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Long Road Out of Ur (Joel Thimell) – Review

  Publisher’s Description: Something is rotten in Mesopotamia. A troublesome priest has been murdered; the pagan New Year’s rites defiled; a royal tomb is robbed; and a would-be grifter, Lot, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. His father, grandfather and cousin are each likely suspects and Lot doesn’t know who he can trust. Everyone thinks Lot knows where the loot is hidden and someone wants it all–even if it’s over Lot’s dead body. “Long Road Out of Ur” retells the familiar story of the calling of Abraham and Sarah to the Promised Land through the voice of

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