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* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
** Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by hisfather. father, who doubles as an AlcoholicParent. Harvey later actually reports him and he ends up in jail.
** The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionallyabusive.abusive.
* AccidentalMurder: {{Averted|Trope}}. Madeleine claims her mother killed the doctor that was scamming her family by accident after hitting him once. But when Bruce looks it up, he finds out the mother actually stabbed the doctor with a knife multiple times.
** Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his
** The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally
* AccidentalMurder: {{Averted|Trope}}. Madeleine claims her mother killed the doctor that was scamming her family by accident after hitting him once. But when Bruce looks it up, he finds out the mother actually stabbed the doctor with a knife multiple times.
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* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
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* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, as always.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, Bruce's best friend, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun: The drones.
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, as always.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, Bruce's best friend, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun: The drones.
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
*BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, BigDamnKiss: Bruce and Madeleine share their first passionate kiss while she's holding him prisoner in the gala.
* CallForward:
** The story likes to make references to Bruce's future asalways.
Batman
-->'''Dianne:''' ''[about Bruce doing community service in Arkham]'' Well, at least you'll be able to say you've crossed paths with the most dangerous criminals in the city. I mean when will you get to do ''that'' again?
** Likewise with the teenager version of ComicBook/TwoFace, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's BestFriend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, one of Bruce'sbest friend, {{best friend}}s, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun:Madeleine and the Nightwalkers.
* CardboardPrison:
** PlayedWith. A storm causes a blackout in Arkham Asylum, and that's all it takes to free all inmates from their cells. But the heavily armed guards manage to beat all the inmates before any can escape. [[spoiler:Later, Madeleine manages to escape by herself without anyone noticing until it's too late]].
** Harvey easily manages to steal a guard's key from the police precinct and helps Bruce escape from his cell, with the two sneaking out without any of the guards noticing.
* CatapultNightmare: Bruce wakes up from his EroticDream with Madeleine in this fashion.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Madeleine's origami looks like a merely {{Character Tic|s}} at first, but later Bruce deduces she's sending secret messages using them.
** Thedrones.
security drones That Lucius shows off to Bruce at [=WayneTech=] end getting hacked by the Nightwalkers, who use them to attack the gala.
* ChildhoodFriends:Bruce with Bruce, Harvey and Dianne.Dianne have all been friends since they were kids.
*
* CallForward:
** The story likes to make references to Bruce's future as
-->'''Dianne:''' ''[about Bruce doing community service in Arkham]'' Well, at least you'll be able to say you've crossed paths with the most dangerous criminals in the city. I mean when will you get to do ''that'' again?
** Likewise with the teenager version of ComicBook/TwoFace, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's BestFriend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, one of Bruce's
%%* ChekhovsGun:
* CardboardPrison:
** PlayedWith. A storm causes a blackout in Arkham Asylum, and that's all it takes to free all inmates from their cells. But the heavily armed guards manage to beat all the inmates before any can escape. [[spoiler:Later, Madeleine manages to escape by herself without anyone noticing until it's too late]].
** Harvey easily manages to steal a guard's key from the police precinct and helps Bruce escape from his cell, with the two sneaking out without any of the guards noticing.
* CatapultNightmare: Bruce wakes up from his EroticDream with Madeleine in this fashion.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Madeleine's origami looks like a merely {{Character Tic|s}} at first, but later Bruce deduces she's sending secret messages using them.
** The
* ChildhoodFriends:
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* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* CommonalityConnection: Bruce and Madeleine bond over them both being orphans.
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* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has a Type.
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* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax.
TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has aType.Type and ends up having a romance with the alluring criminal Madeleine. He even admits to himself that the more he fears her, the more attracted he is.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has a
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The comic adaptation is in black and white with yellow as the [[SplashOfColor single color highlight]].
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* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
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* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother diedDiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Madeleine seemingly dies in prison, but Bruce's arms after being shot by her father is never even mentioned.own brother. But it's later revealed she actually survived.]]
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died
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* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Draccon's position at the end.
* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. Or is she?
* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. Or is she?
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* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* EasterEgg: Bruce'sbest friend BestFriend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Draccon's position at the end.
*EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom EroticDream: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. It's nothing explict, but Bruce used starts to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, dreams about Madeliene coming into his bedroom and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns making out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
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* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne, Madeleine Wallace.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
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* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, HiddenWire: Detective Draccon has Bruce Wayne, wearing a wire when he goes to speak to Madeleine Wallace.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oha second time. Madeleine can immediately tell just by how uncomfortable he is, so much]]Bruce makes a point of tearing the wire in front of her so they can speak in privacy. Detective Draccon is ''not'' happy about it.
* InstitutionalApparel: All of Arkham inmates wear the same prison outfit.
* ISurrenderSuckers: During a sparring boxing match, Richard pretends to yield to Bruce, only to get a cheap shot when Bruce lets his guard down.
* KarmicThief: The Nightwalkers only target rich people, but they steal their money for themselves and always kill their targets, so nobody treats them as sympathetic. [[spoiler:Madeleine actually wants the Nightwalkers to be JustLikeRobinHood and it's her brother Cameron who's insistent on killing their targets.]]
* MasterOfUnlocking: Bruce develops a gadget that allows him to open any door in Arkham Asylum.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh
* InstitutionalApparel: All of Arkham inmates wear the same prison outfit.
* ISurrenderSuckers: During a sparring boxing match, Richard pretends to yield to Bruce, only to get a cheap shot when Bruce lets his guard down.
* KarmicThief: The Nightwalkers only target rich people, but they steal their money for themselves and always kill their targets, so nobody treats them as sympathetic. [[spoiler:Madeleine actually wants the Nightwalkers to be JustLikeRobinHood and it's her brother Cameron who's insistent on killing their targets.]]
* MasterOfUnlocking: Bruce develops a gadget that allows him to open any door in Arkham Asylum.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Alfred, as always
* TheReveal:
** Richard Price, Bruce's EvilFormerFriend turns out [[spoiler:to be one of the Nightwalkers]].
** [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* SecretUndergroundPassage: Madeleine tells Bruce about a secret passage in an abandoned building that leads to a secret weapon cache for the Nightwalkers.
* SiblingTeam: [[spoiler:Madeleine and her brother Cameron lead the Nightwalkers together as a brother-sister team.]]
* SplashOfColor: The comic adaptation is DeliberatelyMonochrome, except for the occasional yellow.
* SympatheticMurderer: Madeleine's mother went to prison for murdering a physician that had been scamming her family, pretending he was giving an expensive treatment and medicine to Madeleine's brother, when it was actually just cheap placebo pills.
** Richard Price, Bruce's EvilFormerFriend turns out [[spoiler:to be one of the Nightwalkers]].
** [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* SecretUndergroundPassage: Madeleine tells Bruce about a secret passage in an abandoned building that leads to a secret weapon cache for the Nightwalkers.
* SiblingTeam: [[spoiler:Madeleine and her brother Cameron lead the Nightwalkers together as a brother-sister team.]]
* SplashOfColor: The comic adaptation is DeliberatelyMonochrome, except for the occasional yellow.
* SympatheticMurderer: Madeleine's mother went to prison for murdering a physician that had been scamming her family, pretending he was giving an expensive treatment and medicine to Madeleine's brother, when it was actually just cheap placebo pills.
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* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
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* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TheCorrupter:TraumaButton: When Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well asshows Bruce the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought outphoto of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's nota villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be murdered rich man, it triggers Bruce's best friend, who is memories of the death of his own parents.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Bruce's trio of friends consists of two boys (Bruce and Harvey) and astickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.girl (Dianne).
* TheCorrupter:
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out
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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Bruce's trio of friends consists of two boys (Bruce and Harvey) and a
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* WolfWhistle: While working in Arkham Asylum, Bruce is constantly hassled by the female inmates with wolf whistles and catcalls.
* WorkingOutTheirEmotions: Bruce likes working out at the gym to distress after working at the Asylum.
* WorkingOutTheirEmotions: Bruce likes working out at the gym to distress after working at the Asylum.
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''Batman: Nightwalker'' is a young adult novel by Creator/MarieLu published in 2018, with a ComicBookAdaptation published in 2019, about one of the most famous superheroes in comic history: Franchise/{{Batman}}.
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->''"From the darkness... A hero rises"''
-->-- ''Tagline''
Bruce Wayne is 18. He's rich, he's an orphan, and due to an impulsive decision with his new car he has to do community service in the Arkham Asylum.
There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a girl his age, who doesn't seem to belong there. Very beautiful and highly intelligent, she soon draws Bruce into a game of minds, in which he is never quite sure if she is telling the truth.
At the same time, the Nightwalkers, a group of murderers and thieves, run free in Gotham City. Bruce must solve the mystery before more people get hurt.
After all, he will be {{Franchise/Batman}}.
Follows ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' in the ''DC Icons'' series, and is followed by ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer''.
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!!Tropes in this novel:
* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed. Alfred and Lucius Fox seem to be perfectly competent as Bruce's guardian and the head of R&D respectively, though.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last chapter ends with Bruce looking over the city, deciding that it is a home worthy of protection.
* AssholeVictim: Sort of. Mayor Price was emotionally abusive at least towards his older son, but Bruce remembers that his other kids seemed close to him.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
* BadassNormal: Bruce, of course, but really, as nobody has any powers.
* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
* BedlamHouse: Arkham Asylum, as always. None of the patients ever seem to receive any therapy, and Madeleine shows some bruises she says come from the nurses. It's not clear if she tells the truth about that, though.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, as always.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, Bruce's best friend, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun: The drones.
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* ComicBookAdaptation: Chris Wildgoose illustrated a graphic novel under the ''Creator/DCInk'' imprint.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Bruce.
* ConsummateLiar: Detective Draccon is sure the Madeleine is one. Bruce isn't sure, but then again, he wants to relate to her.
* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has a Type.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce's parents, are only ever remembered as good people.
* DemotedToExtra: Gordon, sort of. He only shows up shortly at the end, with Detective Draccon filling in as Bruce's main contact with the police.
* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
* DoomedByCanon: Every Batman fan knows what will eventually happen to Bruce's friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]]...
* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Draccon's position at the end.
* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. Or is she?
* FreudianExcuse: Madeleine's brother died because the doctor who promised to save him was a con artist, then her mother murdered said doctor and died in prison, all while Madeleine was 10. [[spoiler:Later it turns out that Madeleine isn't the murderer after all, her brother, who only almost died, is, but he has essentially the same reasoning for his deeds.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne, Madeleine Wallace.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
* MythologyGag: [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is seen playing with a coin.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nightwalkers, the name of the terrorist group Madeleine is associated with.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Madeleine uses this with Bruce when talking about how they're both orphans. Then again, she's a ConsummateLiar, so...
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When Bruce comes back to the manor and the door is ajar, but everything is dark, and he remembers that Alfred was home. Also, a bit later, when he realizes that Madeleine used him to break out of Arkham and then left behind a letter that implicates him.]]
* OriginStory: For {{Franchise/Batman}}, of course.
* ParentalSubstitute: Alfred, as always
* PoliceAreUseless: Well, they capture Madeleine, but they can't get her to tell them anything, and it's Bruce who eventually stops the Nightwalkers.
* TeenGenius: Both Bruce and Madeleine count, as they are 18 and mention that they used to tinker with electronics since they were kids.
* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler: Bruce to Madeleine, after she breaks out of Arkham and leaves a note that implicates him.]]
* WhatHaveIDone?: [[spoiler:Richard Price, so much. He just wanted to get back at his father, he didn't want him dead.]]
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->''"From the darkness... A hero rises"''
-->-- ''Tagline''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_nightwalker.jpg]]
Bruce Wayne is 18. He's rich, he's an orphan, and due to an impulsive decision with his new car he has to do community service in the Arkham Asylum.
There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a girl his age, who doesn't seem to belong there. Very beautiful and highly intelligent, she soon draws Bruce into a game of minds, in which he is never quite sure if she is telling the truth.
At the same time, the Nightwalkers, a group of murderers and thieves, run free in Gotham City. Bruce must solve the mystery before more people get hurt.
After all, he will be {{Franchise/Batman}}.
Follows ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' in the ''DC Icons'' series, and is followed by ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer''.
!!Tropes in this novel:
* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed. Alfred and Lucius Fox seem to be perfectly competent as Bruce's guardian and the head of R&D respectively, though.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last chapter ends with Bruce looking over the city, deciding that it is a home worthy of protection.
* AssholeVictim: Sort of. Mayor Price was emotionally abusive at least towards his older son, but Bruce remembers that his other kids seemed close to him.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
* BadassNormal: Bruce, of course, but really, as nobody has any powers.
* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
* BedlamHouse: Arkham Asylum, as always. None of the patients ever seem to receive any therapy, and Madeleine shows some bruises she says come from the nurses. It's not clear if she tells the truth about that, though.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, as always.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, Bruce's best friend, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun: The drones.
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* ComicBookAdaptation: Chris Wildgoose illustrated a graphic novel under the ''Creator/DCInk'' imprint.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Bruce.
* ConsummateLiar: Detective Draccon is sure the Madeleine is one. Bruce isn't sure, but then again, he wants to relate to her.
* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has a Type.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce's parents, are only ever remembered as good people.
* DemotedToExtra: Gordon, sort of. He only shows up shortly at the end, with Detective Draccon filling in as Bruce's main contact with the police.
* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
* DoomedByCanon: Every Batman fan knows what will eventually happen to Bruce's friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]]...
* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Draccon's position at the end.
* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. Or is she?
* FreudianExcuse: Madeleine's brother died because the doctor who promised to save him was a con artist, then her mother murdered said doctor and died in prison, all while Madeleine was 10. [[spoiler:Later it turns out that Madeleine isn't the murderer after all, her brother, who only almost died, is, but he has essentially the same reasoning for his deeds.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne, Madeleine Wallace.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
* MythologyGag: [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is seen playing with a coin.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nightwalkers, the name of the terrorist group Madeleine is associated with.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Madeleine uses this with Bruce when talking about how they're both orphans. Then again, she's a ConsummateLiar, so...
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When Bruce comes back to the manor and the door is ajar, but everything is dark, and he remembers that Alfred was home. Also, a bit later, when he realizes that Madeleine used him to break out of Arkham and then left behind a letter that implicates him.]]
* OriginStory: For {{Franchise/Batman}}, of course.
* ParentalSubstitute: Alfred, as always
* PoliceAreUseless: Well, they capture Madeleine, but they can't get her to tell them anything, and it's Bruce who eventually stops the Nightwalkers.
* TeenGenius: Both Bruce and Madeleine count, as they are 18 and mention that they used to tinker with electronics since they were kids.
* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler: Bruce to Madeleine, after she breaks out of Arkham and leaves a note that implicates him.]]
* WhatHaveIDone?: [[spoiler:Richard Price, so much. He just wanted to get back at his father, he didn't want him dead.]]
-->-- ''Tagline''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_nightwalker.jpg]]
Bruce Wayne is 18. He's rich, he's an orphan, and due to an impulsive decision with his new car he has to do community service in the Arkham Asylum.
There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a girl his age, who doesn't seem to belong there. Very beautiful and highly intelligent, she soon draws Bruce into a game of minds, in which he is never quite sure if she is telling the truth.
At the same time, the Nightwalkers, a group of murderers and thieves, run free in Gotham City. Bruce must solve the mystery before more people get hurt.
After all, he will be {{Franchise/Batman}}.
Follows ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' in the ''DC Icons'' series, and is followed by ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer''.
!!Tropes in this novel:
* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed. Alfred and Lucius Fox seem to be perfectly competent as Bruce's guardian and the head of R&D respectively, though.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last chapter ends with Bruce looking over the city, deciding that it is a home worthy of protection.
* AssholeVictim: Sort of. Mayor Price was emotionally abusive at least towards his older son, but Bruce remembers that his other kids seemed close to him.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
* BadassNormal: Bruce, of course, but really, as nobody has any powers.
* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
* BedlamHouse: Arkham Asylum, as always. None of the patients ever seem to receive any therapy, and Madeleine shows some bruises she says come from the nurses. It's not clear if she tells the truth about that, though.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, as always.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, Bruce's best friend, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun: The drones.
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* ComicBookAdaptation: Chris Wildgoose illustrated a graphic novel under the ''Creator/DCInk'' imprint.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Bruce.
* ConsummateLiar: Detective Draccon is sure the Madeleine is one. Bruce isn't sure, but then again, he wants to relate to her.
* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has a Type.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce's parents, are only ever remembered as good people.
* DemotedToExtra: Gordon, sort of. He only shows up shortly at the end, with Detective Draccon filling in as Bruce's main contact with the police.
* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
* DoomedByCanon: Every Batman fan knows what will eventually happen to Bruce's friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]]...
* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Draccon's position at the end.
* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. Or is she?
* FreudianExcuse: Madeleine's brother died because the doctor who promised to save him was a con artist, then her mother murdered said doctor and died in prison, all while Madeleine was 10. [[spoiler:Later it turns out that Madeleine isn't the murderer after all, her brother, who only almost died, is, but he has essentially the same reasoning for his deeds.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne, Madeleine Wallace.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
* MythologyGag: [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is seen playing with a coin.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nightwalkers, the name of the terrorist group Madeleine is associated with.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Madeleine uses this with Bruce when talking about how they're both orphans. Then again, she's a ConsummateLiar, so...
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When Bruce comes back to the manor and the door is ajar, but everything is dark, and he remembers that Alfred was home. Also, a bit later, when he realizes that Madeleine used him to break out of Arkham and then left behind a letter that implicates him.]]
* OriginStory: For {{Franchise/Batman}}, of course.
* ParentalSubstitute: Alfred, as always
* PoliceAreUseless: Well, they capture Madeleine, but they can't get her to tell them anything, and it's Bruce who eventually stops the Nightwalkers.
* TeenGenius: Both Bruce and Madeleine count, as they are 18 and mention that they used to tinker with electronics since they were kids.
* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler: Bruce to Madeleine, after she breaks out of Arkham and leaves a note that implicates him.]]
* WhatHaveIDone?: [[spoiler:Richard Price, so much. He just wanted to get back at his father, he didn't want him dead.]]
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-->-- ''Tagline''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_nightwalker.jpg]]
Bruce Wayne is 18. He's rich, he's an orphan, and due to an impulsive decision with his new car he has to do community service in the Arkham Asylum.
There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a girl his age, who doesn't seem to belong there. Very beautiful and highly intelligent, she soon draws Bruce into a game of minds, in which he is never quite sure if she is telling the truth.
At the same time, the Nightwalkers, a group of murderers and thieves, run free in Gotham City. Bruce must solve the mystery before more people get hurt.
After all, he will be {{Franchise/Batman}}.
Follows ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' in the ''DC Icons'' series, and is followed by ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer''.
!!Tropes in this novel:
* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed. Alfred and Lucius Fox seem to be perfectly competent as Bruce's guardian and the head of R&D respectively, though.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last chapter ends with Bruce looking over the city, deciding that it is a home worthy of protection.
* AssholeVictim: Sort of. Mayor Price was emotionally abusive at least towards his older son, but Bruce remembers that his other kids seemed close to him.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
* BadassNormal: Bruce, of course, but really, as nobody has any powers.
* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
* BedlamHouse: Arkham Asylum, as always. None of the patients ever seem to receive any therapy, and Madeleine shows some bruises she says come from the nurses. It's not clear if she tells the truth about that, though.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Lucius Fox, as always.
* CanonForeigner: Dianna Garcia, Bruce's best friend, as well as Detective Draccon, who is in charge of Bruce's community service and of course Madeleine.
%%* ChekhovsGun: The drones.
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* ComicBookAdaptation: Chris Wildgoose illustrated a graphic novel under the ''Creator/DCInk'' imprint.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Bruce.
* ConsummateLiar: Detective Draccon is sure the Madeleine is one. Bruce isn't sure, but then again, he wants to relate to her.
* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax.
* DatingCatwoman: Even when the TropeNamer isn't around, Bruce Wayne has a Type.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce's parents, are only ever remembered as good people.
* DemotedToExtra: Gordon, sort of. He only shows up shortly at the end, with Detective Draccon filling in as Bruce's main contact with the police.
* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
* DoomedByCanon: Every Batman fan knows what will eventually happen to Bruce's friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]]...
* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Draccon's position at the end.
* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. Or is she?
* FreudianExcuse: Madeleine's brother died because the doctor who promised to save him was a con artist, then her mother murdered said doctor and died in prison, all while Madeleine was 10. [[spoiler:Later it turns out that Madeleine isn't the murderer after all, her brother, who only almost died, is, but he has essentially the same reasoning for his deeds.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne, Madeleine Wallace.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
* MythologyGag: [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is seen playing with a coin.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nightwalkers, the name of the terrorist group Madeleine is associated with.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Madeleine uses this with Bruce when talking about how they're both orphans. Then again, she's a ConsummateLiar, so...
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When Bruce comes back to the manor and the door is ajar, but everything is dark, and he remembers that Alfred was home. Also, a bit later, when he realizes that Madeleine used him to break out of Arkham and then left behind a letter that implicates him.]]
* OriginStory: For {{Franchise/Batman}}, of course.
* ParentalSubstitute: Alfred, as always
* PoliceAreUseless: Well, they capture Madeleine, but they can't get her to tell them anything, and it's Bruce who eventually stops the Nightwalkers.
* TeenGenius: Both Bruce and Madeleine count, as they are 18 and mention that they used to tinker with electronics since they were kids.
* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheDreaded: Madeleine, herself, after being accused of three horrific murders, as well as the Nightwalkers as a whole.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
* ComicBook/TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler: Bruce to Madeleine, after she breaks out of Arkham and leaves a note that implicates him.]]
* WhatHaveIDone?: [[spoiler:Richard Price, so much. He just wanted to get back at his father, he didn't want him dead.]]
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* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Dracoon's Draccon's position at the end.
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{{Franchise/Batman}}.
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* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed. Alfred and Lucius Fox seem to be perfectly competent as Bruce's guardian and the head of R&D respectively, though.
* ChekovsGun: The drones.
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* ConsumateLiar: Detective Dracoon is sure the Madeleine is one. Bruce isn't sure, but then again, he wants to relate to her.
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* DemotedToExtra: Gordon, sort of. He only shows up shortly at the end, with Detective Dracoon filling in as Bruce's main contact with the police.
* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
* {{Determinator}}: Well, it is a novel about Bruce Wayne.
* DisappearedDad: Madeleine's mother died in prison, but her father is never even mentioned.
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* EasterEgg: Bruce's best friend [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] is familiar to every Batman fan, as is Detective Gordon, who takes over Detective Dracoon's position at the end.
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* NotSoDifferent: Madeleine deliberately invokes this with Bruce when talking about how they're both orphans. Then again, she's a ConsummateLiar, so...
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When Bruce comes back to the manor and the door is ajar, but everything is dark, and he remembers that Alfred was home. Also, a bit later, when he realizes that Madeleine used him to break out of Arkham and then left behind a letter that implicates him.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When Bruce comes back to the manor and the door is ajar, but everything is dark, and he remembers that Alfred was home. Also, a bit later, when he realizes that Madeleine used him to break out of Arkham and then left behind a letter that implicates him.]]
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last chapter ends with Bruce looking over the city, deciding that it is a home worthy of protection.
* AssholeVictim: Sort of. Mayor Price was emotionally abusive at least towards his older son, but Bruce remembers that his other kids seemed close to him.
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* ConsumateLiar: Detective Dracoon is sure the Madeleine is one. Bruce isn't sure, but then again, he wants to relate to her.
* DamselInDistress: Dianna at the climax
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nightwalkers, the name of the terrorist group Madeleine is associated with.
* OriginStory: For Franchise/Batman, of course.
* ParentalSubstitute: Alfred, as always
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* TheCorrupter: Detective Dracoon is worried that Madeleine is this to Bruce. She might be right.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Madeleine's brother Cameron didn't die as a child, he was brought out of the country to another doctor who was able to save him. Now he's leading the Nightwalkers]]
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* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[Spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers...]]
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. So much Madeleine.
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. So much Madeleine.
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* EvilFormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though, and Richard is shown to be quite unfriendly. [[Spoiler:And [[spoiler:And then he turns out to be one of the Nightwalkers...Nightwalkers... ]]
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* GadgeteerGenius: Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne, Madeleine Wallace.
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->''"From the darkness... A hero rises'''"''
-->-- ''Tagline''
Bruce Wayne is 18. He's rich, he's an orphan, and due to an impulsive decision with his new car he has to do community service in the Arkham Asylum.
There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a girl his age, who doesn't seem to belong there. Very beautiful and highly intelligent, she soon draws Bruce into a game of minds, in which he is never quite sure if she is telling the truth.
At the same time, the Nightwalkers, a group of murderers and thieves, run free in Gotham City. Bruce must solve the mystery before more people get hurt.
After all, he will be Franchise/Batman.
!!Tropes in this novel:
* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
* BadassNormal: Bruce, of course, but really, as nobody has any powers.
* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* DoomedByCanon: Every Batman fan knows what will eventually happen to Bruce's friend [[TwoFace Harvey Dent]]...
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. So much Madeleine.
* FormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though.
* FreudianExcuse: Madeleine's brother died because the doctor who promised to save him was a con artist, then her mother murdered said doctor and died in prison, all while Madeleine was 10. [[spoiler:Later it turns out that Madeleine isn't the murderer after all, her brother, who only almost died, is, but he has essentially the same reasoning for his deeds.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
* KidGenius: Both Bruce and Madeleine count, as they are 18 and mention that they used to tinker with electronics since they were kids.
* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler: Bruce to Madeleine, after she breaks out of Arkham and leaves a note that implicates him.]]
* WhatHaveIDone?: [[spoiler:Richard Price, so much. He just wanted to get back at his father, he didn't want him dead.]]
-->-- ''Tagline''
Bruce Wayne is 18. He's rich, he's an orphan, and due to an impulsive decision with his new car he has to do community service in the Arkham Asylum.
There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a girl his age, who doesn't seem to belong there. Very beautiful and highly intelligent, she soon draws Bruce into a game of minds, in which he is never quite sure if she is telling the truth.
At the same time, the Nightwalkers, a group of murderers and thieves, run free in Gotham City. Bruce must solve the mystery before more people get hurt.
After all, he will be Franchise/Batman.
!!Tropes in this novel:
* AbusiveParents: Bruce's friend Harvey is beaten by his father. The father of Richard Price, a former friend of Bruce's, is implied to be emotionally abusive.
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. The police are investigating the murders, and Detective Dracoon seems rather competent, but at the end it is Bruce who has to intervene with an assist from his best friend Harvey, Alfred and the tech Lucius Fox designed.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Implied with Cameron Wallace, who seems to have a very short temper and who has no problems killing or seriously wounding people just because he's annoyed]]
* BadassNormal: Bruce, of course, but really, as nobody has any powers.
* BattleButler: Implied with Alfred, who mentions having been in the Army.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The boss of the Nightwalkers, Madeleine's brother, Cameron Wallace.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Bruce with Harvey and Dianne.
* DoomedByCanon: Every Batman fan knows what will eventually happen to Bruce's friend [[TwoFace Harvey Dent]]...
* FemmeFatale: Madeleine. So much Madeleine.
* FormerFriend: Richard Price, with whom Bruce used to be close. They have drifted apart by the time the novel starts, though.
* FreudianExcuse: Madeleine's brother died because the doctor who promised to save him was a con artist, then her mother murdered said doctor and died in prison, all while Madeleine was 10. [[spoiler:Later it turns out that Madeleine isn't the murderer after all, her brother, who only almost died, is, but he has essentially the same reasoning for his deeds.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Cameron, oh so much]]
* KidGenius: Both Bruce and Madeleine count, as they are 18 and mention that they used to tinker with electronics since they were kids.
* TheCommissionerGordon: The TropeNamer shows up briefly at the end, still a Detective.
* TwoFace: The teenager version, who's not a villain yet. Harvey Dent is shown to be Bruce's best friend, who is a stickler for rules. He does however already have a coin he plays around with when he's nervous.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler: Bruce to Madeleine, after she breaks out of Arkham and leaves a note that implicates him.]]
* WhatHaveIDone?: [[spoiler:Richard Price, so much. He just wanted to get back at his father, he didn't want him dead.]]
