The Winter Long
- Published
- 2 September 2014
- Pages
- 358
- ISBN-13
- 9780756408084
- Type
- novel
About this book
The 8th entry in the October Daye series, The Winter Long (2014, 358 pages) continues Toby's slow-building arc through faerie court politics, oath-bound rules, and the found family that keeps expanding around her -- part of the single continuous story McGuire has been building across all nineteen books.
Key facts about The Winter Long
The Winter Long is a novel by Seanan McGuire. Readers have had it since 2 September 2014. It runs to 358 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Winter Long. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780756408084 to find the main one.
The Winter Long is book 8 of 19 in the October Daye series. The series has 19 published books. However, the series starts with Rosemary and Rue (2009). The Innocent Sleep is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 October 2023.
Additionally, Seanan McGuire writes InCryptid, Ghost Roads and Wayward Children, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our urban fantasy, portal fantasy and dark fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Inkpot Gods is the latest published Seanan McGuire book on file, from 9 June 2026. The next announced Seanan McGuire release is due on 12 January 2027, so there is still more to come.
About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is a prolific American author of urban fantasy and speculative fiction, best known for the long-running October Daye series, which follows a half-fae, half-human private investigator navigating the hidden Faerie courts of San Francisco. See every Seanan McGuire book in order.
Its place in October Daye
The Winter Long is book 8 in the October Daye series. It follows Chimes at Midnight. It is followed by A Red-Rose Chain. See the full October Daye reading order.
October "Toby" Daye is a changeling -- half human, half faerie -- private investigator working the knife-edge between mortal San Francisco and the hidden, politically fractured world of Faerie underneath it. After a botched undercover job leaves her trapped as a fish for fourteen years, Toby returns to a life and family that moved on without her, and gets pulled back into faerie politics anyway: missing changeling children, court assassinations, ancient curses, and a slow-building mystery about her own parentage…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756408084