When Sorrows Come
- Published
- 14 September 2021
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9780756412562
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2021 at 416 pages, When Sorrows Come is book 15 of nineteen in the October Daye series, where October "Toby" Daye's power and status keep evolving rather than resetting -- one more installment in McGuire's dense, poetic take on urban fantasy noir.
Key facts about When Sorrows Come
Seanan McGuire wrote When Sorrows Come, a novel on our list. It has been out since 14 September 2021. The book has 416 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780756412562 to find the main one.
When Sorrows Come is book 15 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
When Sorrows Come is book 15 in the October Daye series. It follows A Killing Frost. It is followed by Be the Serpent. 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 9780756415099
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756412562