" Her father was a cartographer, and Rylla wanted to learn the trade as well. On most evenings, he would take her to his work station in the basement and show her the boundary lines of the Earthen-Crest kingdoms. They poured over ancient texts and maps together, learning history and battles as well as rulers and customs. Her father had said understanding history was the key to a mapmaker’s success, for one should not only draw the lines, but live them. "

― Alissa J. Zavalianos , The Earth-Treader (The Earthen-Crest Kingdoms, #1)