Chimes at Midnight
October Daye: Book #7
- By: Seanan McGuire
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Description
“The October Daye series has become one of my favorites, and it just keeps getting better and better.” —Fantasy Book Café
Things are starting to look up for October “Toby” Daye. She’s training her squire, doing her job, and has finally allowed herself to grow closer to the local King of Cats. It seems like her life may finally be settling down…at least until dead changelings start appearing in the alleys of San Francisco, killed by an overdose of goblin fruit.
Toby’s efforts to take the problem to the Queen of the Mists are met with harsh reprisals, leaving her under sentence of exile from her home and everyone she loves. Now Toby must find a way to reverse the Queen’s decree, get the goblin fruit off the streets—and, oh, yes, save her own life, since more than a few of her problems have once again followed her home. And then there’s the question of the Queen herself, who seems increasingly unlikely to have a valid claim to the throne….
To find the answers, October and her friends will have to travel from the legendary Library of Stars into the hidden depths of the Kingdom of the Mists—and they’ll have to do it fast, because time is running out. In Faerie, some fates are worse than death.
October Daye is about to find out what they are.
“McGuire applies a hard-boiled mentality and a keen appreciation for mythology to a blend of politics, magic, and romance.” —Publishers Weekly
“The October Daye series is one of those delicious worlds that becomes more and more beloved with each visit…. I couldn’t be happier.” —All Things Urban Fantasy
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October Daye Series

Rosemary and Rue
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The world of Faerie never disappeared: it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie’s survival—but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, these second-class children of Faerie spend their... Read more »
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A Local Habitation
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine of the fae and a mortal man. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood.
Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, most changelings are second-class children of Faerie spending their lives fighting for the... Read more »
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An Artificial Night
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Changeling knight in the court of the Duke of Shadowed Hills, October “Toby” Daye has survived numerous challenges that would destroy fae and mortal alike.
Now Toby must take on a nightmarish new assignment. Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children—and all signs point to Blind Michael. When the young son of Toby’s closest friends is... Read more »
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Late Eclipses
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Two years ago, October “Toby” Daye believed she could leave the world of Faerie behind. She was wrong. Now she finds herself in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, sharing an apartment with her Fetch, and maintaining an odd truce with Tybalt, the local King of Cats. It’s a delicate balance—one that’s shattered when she learns that an old... Read more »
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One Salt Sea
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 12 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
October “Toby” Daye is finally doing all right. She’s settling into her new role as the Countess of Goldengreen; she’s actually dating again; she’s even agreed to take on Quentin as her official squire. Life is looking up all around—and that inevitably means it’s time for things to take a turn for the worse.
Someone has kidnapped the sons of... Read more »
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Ashes of Honor
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 12 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
It’s been almost a year since October “Toby” Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day’s sleep. She’s tried to focus on her responsibilities—training Quentin, upholding her position as Sylvester’s knight, and paying the bills—but she can’t help feeling like her world is crumbling... Read more »
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Chimes at Midnight
By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
“The October Daye series has become one of my favorites, and it just keeps getting better and better.” —Fantasy Book Café
Things are starting to look up for October “Toby” Daye. She’s training her squire, doing her job, and has finally allowed herself to grow closer to the local King of Cats. It seems like her life may finally be settling down…at... Read more »
Learn more