After terrible atrocities by both sides, the religious war between
Tierra and Uraba has spread and intensified, irreparably dividing the
known world. What started as a series of skirmishes has erupted into a
full-blown crusade.
Now that the Uraban leader, Soldan-Shah Omra, has captured the ruined
city of Ishalem, his construction teams discover a priceless ancient map
in an underground vault -- a map that can guide brave explorers to the
mysterious Key to Creation. Omra dispatches his adoptive son Saan to
sail east across the uncharted Middlesea on a quest to find it.
In Tierra, Captain Criston Vora has built a grand new vessel, and sets
out to explore the great unknown and find the fabled land of Terravitae.
But Criston cannot forget his previous voyage that ended in shipwreck
and disaster . . . and the loss of his beloved wife Adrea, who --
unbeknownst to him -- fights to survive against palace intrigues and
constant threats against her life in far-off Uraba. For Adrea is now the
wife of the soldan-shah and mother of his adopted son . . .
The Map of All Things continues Kevin J Anderson's epic fantasy of
sailing ships, crusading armies, sea monsters and enchanted islands.