October Daye #3 September 2010 On Sale: September 7, 2010 Featuring: Toby Daye; Blind Michael 368 pages ISBN: 0756406269 EAN: 9780756406264 Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Fantasy Urban Buy at Amazon.com An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire Experience the thrill of the hunt in the third October Daye urban fantasy novel. October “Toby” Daye is a changeling-half human and half fae-and the only one who has earned knighthood. Now she must take on a nightmarish new challenge. Someone is stealing the children of the fae as well as mortal children, and all signs point to Blind Michael. Toby has no choice but to track the villain down-even when there are only three magical roads by which to reach Blind Michael’s realm, home of the Wild Hunt-and no road may be taken more than once. If Toby cannot escape with the children, she will fall prey to the Wild Hunt and Blind Michael’s inescapable power. It’s up to a changeling to save fae and human children who have been kidnapped by a monster. Previous Picks

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