The Unkindest Tide
core novel 2019 October Daye
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.34 (7,639 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 368 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756415075 |
| Internal chronology | 13 |
Synopsis
The Unkindest Tide is the thirteenth novel in the October Daye series and a direct sequel to Night and Silence. It opens as the Luidaeg, the ancient and powerful sea witch to whom Toby has long owed a debt, calls that debt due by requiring Toby to help her convene the Selkies to answer for an obligation stretching back centuries, a gathering that takes the group to the legendary Duchy of Ships. Complications mount quickly once they arrive: Duchess Dianda Lorden of Saltmist is threatened with arrest for treason against the Undersea kingdom when her estranged brother turns up, and a Selkie woman is found murdered and skinned, throwing the convocation into turmoil.
Where it sits
- Universe: October Daye
- Series: October Daye core; position 13 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 13 of 19: previous Night and Silence (2018) · next A Killing Frost (2020)
Sources
- Seanan McGuire's own site: The October Daye Books
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Daye
- https://seananmcguire.com/TobyB13.php
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