A world whose face has been changed by monstrous cataclysms... A world in which the VERY SURVIVAL of people who need trade, IMPOSSIBLE without NEW MAPS, is under threat. But it is SUCH a world that promises new opportunities for the family of MAGIC CARTOGRAPHERS Anturasi, whose representatives are capable of not only travel through hitherto unknown lands, but also TELEPATHICALLY TRANSFER knowledge about them to his grandfather - the great compiler of witchcraft portolans. Two of the BEST cartographers of the Anturasi clan set off on a journey. Jorim - the eldest of the brothers - leads a flotilla of ships into the ocean... Keles - the youngest - sets off with a caravan through the deadly desert...