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New York Times bestsellingauthor Michael A. Stackpole returns with the second book of a groundbreaking trilogycharting exciting new territory in fantasy fiction. Cartomancy follows a group oftrailblazing mapmakers with the power to discover new worlds—and shape reality itself. . . . Under the shadow of invasion by a nameless enemy, there seems only one way to saveNalenyr from oblivion. The old heroes who once defended the land must be awakened.And accomplishing that requires a journey across the magical wasteland where they’rerumored to be trapped—a wasteland rife with magic and danger. Grandson of the RoyalCartographer, Keles Anturasi finds himself trapped in an enemy nation where his skillmay well be his death sentence. His brother Jorim is an ocean away, captive in analtered realm in which he’s regarded as a god. And their sister Nirati resides ina paradise that exists between life and death with her insane grandfather and anancient sorcerer bent on the world’s destruction. Now they and their companionsmust struggle to survive in a world where war on earth mirrors war in heaven. Whatthe gods themselves fear, men must brave. Heroes and mystics they may be, but canany of them survive in a world where things are seldom what they seem: a place wheredreams can become reality—and reality can turn into a nightmare. . . .“Michael A. Stackpole is incapable of writing a book that isn’t imaginative and intelligent.”—Stephen R. Donaldson, author of The Chronicle of Thomas Covenant
