Night and Silence

core novel 2018 October Daye

Record

First published	2018
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.37 (8,349 ratings, collected 2026-09-14)
Page count	510
First-edition ISBN	9780756414764
Internal chronology	12

Synopsis

Night and Silence is the twelfth novel in the October Daye series, opening in the aftermath of the previous book's betrayals, with Tybalt still recovering from his abduction, Jazz suffering from insomnia, and Toby's former liege Sylvester growing distant. Into this uneasy household comes fresh crisis: Toby's estranged human daughter, Gillian, is kidnapped, and Gillian's stepfather and his wife immediately accuse Toby of being behind it. Determined to clear her name and bring Gillian home regardless of the accusation, Toby begins investigating and finds signs pointing to fae involvement everywhere she looks, forcing her to work out who in Faerie even remembers that her daughter exists and what they might stand to gain from taking her.

Where it sits

• Universe: October Daye
• Series: October Daye core; position 12 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 12 of 19: previous The Brightest Fell (2017) · next The Unkindest Tide (2019)

Sources

• Seanan McGuire's own site: The October Daye Books
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Daye
• https://october-daye.fandom.com/wiki/Night_and_Silence

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