To Chart the Clouds, Evan Dicken
To Chart the Clouds, Evan Dicken
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To Chart the Clouds

Author: Evan Dicken

Narrator: Jennifer Aquino

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/18/2022


Synopsis

Border tensions between rival samurai clans escalate into war over a hidden valley, in this fantasy epic from the breathtaking world of Legend of the Five Rings

When diligent yet unappreciated clerk, Miya Isami, develops a new form map-making technique, her traditionalist superiors at the Imperial Cartographic Bureau heap scorn upon her. But when her novel approach exposes a swathe of missing land on the Scorpion-Lion border, Isami stumbles onto something far more significant than a mere mapping error. In recognition of her talents, an Emerald Magistrate dispatches Isami to help resolve a dispute over the contested border. There, she must attempt to negotiate between the proud, warlike Lion and the secretive Scorpion, and uncover the truth before the fragile peace is shattered by war.

About Evan Dicken

By day, Evan Dicken studies old Japanese maps and crunches numbers for all manner of fascinating research at Ohio State University. By night, he does neither of these things. His prolific short fiction has most recently appeared in Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Strange Horizons, with more coming soon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 10, 2023

The story was good and the writing was enjoyable. Unfortunately, I have to dock points and it’s going to sound like nitpicking but when you’re invested in the lore and setting, the devil is in the details. At one point, a passing reference is made to Fu Leng with the description “elemental spirit.”......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on November 05, 2021

4.5* First of all, I would like to say thank you to NetGalley, the Author, and the Publisher for allowing me to read the ARC copy of the book. Finally, here is my written review. Apologies for the delay. I would like to start by saying I really enjoyed the experience of reading this book. As you can......more

Goodreads review by Kamila on September 23, 2022

To Chart the Clouds by Evan Dicken is a novel from the Legend of the Five Rings world. The main character is Miya Isami, a young cartography clerk. I was immediately intrigued by that theme because I find cartography fascinating, and it’s not often we can see it as a profession described at length i......more

Goodreads review by Siobhain on December 29, 2021

As always I want to thank Aconyte Books, Netgalley and Evan Dicken for granting me access to an ARC of this book to review. Aconyte’s growing line is seeing a lot of wonderful prose books being created that are based on RPGs, LCGRPGs or TTRPGs. While Legends of the Five Rings LCG might be being canc......more