Bloodchild is a young adult novel written by British author Tim Bowler.

Bloodchild opens with a startling scene of visionary sensation.

As he slips away, he sees almost abstract blocks of colour, as vivid and monumental as a Rothko painting.

A deep blue ocean is sucking him under; misty red faces are swirling like shadows around him; and a girl with blue eyes as wide as the ocean is commanding him back to life.

At night he is tormented by visions, in the daytime by hostile strangers.