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* FantasticFirearms: Behind the {{Masquerade}}, some people use hexguns that fire bolts of destructive magic in lieu of, or alongside, conventional firearms. This is good news to Coop; his innate AntiMagic causes the bolts to pass through him like he wasn't there.
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* TheMenInBlack: The Department of Peculiar Science investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're secretive and make liberal use of {{Perception Filter}}s, but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
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* TheMenInBlack: The Department of Peculiar Science investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels {{Fallen Angel}}s to zombies. They're secretive and make liberal use of {{Perception Filter}}s, but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
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* AntiMagic: Coop was born with a unique immunity to magic - spells discharge against him harmlessly and hexgun bolts pass through him as though he wasn't there. He [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose [[ProtectiveCharm Protective Charms]] and [[BoobyTrap Booby Traps]] can't touch him at all.
* ApocalypseCult: The book parodies this with two rival doomsday cults, each vying to obtain a particular apocalyptic artifact to unleash the End Times in the name of its respective patron DemonLord. One operates out of fried fish restaurant and suffered a schism over the spelling of its patron's name. Both are oddly sanguine about the prospect of pitching themselves and the planet into eternal torment.
* AntiMagic: Coop was born with a unique immunity to magic - spells discharge against him harmlessly and hexgun bolts pass through him as though he wasn't there. He [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose [[ProtectiveCharm Protective Charms]] and [[BoobyTrap Booby Traps]] can't touch him at all.
* ApocalypseCult: The book parodies this with two rival doomsday cults, each vying to obtain a particular apocalyptic artifact to unleash the End Times in the name of its respective patron DemonLord. One operates out of fried fish restaurant and suffered a schism over the spelling of its patron's name. Both are oddly sanguine about the prospect of pitching themselves and the planet into eternal torment.
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* JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: Nelson is first framed as a jaded CowboyCop with a HiddenHeartOfGold to go with his rookie ByTheBookCop partner. However, it soon becomes obvious that he's every bit the obnoxious, drunken, spiteful, amoral asshole he looks like, and his misbehavior escalates until he [[spoiler: pulls a gun on Coop and gets shot dead by his own partner]].
* TheMenInBlack: The book has the Department of Peculiar Science, which investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're highly secretive and make liberal use of [[PerceptionFilter Perception Filters]], but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: The [[TheMenInBlack Department of Peculiar Science]] arranges for Coop, an expert burglar with a rare gift of AntiMagic, to be released early from prison in exchange for him [[TheCaper stealing an artifact]] for them. It also recruits his old partner and ex-girlfriend for their own magical gifts and criminal expertise, albeit with only the treat of jail time as an alternative.
* TheMenInBlack: The book has the Department of Peculiar Science, which investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're highly secretive and make liberal use of [[PerceptionFilter Perception Filters]], but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: The [[TheMenInBlack Department of Peculiar Science]] arranges for Coop, an expert burglar with a rare gift of AntiMagic, to be released early from prison in exchange for him [[TheCaper stealing an artifact]] for them. It also recruits his old partner and ex-girlfriend for their own magical gifts and criminal expertise, albeit with only the treat of jail time as an alternative.
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* JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Nelson is first framed as a jaded CowboyCop with a HiddenHeartOfGold to go with contrast his rookie ByTheBookCop partner. However, it soon becomes obvious that he's every bit the obnoxious, drunken, spiteful, amoral asshole he looks like, and his misbehavior escalates until he [[spoiler: pulls [[spoiler:pulls a gun on Coop and gets shot dead by his own partner]].
* TheMenInBlack: Thebook has the Department of Peculiar Science, which Science investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're highly secretive and make liberal use of [[PerceptionFilter Perception Filters]], {{Perception Filter}}s, but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: The [[TheMenInBlack Department of Peculiar Science]] arranges for Coop, an expert burglar with a rare gift of AntiMagic, to be released early from prison in exchange for him [[TheCaper stealing an artifact]] for them. It also recruits his old partner and ex-girlfriend for their own magical gifts and criminal expertise, albeit with only the treat of jail time as analternative.alternative.
* WingedHumanoid: Setting the theological tone of the book, the angel Qaphsiel's large wings are described in his first appearance as looking "like a condor with a pituitary problem".
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* RecruitingTheCriminal: The [[TheMenInBlack Department of Peculiar Science]] arranges for Coop, an expert burglar with a rare gift of AntiMagic, to be released early from prison in exchange for him [[TheCaper stealing an artifact]] for them. It also recruits his old partner and ex-girlfriend for their own magical gifts and criminal expertise, albeit with only the treat of jail time as an
* WingedHumanoid: Setting the theological tone of the book, the angel Qaphsiel's large wings are described in his first appearance as looking "like a condor with a pituitary problem".
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* TheMenInBlack: The book has the Department of Peculiar Science, which investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're highly secretive and make liberal use of [[PerceptionFiller [[PerceptionFilter Perception Filters]], but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
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* AntiMagic: Coop was born with a unique immunity to magic - spells discharge against him harmlessly and hexgun bolts pass through him as though he wasn't there. He [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose [[ProtectiveCharm ProtectiveCharms]] Protective Charms]] and [[BoobyTraps [[BoobyTrap Booby Traps]] can't touch him at all.
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* AntiMagic: Coop was born with a unique immunity to magic - spells discharge against him harmlessly and hexgun bolts pass through him as though he wasn't there. He [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose ProtectiveCharms [[ProtectiveCharm ProtectiveCharms]] and BoobyTraps [[BoobyTraps Booby Traps]] can't touch him at all.
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A 2016 American novel by Creator/RichardKadrey that is the first of the ''Another Coop Heist'' series that has a thief named Coop who delivers a box to a client and soon everyone is after the box.
It was followed by ''Literature/TheWrongDeadGuy'' in 2017.
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* AntiMagic: Coop was born with a unique immunity to magic - spells discharge against him harmlessly and hexgun bolts pass through him as though he wasn't there. He [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose ProtectiveCharms and BoobyTraps can't touch him at all.
* ApocalypseCult: The book parodies this with two rival doomsday cults, each vying to obtain a particular apocalyptic artifact to unleash the End Times in the name of its respective patron DemonLord. One operates out of fried fish restaurant and suffered a schism over the spelling of its patron's name. Both are oddly sanguine about the prospect of pitching themselves and the planet into eternal torment.
* CandlelitRitual: The SummoningRitual to invoke the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Archfiend]] Caleximus is performed by [[BlackCloak black-robed]] [[ApocalypseCult Apocalypse Cultists]] before a rune-etched altar lit only by red candles... in a trailer at a construction site, because the cultists still have day jobs.
* FingerGun: The FallenAngel Qaphsiel has a habit of making a finger gun and saying "Bang" when he [[LudicrousGibs blows people up]] with his mind, though it isn't necessary for the power to work.
* JerkWithTheHeartOfJerk: Nelson is first framed as a jaded CowboyCop with a HiddenHeartOfGold to go with his rookie ByTheBookCop partner. However, it soon becomes obvious that he's every bit the obnoxious, drunken, spiteful, amoral asshole he looks like, and his misbehavior escalates until he [[spoiler: pulls a gun on Coop and gets shot dead by his own partner]].
* TheMenInBlack: The book has the Department of Peculiar Science, which investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're highly secretive and make liberal use of [[PerceptionFiller Perception Filters]], but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: The [[TheMenInBlack Department of Peculiar Science]] arranges for Coop, an expert burglar with a rare gift of AntiMagic, to be released early from prison in exchange for him [[TheCaper stealing an artifact]] for them. It also recruits his old partner and ex-girlfriend for their own magical gifts and criminal expertise, albeit with only the treat of jail time as an alternative.
It was followed by ''Literature/TheWrongDeadGuy'' in 2017.
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!Tropes for the story:
* AntiMagic: Coop was born with a unique immunity to magic - spells discharge against him harmlessly and hexgun bolts pass through him as though he wasn't there. He [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose ProtectiveCharms and BoobyTraps can't touch him at all.
* ApocalypseCult: The book parodies this with two rival doomsday cults, each vying to obtain a particular apocalyptic artifact to unleash the End Times in the name of its respective patron DemonLord. One operates out of fried fish restaurant and suffered a schism over the spelling of its patron's name. Both are oddly sanguine about the prospect of pitching themselves and the planet into eternal torment.
* CandlelitRitual: The SummoningRitual to invoke the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Archfiend]] Caleximus is performed by [[BlackCloak black-robed]] [[ApocalypseCult Apocalypse Cultists]] before a rune-etched altar lit only by red candles... in a trailer at a construction site, because the cultists still have day jobs.
* FingerGun: The FallenAngel Qaphsiel has a habit of making a finger gun and saying "Bang" when he [[LudicrousGibs blows people up]] with his mind, though it isn't necessary for the power to work.
* JerkWithTheHeartOfJerk: Nelson is first framed as a jaded CowboyCop with a HiddenHeartOfGold to go with his rookie ByTheBookCop partner. However, it soon becomes obvious that he's every bit the obnoxious, drunken, spiteful, amoral asshole he looks like, and his misbehavior escalates until he [[spoiler: pulls a gun on Coop and gets shot dead by his own partner]].
* TheMenInBlack: The book has the Department of Peculiar Science, which investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to FallenAngels to zombies. They're highly secretive and make liberal use of [[PerceptionFiller Perception Filters]], but don't seem to care much about the {{Masquerade}} beyond the fact that it makes their bureaucratic work easier.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: The [[TheMenInBlack Department of Peculiar Science]] arranges for Coop, an expert burglar with a rare gift of AntiMagic, to be released early from prison in exchange for him [[TheCaper stealing an artifact]] for them. It also recruits his old partner and ex-girlfriend for their own magical gifts and criminal expertise, albeit with only the treat of jail time as an alternative.
