The Innocent Sleep
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4.6 • 46 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
The 18th novel of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series.
For one bright, shining moment, Tybalt, King of Cats, had everything he had ever wanted. He was soon to set his crown aside; he had married the woman he loved; he was going to be a father. After centuries of searching for a family of his own, he had finally found a way to construct the life of his dreams, and was looking forward to a period of peace—or at least as much peace as is ever in the offing for the husband of a hero.
Alas for Tybalt and his domestic aspirations, fate—and Titania—had other ideas. His perfect world had been complete for only a moment when it was ripped away, to be replaced by hers. Titania, Faerie’s Summer Queen, Mother of Illusions and enemy of so many he holds dear, has seized control of the Kingdom, remaking it in her own image. An image which does not include meddlesome shapeshifters getting in her way. Tybalt quickly finds himself banished from her reality, along with the Undersea and the rest of the Court of Cats.
To protect his people and his future, Tybalt must find the woman he loves in a world designed to keep her from him, convince her that he’s not a stranger trying to ruin her life for no apparent reason, and get her to unmake the illusion she’s been firmly enmeshed in. And he’ll have to do it all while she doesn’t know him, and every unrecognizing look is a knife to his heart.
For Tybalt, King of Cats, the happily ever after was just the beginning.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The plot of McGuire's fascinating 18th October Daye urban fantasy runs concurrently to the events of 2023's Sleep No More, exploring a world where the vengeful Faerie Queen Titania has trapped several Fae kingdoms in a massive spell that rewrites reality to her own cruel, exacting standards. This time out, McGuire chronicles those developments from the perspective of Tybalt, King of Cats, series heroine Toby's new husband. In a world with no room for Cait Sidhe or other "lesser" Fae, Tybalt is cast aside with the rest of his kind, though he's aware that something is wrong and desperate to reunite with his loved ones. To do so, he must gather allies, find Toby, and figure out how to save the world from an angry god. There's plenty of drama and angst as McGuire fills in the blanks around the edges of Toby's story and chronicles Tybalt's desperate struggle to survive in a newly hostile world, surrounded by allies turned strangers. This unusual offering stands on its own as a worthy entry in the series, with Tybalt's perspective adding a fresh layer of wonder and horror to the tale. It's a bold storytelling choice that pays off in spades.
