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* TheBeard: Sarah and Holly to Harry Pratt. While Sarah is fine with this, seeing Harry as a godsend for her and her children, Holly is decidedly not.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Much of the conflict in the book is driven by the conflict between Native Americans attempting to fight back against the genocide against them by indiscriminately slaughtering white settlers as well as their families, including children. This is contrasted against the US military who want to use this as an excuse to slaughter them in return. Our heroes are the only people who want to stop the massacres entirely and they're contrasted against the Sons of Typhon ApocalypseCult.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Much of the conflict in the book is driven by the conflict between Native Americans attempting to fight back against the genocide against them by indiscriminately slaughtering white settlers as well as their families, including children. This is contrasted against the US military who want to use this as an excuse to slaughter them in return. Our heroes are the only people who want to stop the massacres entirely and they're contrasted against the [[ApocalypseCult Sons of Typhon ApocalypseCult.Typhon]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Sheriff Highfather and Mutt both are branded outlaws for their attempt to save Native American lives. Jim is made the sheriff of the town due to the fact he's the only white male deputy left. Golgotha ends up being made into federal land despite the fact the townsfolk don't move.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Sheriff Highfather and Mutt both are branded outlaws for their attempt to save Native American lives. Jim is made the sheriff of the town due to the fact he's the only white male deputy left. Golgotha ends up being made into federal land despite the fact the townsfolk don't won't move.]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Pinkerton Detective Agency did, in fact, employ female agents.
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Golgotha is a town in Nevada a bit more unusual than most. They say that the sheriff is a living dead man, who can't die again, and that his deputy is kin to the coyotes in the desert. Everyone in town seems to have secrets: the mild-mannered housewife who is a member of a secret order of pirates and assassins; the unnerving taxidermist who pursues forbidden sciences with the intention of conquering death itself; the mayor who struggles with his faith even as he presides over a vault of sacred Mormon religious artifacts; and the ruthless businessman who may be more than human.
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Golgotha is a town in Nevada UsefulNotes/{{Nevada}} a bit more unusual than most. They say that the sheriff is a living dead man, who can't die again, and that his deputy is kin to the coyotes in the desert. Everyone in town seems to have secrets: the mild-mannered housewife who is a member of a secret order of pirates and assassins; the unnerving taxidermist who pursues forbidden sciences with the intention of conquering death itself; the mayor who struggles with his faith even as he presides over a vault of sacred Mormon religious artifacts; and the ruthless businessman who may be more than human.
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* MainliningTheMonster: Clay begins keeping some of the worm-like parasites which created the Tainted in captivity so he can harvest their secretions as ingredients in a regenerative serum.
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* MainliningTheMonster: MonsterOrganTrafficking: Clay begins keeping some of the worm-like parasites which created the Tainted in captivity so he can harvest their secretions as ingredients in a regenerative serum.
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* WeirdnessCensor: The majority of people in Golgotha seem oblivious to the fact the town is haunted by supernatural forces. The Sheriff's department is the exception with an arsenal of MonsterHunter weapons as are a handful of other citizens.
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* WeirdnessCensor: The majority of people in Golgotha seem oblivious to the fact the town is haunted by supernatural forces. The Sheriff's department is the exception with an arsenal of MonsterHunter weapons for HunterofMonsters as are a handful of other citizens.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Maude, far from Golgotha, seeking a way to get her daughter back from her father.
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* NotSoDifferent: After helping him fight off a lynch mob, Harry admits to Mutt that he understands what it's like to not get to be openly in a relationship with someone, because society won't allow it.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: After helping him fight off a lynch mob, Harry admits to Mutt that he understands what it's like to not get to be openly in a relationship with someone, because society won't allow it.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Izusa wants to avenge herself on the white man with an army of the dead because her family was massacred by them. Unfortunately, she plans to release the Uktena/Darkling and destroy the world to do it.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Alan Pinkerton and Porter Rockwell both make an appearance,.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Izusa tries to steal the Jade Eye from Jim under the idea he stole it when he inherited from his father and it was a gift from Chinese mystics. While she might assume Jim stole it, under no circumstances does ''she'' deserve it.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Izusa tries to steal the Jade Eye from Jim under the idea he stole it when he inherited from his father and it was a gift from Chinese mystics. While she might assume Jim stole it, under no circumstances does ''she'' deserve it.
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* CoDragons: Snakeman and Claxton.
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* CoDragons: Snakeman and Claxton.Caxton.
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* HateSink: General Claxton is easily the worst of the human characters and that includes the CarnivalOfKillers headed by Ray Zeal.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: General Claxton hates women, negroes (despite being a Union general), and Native Americans most of all. This puts him at odds with the fact Golgotha has women, Native Americans, and black men among its deputies.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: General Claxton Caxton hates women, negroes (despite being a Union general), and Native Americans most of all. This puts him at odds with the fact Golgotha has women, Native Americans, and black men among its deputies.
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* BigBad: Izuma leads the armies of the dead.
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* DidNotSeeThatComing: Black Rowan did not see Harry Pratt sacrificing his mayorship and standing to be with her brother. [[spoiler: Nor her brother sacrificing his life to protect Harry.]]
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* HateSink: General Claxton is easily the worst of the human characters and that includes the CarnivalOfKillers headed by Ray Zeal.
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** [[spoiler: Ringo kills the Belaviers to protect Harry Pratt's reputation even though it means he'll be gunned down in return.]]
** [[spoiler: Auggie is a connection to the Uktena/Darkling that needs to be severed. He allows himself to be killed to put it back to sleep.]]
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** [[spoiler: Auggie is a connection to the Uktena/Darkling that needs to be severed. He allows himself to be killed to put it back to sleep.]]
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* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: Kate was given favoritism due to her relationship with Allan Pinkerton. However, she's quit them due to the fact that it tainted her achievements there. Allan is not happy she doesn't want to resume their relationship either. Ironically, she's now in a relationship with Jon Highfather.
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* BittersweetEnding: Sheriff Highfather and Mutt both are branded outlaws for their attempt to save Native American lives. Jim is made the sheriff of the town due to the fact he's the only white male deputy left. Golgotha ends up being made into federal land despite the fact the townsfolk don't move.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Sheriff Highfather and Mutt both are branded outlaws for their attempt to save Native American lives. Jim is made the sheriff of the town due to the fact he's the only white male deputy left. Golgotha ends up being made into federal land despite the fact the townsfolk don't move.]]
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* PolitcallyIncorrectVillain: PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: General Claxton hates women, negroes (despite being a Union general), and Native Americans most of all. This puts him at odds with the fact Golgotha has women, Native Americans, and black men among its deputies.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Much of the conflict in the book is driven by the conflict between Native Americans attempting to fight back against the genocide against them by indiscriminately slaughtering white settlers as well as their families, including children. This is contrasted against the US military who want to use this as an excuse to slaughter them in return. Our heroes are the only people who want to stop the massacres entirely and they're contrasted against the Sons of Typhon ApocalypseCult.
* BittersweetEnding: Sheriff Highfather and Mutt both are branded outlaws for their attempt to save Native American lives. Jim is made the sheriff of the town due to the fact he's the only white male deputy left. Golgotha ends up being made into federal land despite the fact the townsfolk don't move.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The rebels are correct that the United States government has treated the Natives horribly, will continue to do so, and that their word is worthless. Mutt is also correct that organizing an uprising against them that indiscriminately massacres settlers is just going to give them an excuse to destroy them all.
* DistantFinale: This book reveals what happens to Golgotha all the way up to 2020, where it has become a ramshackle retro small town illegally existing on federal land.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Clay has always denied the supernatural but this gets extra problematic when he's confronted repeatedly with the evidence of the supernatural, ghosts, spirits, and gods but continues to deny their existence.
* PolitcallyIncorrectVillain: General Claxton hates women, negroes (despite being a Union general), and Native Americans most of all. This puts him at odds with the fact Golgotha has women, Native Americans, and black men among its deputies.
* BittersweetEnding: Sheriff Highfather and Mutt both are branded outlaws for their attempt to save Native American lives. Jim is made the sheriff of the town due to the fact he's the only white male deputy left. Golgotha ends up being made into federal land despite the fact the townsfolk don't move.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The rebels are correct that the United States government has treated the Natives horribly, will continue to do so, and that their word is worthless. Mutt is also correct that organizing an uprising against them that indiscriminately massacres settlers is just going to give them an excuse to destroy them all.
* DistantFinale: This book reveals what happens to Golgotha all the way up to 2020, where it has become a ramshackle retro small town illegally existing on federal land.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Clay has always denied the supernatural but this gets extra problematic when he's confronted repeatedly with the evidence of the supernatural, ghosts, spirits, and gods but continues to deny their existence.
* PolitcallyIncorrectVillain: General Claxton hates women, negroes (despite being a Union general), and Native Americans most of all. This puts him at odds with the fact Golgotha has women, Native Americans, and black men among its deputies.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: How Prine gets the majority of his followers since wanting to destroy the world and bring about CessationOfExistence is a hard sell to most people.
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* CondescendingCompassion: The best the women can hope for in Charleston. While the opposing counsel is outright misogynist, Martin and Judge Davenkirk think what they're doing is for the best by providing for the women yet leaving them no control over their lives.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Even in the 19th century, it would have been very difficult to get a judge to have the matrilineal inheritance of a woman to be passed down to her son-in-law after her daughter's death instead of her granddaughter, especially when she was already married.
* BigBad: Typhon is this, the son of the Darkling. [[spoiler: Alexandria is TheDragon.]]
* BotheringByTheBook: In the end, Bella [[spoiler: gets the judge and lawyer to sign a contract with Maud that prevents her from filing an appeal. However, their entire legal case is based on the premise she's incompetant to be able to sign her own documentation. It would be extremely embarrassing even if it didn't do them any actual legal harm.]]
* BigBad: Typhon is this, the son of the Darkling. [[spoiler: Alexandria is TheDragon.]]
* BotheringByTheBook: In the end, Bella [[spoiler: gets the judge and lawyer to sign a contract with Maud that prevents her from filing an appeal. However, their entire legal case is based on the premise she's incompetant to be able to sign her own documentation. It would be extremely embarrassing even if it didn't do them any actual legal harm.]]
* TheChessmaster: Bella Mansfield sets her opponents up to hang themselves in court.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Martin proves himself to be this once he has a HeelRealization at the fact that his daughter loathes him for attempting to squash all her dreams.]]
* HateSink: Opposing counsel Rutledge has very few legal arguments in the case other than misogyny and sexism. Unfortunately, that's enough in South Carolina during the 19th century.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Martin proves himself to be this once he has a HeelRealization at the fact that his daughter loathes him for attempting to squash all her dreams.]]
* HateSink: Opposing counsel Rutledge has very few legal arguments in the case other than misogyny and sexism. Unfortunately, that's enough in South Carolina during the 19th century.
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:When Typhon fails to return from Colcosa, Alexandria takes over as the leader of the Sons of Typhon, dubbing herself Lilith.]]
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** [[spoiler: Martin has one of them once his daughter gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]]
* HumanSacrifice: The Daughters of Lilith plan to do this to Constance in order to bring back their powers. [[spoiler: It's instead a plan to unleash Typhon onto the world.]]
* KangarooCourt: The entirety of the Charleston trial is stacked against Maud due to the fact that not only is she a woman but she's up against a respected wealthy white man. The Judge only entertains her case because he expects her to lose and settle, only to get annoyed when she proves her case.
* LoopholeAbuse: Bella Mansfield destroys the case against Maud by pointing out the fact that it was a contract between Arthur and Maud from before they were married. Due to improper terminology, it's not legally valid and was of very questionable validity to begin with.
* {{Retcon}}: Anne Bonnie never owned slaves but simply employed freemen, not revealing their status to her neighbors during the Civil War.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:When Typhon fails to return fromColcosa, Carcosa, Alexandria takes over as the leader of the Sons of Typhon, dubbing herself Lilith.]]]]
* ShootTheDog: The Daughters of Lilith believe Constance must be killed to renew their power.
* HumanSacrifice: The Daughters of Lilith plan to do this to Constance in order to bring back their powers. [[spoiler: It's instead a plan to unleash Typhon onto the world.]]
* KangarooCourt: The entirety of the Charleston trial is stacked against Maud due to the fact that not only is she a woman but she's up against a respected wealthy white man. The Judge only entertains her case because he expects her to lose and settle, only to get annoyed when she proves her case.
* LoopholeAbuse: Bella Mansfield destroys the case against Maud by pointing out the fact that it was a contract between Arthur and Maud from before they were married. Due to improper terminology, it's not legally valid and was of very questionable validity to begin with.
* {{Retcon}}: Anne Bonnie never owned slaves but simply employed freemen, not revealing their status to her neighbors during the Civil War.
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* ShootTheDog: The Daughters of Lilith believe Constance must be killed to renew their power.
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* SouthernGentleman: Judge Davenkirk is one and behaves condescendingly but politely to the women.
