Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, by Kaleb Nation

Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, by Kaleb Nation
Juvenile, 2009

from fantasticfiction.co.uk:
In a bustling metropolis where magic is outlawed, a six-year-old child is found inside a locked bank vault. A scrap of paper reveals his name: Bran Hambric. The child remembers nothing of his life before the vault. Only magic could have done this. But why would any mage risk breaking the law to place a child in a bank vault?
Eight years later the City of Dunce has forgotten about Bran. Even his foster parents don't seem to know he exists. But there are those who have been watching, biding their time, waiting to strike, people who know where Bran came from and why he was sent away. And they will do anything to get Bran back, dead or alive.

Trackgeek:

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, although the plot does seem to be a bit crazy. I found the writing style witty, but the ideas very confused- it felt a lot like a first novel (it is) in that an author is trying to put down all of the ideas that have been going through their head for years.

Grade: B-.