Science fiction, medievalism and corporate intrigue combine in "The Cartographer's Apprentice." An Irish scientist, employed by the multinational Martel, discovers and tries to exploit the secret of a strange Catalan village in this formidable work of metafiction. The Cartographer's Apprentice is a translation from the Irish Gaelic of "An Tionscadal," winner of the 2006 Oireachtas award. It has been described as a "radical new departure in Irish fiction."