Continuing the absorbing, inventive saga started in _Foundling_ , _Lamplighter_ follows Rossamünd Bookchild, now one of the Emperor's lamplighters, who is sworn to protect travelers from the ferocious bogles that live in the wild. Small and meek, he does not fit in. Then a haughty young female monst
Lamplighter
✍ Scribed by D. M. Cornish
- Publisher
- Penguin;Firebird
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101460679
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Review
ÒReminiscent of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan.Ó Ñ_School Library Journal_, starred review
ÒFrom the pre-industrial English feel to the sprawling setting and backstory, this book feels every bit as substantial as its heft implies.Ó Ñ_Publishers Weekly_, starred review
ÓGives the Dickensian orphan story an original spin. . . . Expertly envisioned and peopled with intriguing characters.Ó Ñ_Booklist_, starred review
Product Description
Continuing the absorbing, inventive saga started in Foundling, Lamplighter follows RossamŸnd Bookchild, now one of the EmperorÕs lamplighters, who is sworn to protect travelers from the ferocious bogles that live in the wild. Small and meek, he does not fit in. Then a haughty young female monster hunter is forced upon the lamplighters for training. As RossamŸnd begins to make new friends in the dangerous world of the Half-Continent, he also seems to make more enemies, finding himself pushed toward a destiny that he could never have imagined. . . .
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### Review "Reminiscent of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan." - *School Library Journal*, starred review "From the pre-industrial English feel to the sprawling setting and backstory, this book feels every bit as substantial as its heft implies." - *Publishers Weekly*, starred review
### Review "Reminiscent of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan." - _School Library Journal_ , starred review "From the pre-industrial English feel to the sprawling setting and backstory, this book feels every bit as substantial as its heft implies." - _Publishers Weekly_ , starred revi
### Review ÒReminiscent of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan.Ó Ñ_School Library Journal_, starred review ÒFrom the pre-industrial English feel to the sprawling setting and backstory, this book feels every bit as substantial as its heft implies.Ó Ñ_Publishers Weekly_, starred review