A Killing Frost
core novel 2020 October Daye
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.33 (6,600 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 368 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756415082 |
| Internal chronology | 14 |
Synopsis
A Killing Frost is the fourteenth novel in the October Daye series and a direct sequel to The Unkindest Tide. It opens with Toby preparing for her own wedding and discovering that, under the law of Faerie, she is obliged to invite Simon Torquill, her biological father, or risk triggering political chaos within the Kingdom of the Mists. Reluctantly setting out to track Simon down, who has given up his own way home while awaiting the return of the long-absent King Oberon, Toby is pulled into a journey that forces her to confront old grudges and buried family history at the worst possible moment, with the stability of her own upcoming marriage hanging in the balance.
Where it sits
- Universe: October Daye
- Series: October Daye core; position 14 of 19 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Seanan McGuire
Notes
- From the series record (October Daye): Long-running urban fantasy series; the main novel sequence only. Distinct from McGuire's Wayward Children. Numerous companion novellas/short stories exist and were not researched.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series October Daye: position 14 of 19: previous The Unkindest Tide (2019) · next When Sorrows Come (2021)
Sources
- Seanan McGuire's own site: The October Daye Books
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Daye
- https://seananmcguire.com/TobyB14.php
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