Cornish’s tale of scolds, scourges, smugglers and shrewds will thrill and captivate, and leave the reader desperate for more. Stunning in scope and rich in detail, alive with memorable heroes and villains and brimming with new and original science and magics, D.M. And all Rossamund carries with him is a battered almanac and a pocketful of cheap potions. Only monster-hunters, leers and the most desperate of brigands dare travel the inland ways unguarded. Such a road is not for the faint of heart. But for Rossamund to begin his education, he must first undertake a journey of his own: to the great city of High Vesting. He is being sent to train as a Lamplighter – to bring light to the inland roads of the Half-Continent, to shine the way for travellers through lands peopled by outcasts, monsters and worse. 9/10 The perfect start to an outstanding series of books. But fate has chosen him for a different path. He began making notes and drawings for Foundling, his debut novel, over thirteen years ago and had filled over 28 journals with sketches, ideas and character profiles before the first volume of the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy took shape. Rossamund has always dreamed of a career in the Navy, fighting tentacled monsters and rescuing damsels from hook-handed pirates.
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