The Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia

(Gecko Press, $23)

We join the Santanders as they depart Porto Pearls via dirigible. We rise into the air with the family and soon arrive at their destination, Cruxcia – the last place their missing father was known to be. The town is being controlled by Moustache Man and the Grania Trading Company (GTC), who have been paying unscrupulous mapmakers Cody Cole and his Cowboys, to create maps around the region for an initially mysterious reason. The adventure in this book is every bit as exciting asThe Mapmakers Race, the first in this series. There are terrible discoveries and wild skids down scree slopes, and a fabulous cast of characters, making for a very fulfilling read.