D M Cornish Books In Order

Monster Blood Tattoo Books In Order

Foundling (2006)
Lamplighter (2008)
Factotum (2010)

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D M Cornish Books Overview

Foundling

Growing up at Madam Opera’s Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls, Rossam nd Bookchild a boy with an unfortunate name has led a life sheltered from the dangers of the world. But this all changes the day the man with the strange red and pale blue eyes recruits him into the service of the Emperor. Rossam nd has been drafted into the ranks of the Half Continent s lamplighters soldiers who protect the empire s roads from all evil. Now Rossam nd must begin the journey of his life, traveling the Half Continent, a world full of people who can be as predatory as any monster he can imagine. And when he falls in with the mysterious and talented Europe, who can shoot electricity out of her body and call lightning down from the sky, he learns that some people can truly be lethal…
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Lamplighter

The eagerly awaited second book of the critically acclaimed trilogy! Orphan Rossam nd Bookchild has been sworn into the Emperor’s service his duty is to light the lamps along the Emperor s highways and protect travelers from the ferocious bogles that live in the wild. But he s found it no easier to fit in with the Lamplighters than he did with the foundlings always too small and too meek and his loneliness continues no matter how hard he tries to succeed. But when a haughty young girl, a member of a suspiciously regarded society of all women teratologists monster hunters is forced upon the Lamplighters for training, Rossam nd is no longer the most despised soul around. As Rossam nd 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.

Factotum

RossamYnd Bookchild stands accused of not truly being a human at all, but of being a monster. Even the protection of Europe, the Branden Rose the most feared and renowned monster hunter in all the Half Continent might not be enough to save him. Powerful forces move against them both, intent on capturing RossamYnd whose existence some believe may hold the secret to perpetual youth.