History Literature / MoreauSeries

Swann has also written the Creator/ChoiceOfGames game ''[[https://www.choiceofgames.com/welcome-to-moreytown/#utm_medium=web&utm_source=ourgames Welcome to Moreytown]]'', in which the protagonist is a Moreau trying to survive in a "Moreytown" slum amidst rising tensions and violence.

* UnstoppableRage: Some moreaus (like Nohar) can tap into a mental state called "The Beast" which puts them under this trope, putting them in a state of animalistic rage and bloodlust that enhances their combat abilities while temporarily shutting off their sense of reason, which is why Nohar treats it as a SuperpoweredEvilSide since there's a risk of him harming friends or innocent bystanders if he's not careful. He'll willing let "The Beast" take over only when he thinks he absolutely has to and he's certain he'll only harm anyone he ''wants'' to harm.

''Emperors of the Twilight'' opens six years later, when Evi Isham, long out of field operations, is attacked by snipers and canine mercenaries in her New York apartment. The conspiracy she helped to root out in Cleveland has far-reaching tentacles, and is not nearly as dead as she supposed. Her boss is conspiring against her, the Agency thinks she's gone rogue, and Evi is forced to turn to the very people she used to hunt, the moreau underground, in her search for answers.

* AliensInCleveland: ''[[spoiler: Literally!]]''. The first story takes place in dystopian Cleveland.
* AnachronicOrder: The two collections collect ''Forests of the Night'' and ''Fearful Symmetries'', which can cause a bit of confusion when Nohar references background events from ''Emperors'' and ''Specters''. [[spoiler: especially when Nohar mentions The Race and mentions having broken up with his human wife]].
* ArtificialAnimalPeople: The titular "Moreaus" are genetically-engineered anthropomorphic animals created as {{Super Soldier}}s who are now treated as [[FantasticRacism second-class citizens]].
* BioPunk:The whole series.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler: The Race]].

* CrapsackWorld: The Pan-Asian War left Tokyo and New Dehli radioactive craters, and the PRC conquered Japan and Taiwan. Tel Aviv was nuked by the Islamic Axis during the Third Gulf War, and sub-Saharan Africa and South America have been devastated by other, unnamed wars. [[UpliftedAnimal Moreaus]], created as soldiers, are second-class citizens at best throughout the world, and many are refugees from war or persecution. UsefulNotes/TheTroubles continue unabated in Northern Ireland. The U.S. verges on a PoliceState, with rampant political corruption as a bonus, and verges on civil war with the Moreau population. [[spoiler: and the alien invaders who caused much of this conspire behind the scenes to make it worse]]

* DesignerBabies: Making them is forbidden by the UN, but several countries did so anyway. The results are called frankensteins.
* FantasticRacism:Against moreaus and frankensteins

* HardBoiledDetective: Nohar deviates from the archetype primarily by being an 8' tiger who doesn't like wearing clothes
* InterspeciesRomance: Nohar(tiger) and Maria (jaguar), Nohar and Stephie Weir (human). Angel(rabbit) and Byron(fox). Sarah (fox) and Manuel (hybrid). Many morey romances generally are this.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Forests of the Night'' and ''Fearful Symmetries'' both refer to Creator/WilliamBlake's poem ''The Tyger''
* NaturalWeapon: Many moreaus have these. Nohar particularly has both [[WolverineClaws big claws]] and fangs the size of a human finger.
* NoodleIncident: Just why ''did'' [[spoiler: Weir and Nohar break up?]]
* PantheraAwesome: Nohar is a tiger
* [[spoiler: StarfishAliens: The Race. They are basically giant sentient amoebas.]]
* SuperSoldier: Most moreaus and franks were intended to be this

* UpliftedAnimal: Moreaus
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: This trope is in full play. The eponymous [[UpliftedAnimal Moreaus]] were created as soldiers and workers in hazardous places, and treated as expendable despite being fully sapient. This has long-term consequences, as moreaus tend to have short lifespans and are all prone to severe physical degeneration with age. Even after the wars that spawned them are ended, they're treated as second-class citizens at best and slaves at worst across the globe. The [[BioAugmentation engineered humans]] called Frankensteins are treated no better, despite looking fully or almost fully human (Evi Isham has catlike pupils for enhanced nightvision, while Mr K's skull is slightly deformed to accomodate his altered brain).

* BioPunk:The whole series

* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: yes, the Furries loved this series.

* BiTheWay: Evi Isham has slept with men before, and was unimpressed. She's not certain if it's because she doesn't like men or if it's because she always had to hide her [[DesignerBabies true self]]. Diana Murphy knows she's a [[NoTranshumanismAllowed frankenstein]] and doesn't care, and Evi decides she doesn't care about Diana's gender either.

* PettingZooPeople: Moreaus