Cover of Foundling

Foundling

Monster Blood Tattoo seriesbook 1 of 3Next:Lamplighter(2007) →

Set in the world of the Half-Continent—a land of tri-corner hats and flintlock pistols—the Monster Blood Tattootrilogy is a world of predatory monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people.

Read more

Foundlingbegins 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.

Complete with appendices, maps, illustrations, and a glossary, Monster Blood Tattooimmerses readers in an entirely original fantasy world with its own language and lore.

Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle gradeadult
Length
long · 434 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.

Liked Foundling? Here’s where I’d start.

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

  1. Flora Segunda Shares fantasy, young adult, steampunk
  2. The Rithmatist Shares fantasy, young adult, steampunk
  3. Un Lun Dun Shares fantasy, young adult, steampunk
  4. Winter Door Shares fantasy, young adult, fiction

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

  1. Voices in the Dark
  2. Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles
  3. Word of Honour
  4. The Basilisk’s Lair

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

  1. The Aztlanian
  2. The Madness Project
  3. Flora's Fury
  4. Blaze of Glory

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

  1. Once Upon a Time in the North
  2. The Amber Spyglass
  3. The Golden Compass
  4. Flora's Dare

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

  1. Monsters in Space! (Galaxy Zack Book 4)
  2. A Field Guide to Monsters: This Book Could Save Your Life
  3. The book of languages
  4. Monsters and Mold