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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Lorna says a variation of this to Von Rached after [[spoiler:they kill Thorvald]], though that isn't the only reason she won't kill him. As she puts it, "You want me to, and when have I ever given you what you want?"
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* UnfazedEveryman: Ana is awfully good at just rolling with all the shit that gets thrown at her.
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* UnfazedEveryman: Ana is awfully good at just rolling with all the shit that gets thrown at her.her.
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Von Rached, still. Lorna remains so skeeved that she refuses to acknowledge it, because if she does, it's accompanied by a very strong urge to rip his face off.
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Von Rached, still. Lorna remains so skeeved that she refuses to acknowledge it, because if she does, it's accompanied by a very strong urge to rip his face off.
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* DeathWorld: The Other, where almost everything really is trying to kill you.
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* HandicappedBadass: Lorna still, though [[spoiler:she trades one set of handicaps for another. Jary is able to heal the effects of her old gunshot wounds, but thanks to the [[HumanoidAbomination Memories]], she's blind in one eye and has some very vicious scarring on her back. Jary might be able to heal the wounds that caused them (it's why Lorna's able to keep the eye, even if it's blind), but when it comes to Memory-scars, they really are [[ScarsLastForever forever]]]].
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* ScarsAreForever: Sharley and [[spoiler:Lorna]]. Those who survive (or in Sharley's case, die and get resurrected) bear the scars of the Memories' wounds forever. Even Jary, goddess of Life, can't get rid of them.
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The [[BiggerBad evil]] evil he woke is now at large, and humanity desperately scarpers to the Southern Hemisphere (and theoretical safety). The Gifted remain divided, millions of [[RevenantZombie dead]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent walk]] the Earth, and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt looms ever larger.
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* UnfazedEveryman: Ana is awfully good at just rolling with all the shit that gets thrown at her.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sharley, literally.
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* UnfazedEveryman: Ana is awfully good at just rolling with all the shit that gets thrown at her.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sharley, literally.
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* HumansAreGood: For the most part. Though there's a lot of conflict and bickering along the way, TheMigration to the Southern Hemisphere proceeds more or less peacefully.
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* HealingHands: [[spoiler:Kali gives Ratiri the ability to not just heal, but bring people back from the dead—with the caveat that he can't tell anyone he can do it.]] It goes along with temporary FunctionalImmortality.
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* HealingHands: [[spoiler:Kali gives Ratiri the ability to not just heal, but bring people back from the dead—with the caveat that he can't tell anyone he can do it.]] It goes along with temporary FunctionalImmortality.PurposeDrivenImmortality.
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* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: The Other can act as one, but few people can actually use it; most have to be guided by one of the people who actually can. Unfortunately for Lorna and Von Rached, it ‘’can't’’ be used to get them through Thorvald's darkness.
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* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: The Other can act as one, but few people can actually use it; most have to be guided by one of the people who actually can. Unfortunately for Lorna and Von Rached, it ‘’can't’’ ''can't'' be used to get them through Thorvald's darkness.
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Now that the [[HostileWeather magic-storms]] have [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 changed the world]], Lorna Duncan sets out into the unknown; unfortunately, she's forced to meet up with the last person on the planet she ever wanted to meet again. Like her, Doctor von Rached is connected to the events that all but annihilated magic a millennium before — and the [[SealedEvilInACan person]] who would finish what he started so long ago.
The [[BiggerBad evil]] he woke is now at large, and humanity desperately scarpers to the Southern Hemisphere (and theoretical safety). The Gifted remain divided, millions of [[RevenantZombie dead]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent walk]] the Earth, and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt looms ever larger.
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Sharley was this even when she was still alive.
* AnotherDimension: The Other, where Sharley is from (and Aelis normally lives).
* BerserkButton: Thorvald really, really hates being called a child. Lorna and Von Rached exploit that to the best of their ability.
* BigBad: Still Thorvald. As Von Rached muses, he might be an idiot child, but he's a very ''powerful'' one.
* BiggerBad: The being that granted Thorvald both immortality and the plague is on its way to becoming a huge issue.
* TheCaretaker: As usual, Gerald, Mairead, and Pat, who make sure everyone eats and sleeps even when things go to shit.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Katje still hates being in charge of the DMA, and she still does it anyway. Likewise, Gerald isn't thrilled by being in charge of the hospital, but him doing it means nobody else has to.
* CloudCuckoolander: Tanya, in a big way. She's awfully fond of mind-altering substances for a deity.
* CoolAirship: The ''O.S. Life Boat'', and assorted other flying ships in the Other.
* CoveredInScars / ScarsAreForever: Sharley. The Memories cut her to ribbons, and she still carries the scars.
* CreepyGood: Both Sharley and Azarael. Sharley is an undead quasi-deity, and Azarael is [[TheGrimReaper Death]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Thorvald]] has one, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving person. Sharley and Marty both had one; the Memories in the Other cut them to death.
* DeadpanSnarker: Connor and Stephen, the friends Ratiri makes while acting as the Gifteds' Ambassador. Also count as ThoseTwoGuys.
* DeathSeeker: Von Rached isn't so much ''seeking'' it (at first), but he wouldn't mind.
* DeathWorld: The Other, where almost everything really is trying to kill you.
* TheDreaded: The Memories. Even ''Sharley's'' scared of them (probably because they killed her).
* EarthIsABattlefield: It's become one by this point.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Sharley calls Von Rached 'Vonny'. He is not amused, though everyone else is. Saoirse calls him Doctor Creepy, but that's because she's a literal sort of kid, and he is both a doctor and creepy.
* EnemyMine: Von Rached is stuck working with the DMA (and later, traveling with Lorna). Needless to say, he is Displeased, though not as displeased as the rest of them.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: One-sided example, but everyone who isn't Lorna can easily see Von Rached's still got a thing for her (she doesn't ''want'' to see it).
* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: The Other can act as one, but few people can actually use it; most have to be guided by one of the people who actually can. Unfortunately for Lorna and Von Rached, it ‘’can't’’ be used to get them through Thorvald's darkness.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Lorna's right eye is all but destroyed by the Memories]], leaving her blind in it. [[spoiler:She also cuts Thorvald's out with a scalpel. While he's still alive.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Sharley. They aren't old enough to realize how very wrong she feels, so they like spending time with her.
* FromBadToWorse: As if the storms weren't bad enough, earthquakes happen, even in places they shouldn't. Nobody knows why, at first.
* GhostCity: Ghost countries, more like it.
* TheGrimReaper: Sharley's father. He looks nominally human, but his preferred weapon is a sword, not a scythe.
* HatesBeingTouched: Sharley. Everyone hates touching her, too.
* HealingHands: Kali gives Ratiri the ability to not just heal, but bring people back from the dead—with the caveat that he can't tell anyone he can do it. It goes along with temporary Functional Immortality.
* HeroicBSOD: Katje very nearly suffers from this after the [[spoiler:Memories have attacked the DMA.]]
* HostileWeather: The magic-induced storms only get worse in this book.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Julifer was already this, but Geezer more and more takes up this mantle for Katje.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Saoirse, of course.
* InsufferableGenius: Von Rached's even more insufferable to those around him than they were prepared for. He still doesn’t care.
* JerkAss: Agglethorpe; on top of his bigotry against the Gifted, he's willingly attempting to sabotage things just to make their lives miserable.
* LandDownUnder: A fair bit of the plot takes place in Sydney.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: At one point, Von Rached non-verbally threatens rape in an attempt to get Lorna to kill him, but she calls him on his bluff. He's in no physical condition to try anyway.
* TheMedic: Ratiri is able to disguise the [[spoiler:use of Kali's gift]] by being a medic in various places that desperately need one.
* TheMigration: The entire Northern Hemisphere has to head south, because Thorvald's darkness can't yet handle the heat.
* MindRape: Like Von Rached, Thorvald is an expert at this, right down to being able to control large groups of people from far away.
* {{Necromancer}}: Thorvald can raise all the people killed by his darkness, but they come back as mindless revenants he can use to do his bidding.
* NoJustNoReaction: Von Rached's reaction to having so many Donovans in his compound. He didn't invite them, and he definitely wasn’t expecting them.
* OddFriendship: Lorna forms one with Ana, largely because they're both so isolated. Ana might work for Von Rached, but she's not a bad person — she just owes him a hell of a lot, and believed him when he told her the DMA would kill her if they found her.
* OhCrap: Sharley's (and then everyone's) reaction to finding out [[spoiler:the Memories are no longer confined to the area where they died.]]
* TheOneThatGotAway: Sharley is this in an entirely non-sexual way for Von Rached. She was his ''patient'' in the 1950's, but she seriously creeped him out, and he wasn't exactly sorry when she escaped.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jary and Tanya aren't Jary and Tanya's actual names; their real names are very difficult for humans to pronounce.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Sharley was the child of a deity and a human; born human, she became wholly divine after she died, but also became an abomination.
* ParentalSubstitute: Jary and Tanya are these, for their respective peoples. Jary's ship is crewed by living orphans she finds on the surface (who often wind up on different ships, crewed by adults she's raised); Tanya's children are those she's found dead, and resurrected as zombies/revenants. Jary also largely raised Sharley.
* PurposeDrivenImmortality: Along with his ability to heal, [[spoiler:Kali also makes Ratiri immortal until she no longer needs him to be.]] Thorvald finds this very, very interesting.
* {{Squee}}: In spite of everything, this is Gerald's reaction to Jary's airship. Everyone else who joins him agrees.
* StrikeMeDown: Von Rached really, really wants Lorna to kill him after Thorvald dies. She won't do it, though not because she doesn't want to.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: They pick up Lorna's other sister, plus a niece, great-niece, and great-nephew. All of them, naturally, look like clones.
* SupremeChef: Mairead. Ratiri muses that she's somehow capable of conjuring up means out of thin air. (His friend Stephen, the Irish Ambassador, says it's because she's Irish.)
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Von Rached and the DMA might work toward a common goal, but neither actually likes it.
* {{Troll}}: Aelis has a little too much fun dealing with assholes at the U.N.
* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler:Ratiri]], sort of. [[spoiler:He already had AuraVision, but Kali grants him the ability to heal, and to resurrect people.]]
* UndeadChild: A whole army of them. Special note goes to Sharley's daughter Marty, who's the cutest little zombie you'll ever see.
* UnfazedEveryman: Ana is awfully good at just rolling with all the shit that gets thrown at her.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sharley, literally.
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Now that the [[HostileWeather magic-storms]] have [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 changed the world]], Lorna Duncan sets out into the unknown; unfortunately, she's forced to meet up with the last person on the planet she ever wanted to meet again. Like her, Doctor von Rached is connected to the events that all but annihilated magic a millennium before — and the [[SealedEvilInACan person]] who would finish what he started so long ago.
The [[BiggerBad evil]] he woke is now at large, and humanity desperately scarpers to the Southern Hemisphere (and theoretical safety). The Gifted remain divided, millions of [[RevenantZombie dead]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent walk]] the Earth, and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt looms ever larger.
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Sharley was this even when she was still alive.
* AnotherDimension: The Other, where Sharley is from (and Aelis normally lives).
* BerserkButton: Thorvald really, really hates being called a child. Lorna and Von Rached exploit that to the best of their ability.
* BigBad: Still Thorvald. As Von Rached muses, he might be an idiot child, but he's a very ''powerful'' one.
* BiggerBad: The being that granted Thorvald both immortality and the plague is on its way to becoming a huge issue.
* TheCaretaker: As usual, Gerald, Mairead, and Pat, who make sure everyone eats and sleeps even when things go to shit.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Katje still hates being in charge of the DMA, and she still does it anyway. Likewise, Gerald isn't thrilled by being in charge of the hospital, but him doing it means nobody else has to.
* CloudCuckoolander: Tanya, in a big way. She's awfully fond of mind-altering substances for a deity.
* CoolAirship: The ''O.S. Life Boat'', and assorted other flying ships in the Other.
* CoveredInScars / ScarsAreForever: Sharley. The Memories cut her to ribbons, and she still carries the scars.
* CreepyGood: Both Sharley and Azarael. Sharley is an undead quasi-deity, and Azarael is [[TheGrimReaper Death]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Thorvald]] has one, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving person. Sharley and Marty both had one; the Memories in the Other cut them to death.
* DeadpanSnarker: Connor and Stephen, the friends Ratiri makes while acting as the Gifteds' Ambassador. Also count as ThoseTwoGuys.
* DeathSeeker: Von Rached isn't so much ''seeking'' it (at first), but he wouldn't mind.
* DeathWorld: The Other, where almost everything really is trying to kill you.
* TheDreaded: The Memories. Even ''Sharley's'' scared of them (probably because they killed her).
* EarthIsABattlefield: It's become one by this point.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Sharley calls Von Rached 'Vonny'. He is not amused, though everyone else is. Saoirse calls him Doctor Creepy, but that's because she's a literal sort of kid, and he is both a doctor and creepy.
* EnemyMine: Von Rached is stuck working with the DMA (and later, traveling with Lorna). Needless to say, he is Displeased, though not as displeased as the rest of them.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: One-sided example, but everyone who isn't Lorna can easily see Von Rached's still got a thing for her (she doesn't ''want'' to see it).
* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: The Other can act as one, but few people can actually use it; most have to be guided by one of the people who actually can. Unfortunately for Lorna and Von Rached, it ‘’can't’’ be used to get them through Thorvald's darkness.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Lorna's right eye is all but destroyed by the Memories]], leaving her blind in it. [[spoiler:She also cuts Thorvald's out with a scalpel. While he's still alive.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Sharley. They aren't old enough to realize how very wrong she feels, so they like spending time with her.
* FromBadToWorse: As if the storms weren't bad enough, earthquakes happen, even in places they shouldn't. Nobody knows why, at first.
* GhostCity: Ghost countries, more like it.
* TheGrimReaper: Sharley's father. He looks nominally human, but his preferred weapon is a sword, not a scythe.
* HatesBeingTouched: Sharley. Everyone hates touching her, too.
* HealingHands: Kali gives Ratiri the ability to not just heal, but bring people back from the dead—with the caveat that he can't tell anyone he can do it. It goes along with temporary Functional Immortality.
* HeroicBSOD: Katje very nearly suffers from this after the [[spoiler:Memories have attacked the DMA.]]
* HostileWeather: The magic-induced storms only get worse in this book.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Julifer was already this, but Geezer more and more takes up this mantle for Katje.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Saoirse, of course.
* InsufferableGenius: Von Rached's even more insufferable to those around him than they were prepared for. He still doesn’t care.
* JerkAss: Agglethorpe; on top of his bigotry against the Gifted, he's willingly attempting to sabotage things just to make their lives miserable.
* LandDownUnder: A fair bit of the plot takes place in Sydney.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: At one point, Von Rached non-verbally threatens rape in an attempt to get Lorna to kill him, but she calls him on his bluff. He's in no physical condition to try anyway.
* TheMedic: Ratiri is able to disguise the [[spoiler:use of Kali's gift]] by being a medic in various places that desperately need one.
* TheMigration: The entire Northern Hemisphere has to head south, because Thorvald's darkness can't yet handle the heat.
* MindRape: Like Von Rached, Thorvald is an expert at this, right down to being able to control large groups of people from far away.
* {{Necromancer}}: Thorvald can raise all the people killed by his darkness, but they come back as mindless revenants he can use to do his bidding.
* NoJustNoReaction: Von Rached's reaction to having so many Donovans in his compound. He didn't invite them, and he definitely wasn’t expecting them.
* OddFriendship: Lorna forms one with Ana, largely because they're both so isolated. Ana might work for Von Rached, but she's not a bad person — she just owes him a hell of a lot, and believed him when he told her the DMA would kill her if they found her.
* OhCrap: Sharley's (and then everyone's) reaction to finding out [[spoiler:the Memories are no longer confined to the area where they died.]]
* TheOneThatGotAway: Sharley is this in an entirely non-sexual way for Von Rached. She was his ''patient'' in the 1950's, but she seriously creeped him out, and he wasn't exactly sorry when she escaped.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jary and Tanya aren't Jary and Tanya's actual names; their real names are very difficult for humans to pronounce.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Sharley was the child of a deity and a human; born human, she became wholly divine after she died, but also became an abomination.
* ParentalSubstitute: Jary and Tanya are these, for their respective peoples. Jary's ship is crewed by living orphans she finds on the surface (who often wind up on different ships, crewed by adults she's raised); Tanya's children are those she's found dead, and resurrected as zombies/revenants. Jary also largely raised Sharley.
* PurposeDrivenImmortality: Along with his ability to heal, [[spoiler:Kali also makes Ratiri immortal until she no longer needs him to be.]] Thorvald finds this very, very interesting.
* {{Squee}}: In spite of everything, this is Gerald's reaction to Jary's airship. Everyone else who joins him agrees.
* StrikeMeDown: Von Rached really, really wants Lorna to kill him after Thorvald dies. She won't do it, though not because she doesn't want to.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: They pick up Lorna's other sister, plus a niece, great-niece, and great-nephew. All of them, naturally, look like clones.
* SupremeChef: Mairead. Ratiri muses that she's somehow capable of conjuring up means out of thin air. (His friend Stephen, the Irish Ambassador, says it's because she's Irish.)
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Von Rached and the DMA might work toward a common goal, but neither actually likes it.
* {{Troll}}: Aelis has a little too much fun dealing with assholes at the U.N.
* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler:Ratiri]], sort of. [[spoiler:He already had AuraVision, but Kali grants him the ability to heal, and to resurrect people.]]
* UndeadChild: A whole army of them. Special note goes to Sharley's daughter Marty, who's the cutest little zombie you'll ever see.
* UnfazedEveryman: Ana is awfully good at just rolling with all the shit that gets thrown at her.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sharley, literally.
