The Innocent Sleep
The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire, published by Astra Publishing House on August 27, 2024, is the 18th installment in the October Daye urban fantasy series. This edition, written in English and spanning 432 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 aspirations are abruptly shattered by Titania, the Summer Queen of Faerie, who has redefined the Kingdom in a way that excludes him and his kind.
In this narrative, Tybalt faces the daunting challenge of rescuing his beloved from a reality crafted to keep them apart. As he embarks on this quest, he must convince her of his true identity while grappling with the emotional turmoil of being unrecognized. The story delves into themes of family, identity, and the struggle against powerful forces, set against a backdrop of urban fantasy and paranormal elements. Readers can expect a rich exploration of Tybalt’s journey as he seeks to reclaim his place in a world turned upside down.
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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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