Borders of Silence
In three days, the Kestrel Empire will sign a treaty that erases an entire mountain village from every map in existence — and nineteen-year-old apprentice cartographer Mira Talvassen has been ordered to draw the line that does it. But when a village scout risks his life to reach the capital, Mira discovers the erasure isn't new policy, it's the second time this border has swallowed that village whole, and the first time it took her mother with it.
Main characters
Mira Talvassen
POVmeticulous and ambitious, emotionally guarded, fiercely loyal once trust is earned
Master Corvin Aeslet
outwardly warm and paternal, secretly guilt-ridden, torn between duty and conscience
Deniz Rho
sharp-tongued and stubborn, protective of his people, secretly grieving beneath his defiance