Title: Really mediocre until the end where it gets downright bad.
Product review: What seems like an interesting attempt at something different quickly loses its way and becomes trite. The concept of mapmakers being the all powerful is interesting. However, the story bogs down with uninteresting characters, locales, and plot threads. You care about no one in this story and they mostly do nothing. Just when (about 3/4 of the way through the book) you're resigned to the mediocrity, the story takes a nasty, gruesome, misogynist bent. I soooo wanted to mail the book to the author with some suggestions for a new career. Just avoid it...really.
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