Chimes at Midnight

October 'Toby' Daye finds a semblance of peace, training her squire and deepening her bond with the King of Cats. However, this fragile stability shatters when a deadly epidemic of goblin fruit overdoses claims the lives of changelings across San Francisco. Her attempts to seek justice from the Queen of the Mists are met with swift, harsh reprisal: an unjust sentence of exile, severing Toby from her home and loved ones. Now, Toby faces a race against time, compelled to overturn the Queen's decree, cleanse the streets of the dangerous goblin fruit, and navigate a web of escalating threats that inevitably follow her. A chilling suspicion arises that the Queen herself may be an impostor, adding another layer of complexity to Toby's desperate quest. To uncover the truth and save all she holds dear, Toby and her loyal allies must journey from the fabled Library of Stars into the treacherous heart of the Kingdom of the Mists. With the clock ticking, they must confront the grim realities of faerie, where some fates are truly worse than death.