An Artificial Night
core novel 2010 October Daye
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (21,351 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 354 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756406264 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
An Artificial Night is the third novel in the October Daye series. It opens as Toby learns that children, both fae and human, are being taken by Blind Michael, a figure out of faerie legend whose Wild Hunt rides through the Bay Area, and the crisis becomes personal when the young son of one of Toby's closest friends is among the missing. To reach Blind Michael's realm and attempt a rescue, Toby learns she must travel along three magical roads, each of which can be used only once, and the sea witch known as the Luidaeg gives her a protective candle to guide her and ward off the realm's dangers as it slowly burns down. Complicating matters further, Toby's Fetch, a fae double named May who traditionally appears to herald a person's death, arrives unexpectedly at her side.
Where it sits
- Universe: October Daye
- Series: October Daye core; position 3 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 3 of 19: previous A Local Habitation (2010) · next Late Eclipses (2011)
Sources
- Seanan McGuire's own site: The October Daye Books
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Daye
- https://october-daye.fandom.com/wiki/An_Artificial_Night
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