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In a world where weather remembers, and maps can hum with grief, Maya Ishikawa hears what others cannot—the secret songs of the sky. When a mysterious letter summons her to Marrakech, she is drawn into an ancient fellowship called The Kairograph: menders of the torn fabric between climate and memory.

From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father’s belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret—one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her...

This set includes all three books in AC Cobble's Cartographer Series. A pair of unlikely investigators walk a dangerous path into the past, uncovering secrets best left alone in this dark, fantasy thriller. The fate of empire is to crumble from within. A heinous murder in a small village reveals a terrible truth. Sorcery, once thought dead in Enhover, is not. Evidence of an occult ritual and human sacrifice proves that dark power has been called upon again. Twisting threads of clues lead across the known world to the end of a vast empire, and then, the trail returns home.

A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, 1880. Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her home—hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father’s obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig...

Powerful plant mage and heir-apparent to the Duchy of Eleusion, Penny Barclay lives each day under two strict rules: Don't shame the family's magical heritage, and don't allow any man to turn her head. While she knows her mother's restrictive rules come from a place of love, Penny doesn't always agree on how they should be followed—particularly with a rebellion threatening their way of life. The rebels' goal? For all magic wielders to be enslaved under those who have not received such a gift from the Goddess.

In the shadow of Civil War Virginia, enslaved cartographer Lilah Mae Whitcomb hides Underground Railroad maps in her garden's stones and blooms. Brilliant and bold at twenty-two, she turns every planted root into a route to freedom. When her master dies, his son Preston Caldwell Beaumont returns from England at fifty-four, untainted by Southern chains. He dreams of reform, but Lilah sees opportunity. With calculated seduction on her terms, she draws him into her web—commanding his desires, extracting plantation secrets, and fueling her escapes. Preston yields to her fire, his heart ...

Celeste Vera always thought mapmaking was a precise science—until the enchanted valley changed everything. Sent by the Royal Office to chart an uncharted region of shifting wilds, Celeste’s mission is clear: make a reliable map, don’t get lost, and definitely don’t trust the locals. Especially not the handsome rogue who just stole her compass. Alexander Worth has his own reasons for braving the valley’s twisting trails and illusion-thick forests. He’s charming, frustratingly evasive, and far too good at navigating magical terrain. They strike an uneasy deal: she’ll help him ...

Some maps don’t guide you. They erase you. When historian Dr. Elara Vance steals a forbidden 16th-century map from a Lisbon black-market auction, she thinks she’s uncovered a scholarly anomaly. Instead, she becomes the anomaly. The coordinates on the map don’t exist. And someone is willing to kill to keep it that way. Haunted by her father’s decades-old disappearance and shaken when her mentor vanishes after warning her to destroy the map, Elara begins to question everything she trusts. Her research attracts a shadow organization that watches her movements, burns evidence, and ...

In this prize-winning poetry collection, we watch as the cartographer, used to assuming control over a place by mapping it, is gradually compelled to recognise a wholly different understanding of place as he tries to map his way to the rastaman’s eternal city of Zion. As the book unfolds the cartographer learns that every place name comes freighted with history, and not every place that can be named can be found.

While exploring a cave with his friend, 16-year-old Nathan stumbles upon someone unexpected: science officer Satou of The Explorers' League. Satou is equally surprised, and after Nathan breaks through the security barrier, he does the only thing he can and takes Nathan with him, forever changing the balance of the universe. Nathan is introduced to the Consortium - an intergalactic league of explorers, scientists, soldiers, and diplomats.

When maps begin to change on their own, cartographer Elias Mercer knows something is wrong. A routine survey uncovers an impossible anomaly—straight lines etched into terrain where nature allows none, coordinates that drift without cause, and locations that vanish the moment they’re observed. As Elias follows the data into the remote Highlands, he discovers evidence of a hidden geometric network embedded deep within the Earth itself.

“Arresting, heartbreaking, and meditative.”—ALA Booklist (starred review) “Hand this to anyone trying their best wobbling through the precarious and precious parts of life.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) “An intriguing dynamic and a twist on the...

Nell Young has lived her life in and around maps. Her father, Dr David Young, was one of the most respected cartographers in the world. He's also just been found dead - in his office at the New York Public Library. Nell hadn't spoken to him in years - ever since he fired her after an argument over a seemingly worthless highway roadside map. A map which was mass produced - and every copy of which is being found and destroyed. But why?

Guilt dogs Prince Aiden's every footstep. He can still hear Penelope's screams in his dreams and see the flames devour Barclay Manor until it is nothing but ashes. But with a murderer on the loose in the capital, he can't risk allowing his feelings to cloud his judgment, even if it means keeping Penelope Barclay far away from him. With Penelope now trapped in the capital, Aiden has to do whatever he can to make the city safe—even if that means running away from the mage girl with cinnamon hair and emerald eyes shadowing his every move.

A young woman's quest to heal a family rift entangles her in one of Australia's greatest historical puzzles when an intricately illustrated map offers a clue to the fate of a long-lost girl. A mesmerising historical mystery set in the Hunter Valley from bestselling author Tea Cooper for readers...

A heart can take you anywhere. "A Cartographer," is a collection of new and beloved poems from poet Antonio J. Hopson, who captured hearts and minds in 2016 with his book Seven, which spent ten weeks at #1 on Amazon’s “Love Poems” bestsellers list. A Cartographer is a glimpse into the life that soon emerges after a fire has swept through a forest. With honesty, poignancy, and romantic flare, A Cartographer captures what is both raw and relatable about the greenery that grows out of the ashes: the smallest and grandest moments in life, the first glimpse of a new love, panda hatred, ...

The Unlikely Cartographer is like Interstellar meets Siddhartha with the scientific wonder of Contact, all through the lens of a story as inspiring as The Theory of Everything. Redrawing Reality: A New Map for Meaning in an Age of AI What if the key to understanding our universe was hidden not in a telescope, but in the human body itself? And what if the person best equipped to find it was someone who never expected to be a map-maker? Scott Onstott, born a triple amputee, spent a lifetime adapting to a world not built for him. This intimate and profound narrative is his extraordinary ...

1217 charts the nascent sense of national identity that began to swell. Three key battles would determine England’s destiny. The fortress of Dover was besieged, the city of Lincoln was attacked, and a great invasion force set sail and, unusually for the time, was intercepted at sea. Catherine Hanley expertly navigates medieval siege warfare, royal politics, and fighting at sea to bring this remarkable period of English history to life.

For over a decade, the cryptocurrency revolution was met with an institutional eye-roll. It was dismissed as a fad, a volatile casino, or a bubble waiting to burst. But while the critics were focused on price swings, a resilient, multi-trillion-dollar industry was quietly building the foundation for the next global economy. This book is the definitive answer to every skeptic, proving that the digital asset class is not only permanent but is rapidly integrating into every major sector of global finance, culture, and technology. It will not only prove the sustainability of this new asset ...

From a hardscrabble village in Nova Scotia to the collapsing trenches of France, a debut novel about a family divided by World War I....When his beloved brother-in-law goes missing at the front in 1916, Angus defies his pacifist upbringing to join the war and find him. Assured a position as a cartographer in London, he is instead sent directly into the visceral shock of battle. Meanwhile, at home, his son, Simon Peter, must navigate escalating hostility in a fishing village torn by grief.