When Sorrows Come
core novel 2021 October Daye
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.42 (6,167 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 384 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756415099 |
| Internal chronology | 15 |
Synopsis
When Sorrows Come is the fifteenth novel in the October Daye series. Toby finally travels to marry Tybalt, the King of Cats, after her friends arrange a wedding at the High Court in Toronto without waiting for her full consent, and the event spirals into danger almost immediately when a doppelganger attempts to assassinate one of the attendees, exposing a larger conspiracy at the gathering. At its center is Absalom Shallcross, a figure whose infiltration of the Westlands' ruling houses stretches back centuries and who is working to exploit a legal loophole in the Westlands' founding charter to overthrow the High Throne. As further assassination attempts unfold around her, Toby must investigate the plot, protect the High King from poisoning and sabotage, and uncover the hidden identities involved, all while still trying to reach her own wedding ceremony.
Where it sits
- Universe: October Daye
- Series: October Daye core; position 15 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 15 of 19: previous A Killing Frost (2020) · next Be the Serpent (2022)
Sources
- Seanan McGuire's own site: The October Daye Books
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Daye
- https://october-daye.fandom.com/wiki/When_Sorrows_Come
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