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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: After the Wazir reveals [[spoiler:all of the Committee's crimes and encourages Derek to ascend to their ranks, Derek starts crafting a conspiracy to Shannon about how the Committee knew that the Wazir would destroy Wheatfield and let it happen so that they could clean it up and prove they were still needed. About halfway through the conspiracy theory, he genuinely starts to believe it, and manages to convince Shannon of its accuracy long enough for her to agree to let him go through the Wazir's flash drive]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Professor seems to be one of the few individuals who actually gives a shit about doing their job of protecting mankind and finding real-traitors versus going with the easy answers
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* SeriesContinuityError: The first book briefly flip flops on whether Solomon was Derek's second partner or his third (Derek is surprised that he's getting a partner after Solomon's death, while Shannon later mentions that he didn't like his "second partner" and Derek reiterates that he didn't like Solomon), before the second book makes it a plot point that Christopher was Derek's second partner.
* SeriesContinuityError: The first book briefly flip flops on whether Solomon was Derek's second partner or his third (Derek is surprised that he's getting a partner after Solomon's death, while Shannon later mentions that he didn't like his "second partner" and Derek reiterates that he didn't like Solomon), before the second book makes it a plot point that Christopher was Derek's second partner.
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* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler: Christopher, Ashley, and Derek all die in this adventure. Though Derek becomes a demon/god.]]
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Christopher, Ashley, and Derek all die in this adventure. Though Derek becomes a god.]]
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* FantasticNoir: This is a spy story about a morally ambiguous conspiracy that keeps the world ignorant of the supernatural. Its protagonist is an assassin that is aware the organization may do more evil than good. [[spoiler: It also ends with the hero dead and most of the cast.]]
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The series follows Derek Hawthorne, a [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]] member of an AncientConspiracy known as the House which is devoted to upholding TheMasquerade. Thinking about retirement, but never quite getting there, Derek is joined by his [[HornyDevil succubus]] [[OnlySaneMan partner]], Shannon O'Reilly, as they work against Eso-Terrorists or supernaturals who are attempting to reveal the supernatural to the public. GrayAndGrayMorality abounds as the two sides are both shown to have legitimate points.
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The series follows Derek Hawthorne, a [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]] member of an AncientConspiracy known as the House which is devoted to upholding TheMasquerade. Thinking about retirement, but never quite getting there, Derek is joined by his [[HornyDevil [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] [[OnlySaneMan partner]], Shannon O'Reilly, as they work against Eso-Terrorists or supernaturals who are attempting to reveal the supernatural to the public. GrayAndGrayMorality abounds as the two sides are both shown to have legitimate points.
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** Penny Hawthorne is a BlackMagicianGirl who is capable of hurling lightning, fireballs, and telekinetic force with her mind. She is also a trained field agent for the Red Room and only slightly less respected as Derek in the field.
** [[spoiler: Casssandra]] is revealed to be a trained agent herself with skill in martial arts, pistols, and black magic of her own.
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** [[spoiler:Casssandra]] Cassandra]] is revealed to be a trained agent herself with skill in martial arts, pistols, and black magic of her own.magic.
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** Shannon O'Henry is a Lilin agent for the Red Room who has training in firearms and who can tear through regular people like wet tissue paper in her "monster" form.
** Penny Hawthorne is a BlackMagicianGirl who is capable of hurling lightning, fireballs, and telekinetic force with her mind. She is also a trained field agent for the Red Room and only slightly less respected as Derek in the field.
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The series follows Derek Hawthorne, a [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]] member of an AncientConspiracy known as the House which is devoted to upholding TheMasquerade. Thinking about retirement, but never quite getting there, Derek is joined by his [[HornyDevil succubus]] [[OnlySaneMan partner]], Shannon O'Reilly, as they work against Eso-Terrorists or supernaturals who are attemtping attempting to reveal the supernatural to the public. GrayAndGrayMorality abounds as the two sides are both shown to have legitimate points.
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* TheExtremistWasRight: Nathaniel Hawthorne proves to be this. [[spoiler: The House is utterly corrupt and ruining society so he enacts a plan to create a BrokenMasquerade and kill its leaderhip. It results in ''millions'' of deaths. It also destroys the House and creates a society where humans and supernaturals can live (mostly) in peace as shown in the other ''Literature/UnitedStatesOfMonsters'' books.]]
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* TheExtremistWasRight: Nathaniel Hawthorne proves to be this. [[spoiler: The House is utterly corrupt and ruining society so he enacts a plan to create a BrokenMasquerade and kill its leaderhip.leadership. It results in ''millions'' of deaths. It also destroys the House and creates a society where humans and supernaturals can live (mostly) in peace as shown in the other ''Literature/UnitedStatesOfMonsters'' books.]]
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* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Committee is composed of twelve wizards who rule over the House from all over the wordl. [[spoiler: Derek joins them at the end of ''Esoterrorism.'']]
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* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Committee is composed of twelve wizards who rule over the House from all over the wordl.world. [[spoiler: Derek joins them at the end of ''Esoterrorism.'']]
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The ''Literature/RedRoom'' is an UrbanFantasy series by Creator/CTPhipps and published by Crossroad Press. It is part of the ''Literature/TheUnitedStatesOfMonsters'' universe.
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The ''Literature/RedRoom'' ''Red Room'' is an UrbanFantasy series by Creator/CTPhipps and published by Crossroad Press. It is part of the ''Literature/TheUnitedStatesOfMonsters'' universe.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After [[spoiler:Rebecca kills all the monsters she's imprisoned, Derek asks her point-blank if she'd be willing to do all of that to Shannon as well even though he loves her dearly. When Rebecca's response makes it clear that yes, [[LackOfEmpathy she would]], he kills her on the spot]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's never confirmed whether or not Stephen willingly got himself possessed or if it was an accident. Derek is certain that he did it on purpose, but everyone else involved in the case disagrees with him, and [[spoiler:Stephen himself takes the answer to the grave]].
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Following the Reveal, Stephen's particular brand of wanton slaughter has become so obsolete that he's ultimately reduced to a pitiable and purposeless mess of a person. What was once one of the most dangerous men in the world gets stabbed in the back by someone he didn't even know about as a present for his brother, and he ultimately goes unacknowledged in the long run]].
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* BoringButPractical: [[spoiler:Nathan's plan can essentially be boiled down to "have Stephen kill the Committee and cause as much chaos as is physically possible so that it can't be hidden". It causes an insane amount of death, but it ultimately works and takes down the House]].
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Nathan manipulates his children, his partners, the House, and eventually the entire world in order to get what he wants: a better world for humans and supernaturals]].
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Nathan Hawthorne is repeatedly said to closely resemble Creator/RobertRedford in his prime, with Derek even positing that he used his magic to deliberately change his appearance.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Derek's status as a PopCulturedBadass is torn to shreds over the three books. What originally seems like a funny or quirky trait is gradually revealed to a result of his miserable childhood, as with his mother leaving him and his father being distant, he basically raised himself on cartoons and comic books. In particular, his obsession with ''The Lord of the Rings'' comes from his love of the books' BlackAndWhiteMorality, as it comforts him from the various shades of grey that his life becomes.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Derek's sole motivation is to save Ashley Morgan (senior) from death. She ends up making a HeroicSacrifice at the end.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Derek's sole motivation is to save Ashley Morgan (senior) from death. She He ends up making a HeroicSacrifice at the end.having to kill her in order to stop Balor's rampage, albeit she [[HeroicSacrifice asks him to do it]].]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Rebecca isn't TheSociopath because she is able to form lasting and friendly bonds with her family (to the point of them thinking of her as the NiceGirl among them). However, her feelings towards supernaturals are completely devoid of anything resembling respect as sentient beings. [[spoiler: To the point she effectively runs a concentration camp and has all of the prisoners executed en masse to prevent their escape.]] It's also something that makes her a {{Hypocrite}} as she doesn't seem to hold her brother and sister's half-dragon status against them.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Doctor Strickland's motivation is getting revenge on the House for their assassination of his daughter]].
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Discussed and downplayed. [[spoiler:When Derek and Shannon learn that Cassandra was mentally forced into her marriage with him and that's why she went so insane, Shannon says that it doesn't excuse the fact that she's directly responsible for thousands of deaths while Derek can't help but sympathize with her and hope she found peace after her death]].
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Discussed and downplayed. [[spoiler:When Derek and Shannon learn that Cassandra was mentally forced into her marriage with him and that's why she went so insane, Shannon says that it doesn't excuse the fact that she's directly responsible for thousands of deaths while Derek can't help but sympathize with her and hope she found peace after her death]].
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: In the climax, [[spoiler:while Derek kills Rebecca herself, it's Dracula's forces that actually destroy Protocol Zero, as they kill every soldier they can get their hands on]].
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* AbusiveParent: Shannon's father Titus took in his children when their hormones hit, manipulated them into helping him rape and murder across the world, and then released them on the world to continue their crimes. She also indirectly reveals that he raped her at some point.
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* GambitPileup: Even people who are nominally on the same side here want different things.
** Derek, Shannon, Penny, and Malcolm are trying to prevent a war between the House and the Vampire Nation.
** Dracula wants to wipe out the House entirely, beginning with Protocol Zero.
** [[spoiler:Nathan wants to manipulate Protocol Zero to eradicate the vampires to prevent them from rampaging when the Truth inevitably comes out]].
** Protocol Zero/[[spoiler:Rebecca]] want to use vampires mesmerism in order to [[spoiler:gradually enslave the world to the House's commands, beginning by eradicating all the supernaturals]].
** [[spoiler:Annabelle wants to wipe out both the House and the Vampire Nation and spends the book putting them at war with each other]].
** Derek, Shannon, Penny, and Malcolm are trying to prevent a war between the House and the Vampire Nation.
** Dracula wants to wipe out the House entirely, beginning with Protocol Zero.
** [[spoiler:Nathan wants to manipulate Protocol Zero to eradicate the vampires to prevent them from rampaging when the Truth inevitably comes out]].
** Protocol Zero/[[spoiler:Rebecca]] want to use vampires mesmerism in order to [[spoiler:gradually enslave the world to the House's commands, beginning by eradicating all the supernaturals]].
** [[spoiler:Annabelle wants to wipe out both the House and the Vampire Nation and spends the book putting them at war with each other]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, Derek decides that [[spoiler:Rebecca]] crossed it when [[spoiler:she kills all of her prisoners to prevent them from escaping during the attack. The fact that she could casually kill over one thousand beings without caring makes her a monster to him, and he ''hunts'' monsters]].
* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, Derek decides that [[spoiler:Rebecca]] crossed it when [[spoiler:she kills all of her prisoners to prevent them from escaping during the attack. The fact that she could casually kill over one thousand beings without caring makes her a monster to him, and he ''hunts'' monsters]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Derek is not only a decent person despite his occupation, but he's also deeply religious, making it shocking when [[spoiler:he decides that Rebecca has crossed too many lines and executes her on the spot, knowingly damning himself to kill the "monster" she had become]].
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I hunted monsters.
--> [[spoiler:My sister]] was a monster.\\
I hunted monsters.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Nathan is a ruthless member of the Red Room, but even he disapproves of Protocol Zero and only got involved in an attempt to bring it down from the inside]].
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* BatmanGambit: As part of Derek's plan to [[spoiler:essentially take over the Committee, Derek predicts which one of them is most likely to cause the strongest fuss and picks Yuri, an ancient wizard who once killed his own child to protect himself. Derek thus arms himself with the way to kill him before the meeting and kills him during his ruckus, giving him the Committee's attention]].
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* MeleeATrois: The final battle consists of [[spoiler:The Wazir's forces attacking Cassandra's forces while Derek's crew flies in to take them both out]].
* MeleeATrois: The final battle consists of [[spoiler:The Wazir's forces attacking Cassandra's forces while Derek's crew flies in to take them both out]].
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Derek takes a moment to assure the reader that some of the ridiculous things he's saying are actually true. For instance, the Easter Bunny's name is Harvey and he's the King of the Pooka.
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* VillainHasAPoint: WordOfGod has this as a deliberate theme as the Wazir, [[spoiler: Cassandra]], Committee, and [[spoiler: Doctor Strickland]] all have valid points. It's just they're also ruthless in their pursuit. [[NotSoDifferent But then again, so are the heroes.]]
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