Line #12 Literature/TheEverythingBox


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/everything_box.jpg]]
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3	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.
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5	It was followed by ''Literature/TheWrongDeadGuy'' in 2017.
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9	!! ''The Everything Box'' provides examples of:
10	* 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 {{exploit\|edTrope}}s this to burgle the homes of the rich and powerful, whose {{Protective Charm}}s and {{Booby Trap}}s can't touch him at all.
11	* ApocalypseCult: {{Parodied\|Trope}} 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 {{Demon Lord\|sAndArchdevils}}. One operates out of a 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.
12	* 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.
13	* 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.
14	* 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.
15	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Nelson is first framed as a jaded CowboyCop with a HiddenHeartOfGold to 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 a gun on Coop and gets shot dead by his own partner]].
16	* TheMenInBlack: The Department of Peculiar Science investigates (and employs) paranormal entities from TheGreys to {{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.
17	* 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.
18	* 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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