English Title: Dawn of the Mapmaker: The Surveyor Girl and the Forbidden Knowledge
Japanese Title: ä¹åä¹ã®é»Žæ˜Ž ï¼æ¸¬é‡å°‘女ã¨ç¦ã˜ã‚‰ã‚ŒãŸçŸ¥è˜ï¼ — Tsukumo no Reimei: Sokuryou Shoujo to Kinjirareta Chishiki
Author: Akira Nashiki
Illustrator: MonoKubo
Translator: Charis Messier
Genre: High Fantasy, Adventure
Original Run: November 2015 – February 2018 (web novel)
English Run: July 2018 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: N/A
English Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Volumes in Japanese: 4 (Completed, plus side stories)
Volumes in English: 1 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Kindle -- $8
Synopsis: “Knowledge is power, and you shouldn't possess this knowledge.†In an age where mapmaking is a lost art, Unen hides her skill from the world at large. But when she accepts a local landlord's request to survey the boundary between his land and that of a neighboring lord's, her maps accidentally give away her existence to a master swordsman and a cunning mage--a duo who have been hunting down the man who taught her the forbidden knowledge of mapmaking. As one of the rare few capable of creating maps with bird's eye precision, Unen's fate hangs precariously in the balance as she endeavors to survive in a world of people who want to own her or see her dead.
Volume 1
Amazon — Apple Books — Bookwalker
Released July 31, 2018 — ASIN: B07DF7VQ8Z
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