Cover of The Hollow People

The Hollow People

by Brian Keaney · 2006

The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus seriesbook 1 of 3Next:The Cracked Mirror(2008) →

+ Want to read

On the island of Tarnagar is an asylum where you can be locked up for dreaming. Dante works in the kitchen and Bea is the privileged daughter of doctors. When their worlds collide, they are forced to confront the extraordinary evil lurking behind Dr Sigmundus, the ruler of their nation.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisurban fantasyurban fantasyMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked The Hollow People? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Hollow People. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Scavenger of Souls Joshua David Bellin · 2016 Shares young adult, dystopia, fantasy
  2. Fractured Alexandra Moody · 2015 Shares young adult, dystopia, science fiction
  3. The Inferior Peadar O Guilin · 2007 Shares young adult, dystopia, science fiction
  4. The Un-Magician Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski · 2004 Shares young adult, fantasy, fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read The Hollow People tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Neptune's Children Bonnie Dobkin · 2008
  2. Darkness at Pemberley T.H. White · 1932
  3. Thunderbolt's Waxwork Philip Pullman · 1994
  4. Skylight Sarah Gray · 2014

“If you want more of the same (fantasy), start with these.”

  1. Wordless AdriAnne Strickland · 2014
  2. Magisterium Jeff Hirsch · 2012
  3. Salt Maurice Gee · 2007
  4. Rebels Sarah Noffke · 2015

“If it was the dystopia that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Rift Chris Howard · 2014
  2. Elemental Antony John · 2012
  3. Atlantia Ally Condie · 2014
  4. Firstlife Gena Showalter · 2016

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Locked Garden Gloria Whelan · 2009
  2. A Madness So Discreet Mindy McGinnis · 2015
  3. Holy Ghosts: Or, How a (Not So) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things That Go Bump in the Night Gary Jansen · 2005
  4. Asleep Krystal Wade · 2016

Report a problem