![]() Circle, triangle, square, said your older brother. Scratches and marks and lines until you had the control to create shape. Then there were twigs and broom bristles. Any place, any time, right now and you have- Your small finger in the hearth’s ashes. Return to the places where your heart was broken. ![]() Mark the moments of joy but understand that is not now your purpose. These stories you have told yourself before. | misplaced cup, missing clasp | Yet, you recall the long-ago with morning-after clarity. * * * * * THIS WILL BE THE MAP OF YOUR HEART, OLD WOMAN. Aoife Ciaran Wyl Aza Edik Leit Wei and Makha. ![]() Simplified pronunciations of several proper names are as follows. Further, while matters of war and society are so often the domain of chroniclers, historians, and philosophers, this author offers a concurrent, heretofore unknown representation of past events through the story of a participant and a survivor. The author’s rhetorical structure defies the conventions of any period she addresses herself throughout and appears to be her own audience. In remarkable condition despite its age, the handwritten manuscript is not only one of the earliest known autobiographies but also one of the first attributed to a woman. Until the acquisition of this work, the presumption was that no writing system existed for the language. The source language scarcely has been heard spoken outside its cultural borders. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE This narrative is an exceptional rarity. New York Journal of Books “Domingue deftly explores themes of motherhood, gender equality, and the powerful ties that bind us to our roots, while at the same time mesmerizing the reader with the story of a mythical land struggling to protect itself from the greed and jealousy of the slowly encroaching outside world.” Kirkus Reviews “Beautifully capturing the tone and voice of a classically told tale, Ronlyn Domingue crafts a deeply intelligent, richly enhanced tale of magic, power, greed, and the infinite resilience of the human heart.” A curious, thought-provoking story about how the heart’s terrain bears charting, too.” And what of a map of the heart? Legend, allegory, fantasy-this second novel by Domingue entwines genres to cast a spell upon its reader. Carolyn Turgeon, author of Mermaid “A map can make sense out of the seen world. You won’t be able to put this book down, and it will take you somewhere you've never been, leaving you transformed.” Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches “Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's best work and yet wholly its own, The Mapmaker’s War evokes one of its heroine’s fantastic, world-defining maps: giving lines to human landscapes as old as myth, seemingly for the first time. You will be swept away by this otherworldly tale that charts the all-too-human territory between heartbreak and hope.” Ronlyn Domingue’s jewel of a book has a big canvas, memorable characters, and intimate storytelling. Reviews “Journey to the heart of a fairy-tale land with doomed queens, epic quests, and enemy kingdoms in The Mapmaker’s War. The Mapmaker’s War is a mesmerizing, utterly original adventure about love and loss and the redemptive power of the human spirit. In this tale-her autobiography- Aoife reveals her pain and joy, and ultimately her transformation. On this most important of journeys, there is no map to guide her. And when she gives birth to their gifted daughter, Aoife cannot avoid what the child forces her to confront about her past and its truth. She cannot bear the warrior scars of the man she comes to love. She cannot share the grief she feels for the home and children she left behind. ![]() With them, she begins a new life surrounded by kindness, equality, and cooperation. 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. When Aoife reports their existence to her kingdom, the community is targeted as a threat. They claim to protect a mythic treasure, one connected to the creation of the world. Traveling beyond its borders, she finds a secretive people who live in peace, among great wealth. In an ancient time, in a faraway land, a young woman named Aoife is allowed a rare apprenticeship to become her kingdom’s mapmaker, tasked with charting the entire domain.
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