The Edge of the Map

Every frontier mapped is a frontier claimed—and no one understands this better than Eli Voss, a gifted surveyor dispatched into uncharted highlands where empires hunger for new territory. His ink charts rivers, names peaks, and marks villages that have thrived for centuries beyond colonial reach. But the trading company funding his expedition has no interest in discovery—only dominion. Caught between loyalty to his craft and the lives his work imperils, Eli faces a reckoning no compass can guide him through.