Monster Blood Tattoo 1 Foundling - D.M.Cornish

The first book in a thrilling new series that has been a hit around the world.

"enough secrets, promises, and mystery to create impatient demand for part two." - Booklist (starred review)

Featuring monsters, creatures and weird, surgically engineered characters, the novel summons up an unusual fantasy world.

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 a dangerous life in the service of the Emperor. What starts as a simple journey is threatened by encounters with monsters - and people, who may be worse. Learning who to trust and who to fear is neither easy nor without its perils, and Rossamund must choose his path carefully.

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Awards (USA)
2007 Notable titles [2007]