![]() The thing that most impresses me about Cornish’s writing, the thing that keeps bringing me back to eagerly devour another tome (and tomes they are!), is the language. I don’t want to give away any spoilers, so you’ll just have to trust me on this. Though a thousand YA books begin with this rather cliché premise, Cornish takes the premise and turns it on its head. The story centers around Rossamünd, a boy with a girl’s name, an orphan trying to make his way in the world. I was immediately caught up in the visionary world of Cornish’s Half Continent, where the sea is vinegar, monsters and man fight a daily war, and the making of potions is both chemistry and magic. (This was back in about 2009, I think, when my interest in steampunk was a fledgling thing yearning for exploration.) Fortunately for me, some of my favorite novels are young adult literature, so I wasn’t put off by the label–and neither should you be! ![]() Years ago I picked up the paperback of Foundling because I was attracted to the cover, which featured characters drawn by the author, and which appeared quite steampunk. It’s number three in a set called “The Foundling’s Tale” (or alternately “The Monster Blood Tattoo”) the first two being Foundling and Lamplighter. ![]() Factotum is a novel by DM Cornish, an Australian writer I greatly admire. ![]()
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