Book Review: Seanan McGuire’s Indexing
Some, whose lives, whose reality, is infected by a fairytale incursion need protection, to protect them from the fairytale, and then ATI Management Bureau steps in.
Some, whose lives, whose reality, is infected by a fairytale incursion need protection, to protect them from the fairytale, and then ATI Management Bureau steps in.
In 1972, Annie appeared, a woman Liz was attracted to and saw every few years. Eventually it became more and Liz moved away to live with Annie. Until years later, when her mother offered her own skin to Liz. It can be hard to deal with betrayal. Betrayal by family is so very much worse.
It seems like October “Toby” Daye’s life may finally be settling down…at least until dead changelings start appearing in the alleys of San Francisco, killed by an overdose of goblin fruit.
A picnic is meant to be a joy but not for October Daye, as Toby’s mother is strips her of free will, forcing the choice on Toby.
An anthology of 15 short stories within the paranormal / urban fantasy worlds revolving around home improvement.
Local cryptids are disappearing, strange lizard-men are appearing in the sewers, and someone’s spreading rumors about a dragon sleeping underneath the city… Then a monster hunter from the Covenant of St George arrives and it all complicates Verity Price’s dream to dance professionally.
Someone has kidnapped the sons of the Duchess Dianda Lorden, regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Sir October “Toby” Daye must not only find the missing boys, but also prove that the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction. She’ll need all her tricks and the help of her allies if she wants to make it through this in one piece.
The delicate balance of October “Toby” Daye’s life is shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down and Toby must confront her own past as an enemy she thought was gone forever raises her head once more.
Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children—and all signs point to Blind Michael. When the young son of October “Toby” Daye’s closest friends is snatched from their Northern California home, Toby has no choice but to track the villains down . . . but no road can be taken more than once.
Sir October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the only changeling who has earned knighthood, carrying out missions for her liege, Sylvester, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills. This one? The duke hasn’t heard from his niece, Countess January O’Leary, and Toby soon discovers that someone has begun murdering people close to January.