The Innocent Sleep
The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire, published by Astra Publishing House on October 24, 2023, is the 18th installment in the October Daye urban fantasy series. This edition, written in English and spanning 384 pages, follows Tybalt, the King of Cats, as he navigates a tumultuous shift in his life. After achieving his dreams of love and family, Tybalt’s world is upended by Titania, the Summer Queen of Faerie, who reshapes reality in a way that threatens his future and the safety of his people.
In this narrative, Tybalt must confront the challenges posed by Titania’s illusions while striving to reconnect with the woman he loves, who is now trapped in a reality that obscures their bond. As he embarks on this quest, he faces the daunting task of convincing her of his true identity amidst a landscape designed to keep them apart. The story delves into themes of love, identity, and the struggle against external forces, all set within a richly imagined urban fantasy world.
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The 18th novel of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series.
For one bright, shining moment, Tybalt, King of Cats, had everything he had ever wanted. He was soon to set his crown aside; he had married the woman he loved; he was going to be a father. After centuries of searching for a family of his own, he had finally found a way to construct the life of his dreams, and was looking forward to a period of peace—or at least as much peace as is ever in the offing for the husband of a hero.
Alas for Tybalt and his domestic aspirations, fate—and Titania—had other ideas. His perfect world had been complete for only a moment when it was ripped away, to be replaced by hers. Titania, Faerie’s Summer Queen, Mother of Illusions and enemy of so many he holds dear, has seized control of the Kingdom, remaking it in her own image. An image which does not include meddlesome shapeshifters getting in her way. Tybalt quickly finds himself banished from her reality, along with the Undersea and the rest of the Court of Cats.
To protect his people and his future, Tybalt must find the woman he loves in a world designed to keep her from him, convince her that he’s not a stranger trying to ruin her life for no apparent reason, and get her to unmake the illusion she’s been firmly enmeshed in. And he’ll have to do it all while she doesn’t know him, and every unrecognizing look is a knife to his heart.
For Tybalt, King of Cats, the happily ever after was just the beginning.
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