Things are starting to research for October “Toby” Daye. She’s training her squire, performing her job, and provides finally allowed herself to develop closer to the neighborhood King of Cats. It seems like her existence may finally become settling down…at least until inactive changelings start showing up in the alleys of SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, wiped out by an overdose of goblin fruits. Toby’s efforts to consider the problem to the Queen of the Mists are fulfilled with harsh reprisals, departing her under word of exile from her home and everyone about Chimes at Midnight she loves. Today Toby must discover a way to reverse the Queen’s decree, obtain the goblin fruits off the roads – and, oh, yes, save her own life, since lots of of her problems have once more followed her home. And there’s the query from the Queen herself, who seems increasingly unlikely to have a valid claim to the throne…. To find the answers, October and her close friends must travel from the legendary Collection of Stars in to the concealed depths from the Kingdom of the Mists – and they’ll want to do it fast, because period is working out. In Faerie, some fates are even worse than death. October Daye is about to uncover what they are.

“McGuire can be applied a hard-boiled mentality and an enthusiastic appreciation for mythology to a mixture of politics, magic, and love.” – Publishers Weekly

“The Oct Daye series is one particular delicious worlds that becomes more and more beloved with each visit…. I couldn’t be happier.” – All Things Urban Fantasy