History Literature / SacredAndTerribleAir

As of late 2023, the book is out of print and was never officially translated into English. However, fans translated the original book into English in mid-2023 and links to download it can be found [[https://old.reddit.com/r/DiscoElysium/comments/12ysbl1/sacred_and_terrible_air_full_professional/ here]]. A second translation, by the fans of Group Ibex, is available [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DiscoElysium/comments/13e4tle/sacred_and_terrible_air_p%C3%BCha_ja_%C3%B5udne_l%C3%B5hn_full/ here]].

As of late 2023, the book is out of print and was never officially translated into English. However, fans translated the original book into English in mid-2023 and links to download it can be found [[https://old.reddit.com/r/DiscoElysium/comments/12ysbl1/sacred_and_terrible_air_full_professional/ here]].

* IronicEcho: During an interview, Vidkun Hirds brags to the documentarian Konrad Gessle about [[spoiler:his supposed rape of Charlotte, gloating "You have no idea, Konrad, how hard I fucked her. You can’t imagine…’"]] Later when Tereesz [[spoiler: uses ZA/UM to MindRape Hird, he taunts "It's a mincing machine. You can't imagine how hard I'm going to fuck you with it."]]

* IronicEcho: During an interview, Vidkun Hirds brags to the documentarian Konrad Gessle about [[spoiler:his supposed rape of Charlotte, gloating "You have no idea, Konrad, how hard I fucked her. You can’t imagine…’"]] Later, when Tereesz [[spoiler: is uses ZA/UM to MindRape Hird, he taunts "It's a mincing machine. You can't imagine how hard I'm going to fuck you with it."]]

* IronicEcho: Vidkun Hird brags to the his interviewer Konrad about [[spoiler:his supposed rape of Charlotte, gloating "You have no idea, Konrad, how hard I fucked her. You can’t imagine…’"]] Later, when Tereesz [[spoiler: is using ZA/UM to literally MindRape Hird , he taunts "It's a mincing machine. You can't imagine how hard I'm going to fuck you with it."]]

* CessationOfExistence: The Pale not only [[spoiler:made the girls disappear, but also starts to erase their existence completely, as people's memories of them start getting warped and erased, and even the pictures Trentmöller took of the girls get corrupted. Zigi himself also wants to disappear, possibly hoping to reunite with the girls, and eventually drives into the Pale. As the war at the end of the novel ramps up, the Pale starts rapidly spreading around the around, eventually consuming the city where most of the plot takes place.]].

* CessationOfExistence: The Pale not only [[spoiler:made the girls disappear, but also starts to erase their existence completely, as people's memories of them start getting warped and erased, and even the pictures Trentmöller took of the girls get corrupted. Zigi himself also wants to disappear, possibly hoping to reunite with the girls, and eventually drives into the Pale]].

* FanTranslation: As of late 2023, the book was never officially translated out of its native Estonian, but fans translated it into English in mid-2023, allowing non-Estonian speakers to read it.

''Sacred And Terrible Air'' is a 2013 novel written by Estonian author Robert Kurvitz, the creator of ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', which is set in the same universe.

* ApocalypseCult: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Mesque has embraced the nihilist ideology of Ambrosius Saint-Miro and is trying to intentionally bring about the end of the world.]]
* CessationOfExistence: The Pale not only [[spoiler: made the girls disappear, but also starts to erase their existence completely, as people’s memories of them start getting warped and erased, and even the pictures Trentmöller took of the girls get corrupted. Zigi himself also wants to disappear, possibly hoping to reunite with the girls, and eventually drives into the Pale.]]
* MissingChild: The foundation of the plot, although [[spoiler: it is later revealed they are actually TheRunaway. ]]

In the summer of the [[AlternateCalendar year '52]], the four Lund sisters Maj(4), Anni(12), Målin(13) and Charlotte(14) go missing after going to the beach. The book’s main characters, Jesper, Khan and Tereesz, have been friends with the girls for some time now, and Khan in particular is infatuated with Målin. Their disappearance becomes a huge story in the press and the three boys start looking for them. Some time later their parents receive a letter apparently written by Målin which states that they are fine and they are with some “Man”.

20 years later the boys meet during a class reunion, and while most seem to have forgotten about the girls, the three protagonists are still thinking about their vanishing. Khan is now an unsuccessful private investigator who specialises on missing people, Jesper is a wealthy interior designer and Tereesz is a police officer.

* CessationOfExistence: The Pale not only [[spoiler: made the girls disappear, but also starts to erase their existence completely, as people’s memories of them start getting warped and erased, and even the pictures Trentmöller took of the girls get corrupted. Zigi himself also wants to disappear, possibly hoping to reunite with the girls, and eventually drives into the Pale.]]

* AlternateCalendar: Zigzagged like with ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. Centuries aren't numbered, but individual years within a century are.

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* AlternateCalendar: Zigzagged like with ''DiscoElysium''. Centuries aren't numbered, but individual years within a century are.

In the summer of the [[Alternate Calendar year '52]], the four Lund sisters Maj(4), Anni(12), Målin(13) and Charlotte(14) go missing after going to the beach. The book’s main characters, Jesper, Khan and Tereesz, have been friends with the girls for some time now, and Khan in particular is infatuated with Målin. Their disappearance becomes a huge story in the press and the three boys start looking for them. Some time later their parents receive a letter apparently written by Målin which states that they are fine and they are with some “Man”.

* CessationofExistence: The Pale not only [[spoiler: made the girls disappear, but also starts to erase their existence completely, as people’s memories of them start getting warped and erased, and even the pictures Trentmöller took of the girls get corrupted. Zigi himself also wants to disappear, possibly hoping to reunite with the girls, and eventually drives into the Pale.]]

''Sacred And Terrible Air'' is a 2013 novel written by Estonian author Robert Kurvitz, the creator of [[VideoGame/DiscoElysium]], which is set in the same universe.