nation. However, new questions assail them and the leaders who guided them to victory and peace. Their High Priestess Valkana has mysteriously vanished, and only the Valkana's presence allows Turand to thrive in spiritual harmony. Through lapses into the wealth of memories, King Gregor and Lord Victor Garogan seek strength to face a painful present. Neither makes any effort to conceal his love for Alexa while mourning the loss of the woman each loves more than life itself. At the same time, they search for reasons behind her unexplained, heartbreaking disappearance.

In Return to Turand, award-winning author Sandra Valencia continues the saga that began as years of dreams. She hopes the lessons learned in Turand will touch the hearts and lives of her readers-and perhaps her world.

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“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” - Malorie Blackman

"Read, because that’s the way you learn how the language works. That’s the way you learn about emotion, on paper. That’s how you find out how stories are fastened, by reading and reading and reading." - Katherine Paterson

The old farmhouse where I was born in the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 27, 1933, at 12:30 a.m., stood firm for 130 years until the summer of 2019, when it was razed to make way for a new, smaller, modern structure.

The old house, which I knew so well, continues to be quite visible on the memory screen of my still-viable mind. In the following pages, I will share some of that structure's uniqueness. It was more than a place just to live and grow. It was where I first learned what it means to be part of a family, part of a family that works together, cares for each other, and knows what it is to be a responsible human being.

I may not have always followed what I knew was right, but I did not flout those early teachings with impunity.

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