The First Heartbeat
of the Map
The first door into the universe of The Adventures of Martín the Mage. Premium illustrated edition, available now.
An illustrated book that is also
the entry point into the universe.
Not a prequel. Not an appendix. A complete, emotionally self-contained story that works on its own and deepens everything that follows.
The Origins Collection runs parallel to the main saga: illustrated worldbuilding for readers aged 6 to 14, with two active reading levels — the child who identifies, the adult who recognises. The First Heartbeat of the Map is the first of five volumes.
The shop had been in the same place for longer than anyone could remember.
It wasn’t big. It wasn’t small. It was exactly the size it needed to be to hold everything it held, which was considerably more than it appeared to from the outside.
The sign above the door had no name. The shop, it seemed, preferred not to be named.
The four siblings had grown up reading that as a sign that the shop knew something they didn’t yet. That night they were going to discover they were right.
— The First Heartbeat of the Map · Ch. 1
Available on all platforms.
Part of the literary and transmedia IP The Adventures of Martín the Mage, conceived from the outset as an expandable property: book, series, licensing. Worldwide rights available on request.