This book is part of a book series called Sunken Kingdom .

This book was published 2010 by Random House Books for Young Readers .

D. M. Cornish is an acclaimed children's illustrator. He began making notes and drawings for his debut novel FOUNDLING over thirteen years ago and had filled over 28 journals with sketches, ideas and character profiles before the MONSTER BLOOD TATTOO trilogy took shape. The trilogy has since sold worldwide. D. M. Cornish is thirty-three and lives in Australia.