THE MAPMAKER'S WAR

"The Mapmaker's War" is an extraordinary tale of a woman's courage in an ancient Utopian world. Domingue has taken on the hercluean task of inventing a new legend, and the result is a remarkable novel at once absorbing and heart-wrenching, but above all, mesmerizing.

In an ancient time, in a faraway land, a young woman named Aoife is allowed a rare apprenticeship to become her kingdoms's mapmaker, tasked with charting the entire domain. Traveling beyond its borders, she finds a secretive people who live in peace, among great wealth. They claim to protect a mythic treasure, one connected to the creation of the world. When Aoife reports their existence to the kingdom, the community is targeted as a threat. Attempting to warn them of imminent danger, Aoife is exiled for treason and finds refuge among the very people who had been declared her enemy. With them, she begins a new life surrounded by kindness, equality, and cooperation. But within herself, Aoife has no peace.

The Mapmaker's War is a mesmerizing, utterly original adventure about love and loss and the redemptiive power of the human spirit. Watch for its epic sequel, The Chronicle of Secret Riven, in 2014.