In a world drowned by cataclysm, true lines on water are worth more than gold. For Lyra Valerius, a gifted but underestimated cartographer, they’re a death sentence.

When Lyra presents a chart correcting generations of flawed Guild knowledge, she's met with scorn and disbelief. But her daring attracts a dangerous, secret commission: to map the treacherous Serpent’s Teeth archipelago. Ambushed and left for dead, Lyra awakens to an impossible power – the Navigator’s Scrawl, intricate, glowing patterns on her skin that grant her LitRPG-like abilities, revealing the ocean's secrets and her own hidden potential.

Now marked and hunted by the relentless Serpent’s Coil, Lyra must master her new abilities, gather a crew of outcasts, and race against time to decipher an ancient Old World mystery – the Star-Chart Cipher – before it falls into the wrong hands. From the chaotic depths of Flotsam City to the mythical, mist-shrouded Phantom Atoll, Lyra’s journey will test her courage, her intellect, and the very limits of her newfound power. Can she chart a course to save herself, her crew, and perhaps even the future of Aqua Terra?

The Cartographer's Cipher is a thrilling standalone LitRPG adventure set in a richly imagined flooded world, perfect for fans of epic fantasy, intricate magic systems, and resourceful heroines fighting against impossible odds.