Set in the world of the Half-Continent-a land of tri-corner hats and flintlock pistols-the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy is a world of predatory monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people. *Foundling* begins the journey of Rossamund, a boy with a girl's name, who is just about to begin
Foundling
โ Scribed by D. M. Cornish
- Publisher
- Penguin Group;Speak
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 110111715X
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
Meet Rossamรผnda foundling, a boy with a girls name who is about to begin a dangerous life in the service of the Emperor of the Half-Continent. What starts as a simple journey becomes a dangerous and complicated set of battles and decisions. Humans, monsters, unearthly creatures . . . who among these can Rossamรผnd trust? D. M. Cornish has created an entirely original world, grounded in his own deft, classically influenced illustrations. Foundling is a magic-laced, Dickensian adventure that will transport the reader.
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