A Local Habitation
A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire is published by DAW Books in 2010 and spans 387 pages in English. This installment in the October Daye series follows October “Toby” Daye, a changeling with the unique ability to use blood magic. Tasked by her liege, Sylvester, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills, Toby travels to Fremont, California, to check on his niece, Countess January O’Leary, who has gone silent. What begins as a straightforward assignment quickly escalates into a complex investigation involving the realm of Faerie.
Readers will find that Toby’s journey reveals a series of murders linked to January’s domain, which serves as a crucial buffer between rival factions. As Toby navigates the intricacies of her assignment, she must confront the dangers that threaten not only her life but also the stability of the fae realms. This edition offers an engaging exploration of fantasy elements and the challenges faced by a changeling knight in a world where nothing is as it seems.
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New York Times-bestselling October Daye series – Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuire – “Top of my urban-paranormal series list!” –Felicia Day
October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine of the fae and a mortal man. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, and she re-earns that position every day, undertaking assignments for her liege, Sylvester, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills.
Now Sylvester has asked her to go to the County of Tamed Lightning–otherwise known as Fremont, CA–to make sure that all is well with his niece, Countess January O’Leary, whom he has not been able to contact. It seems like a simple enough assignment–but when dealing with the realm of Faerie nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
Toby soon discovers that someone has begun murdering people close to January, whose domain is a buffer between Sylvester’s realm and a scheming rival duchy. If Toby can’t find the killer soon, she may well become the next victim.
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