Line #33 Literature/JackBishop


1	The ''Jack Bishop'' series is a set of YoungAdult UrbanFantasy novels by Steve Diamond of the Elitist Book Reviews and published by Creator/RagnarokPublications.
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3	The first novel, ''Residue'', follows 17-year-old Jack Bishop after his father is abducted and a monster is let loose in his small town. As he looks for his father, he begins to notice that he can see the psychic residue left behind by monsters and murder victims. Along with the mind-reading Alexandra (Alex) Courtney, Jack uses his growing ESP abilities to stop the deaths in the town, and find out why his father was taken.
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5	''Residue'' was released in April, 2015.
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8	!!This series contains the following tropes:
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10	* AccidentalPervert: A relatively mild, one might even say too much so, is when Jack thinks of Alex in a swimsuit around her (since she's a telepath). [[SarcasmMode Yes, because that's only how bad it would get with a seventeen-year-old-boy.]]
11	* ActionGirl: Alexander Courtney is one of these despite being a teenager.
12	** Alex also serves as Alex's ActionGirlfriend since he's the NonActionGuy. [[spoiler: At least until the end.]]
13	* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Averted. Alex is very happy with her powers even if she finds most people are shallow and boring.
14	* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Helix frames Jack's father for the deaths of its employees. Possibly subverted in the fact he may be complicit.]]
15	* BadassFamily: The Bishop family turns out to have included a bunch of psychics and monster hunters.
16	* BigBad: Whyte appears to be this. [[spoiler: It's actually Alex's father.]]
17	* BigBadDad: [[spoiler: Alex's dad]] turns out to be one of these.
18	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Whyte is portrayed as one of these. [[spoiler: We discover that Alex's dad is no better.]]
19	* DirtyMindReading: A DownplayedTrope example as Alex only picks up Jack thinking of her in a swimsuit and mentions how most guys (and girls) are shallow.
20	* DisappearedDad: The disappearance of Jack's father kicks off the plot.
21	* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: The most useful of Jack's ESP abilities.
22	* {{Expy}}: Helix has a large number of similarities to the [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Umbrella Corporation.]]
23	* EvilutionaryBiologist: Whyte's corporation is claimed to be this by Helix. [[spoiler: It turns out they both are.]]
24	* HighSchoolDance: The climax of ''Residue'' takes place at one.
25	* KidsAreCruel: The kids of the town blame Jack for Helix leaving town after the massacre due to Helix blaming his father.
26	* LivingLieDetector: An obvious advantage of telepathy which Helix doesn't hesitate to make use of.
27	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: [[spoiler: Alex turns out to be one of these.]]
28	* {{Megacorp}}: Helix isn't as big as some but they have entire towns working for them and can cover up dozens of death, easily.
29	* MundaneUtility: Alex uses her powers to get A's in school.
30	* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: More or less how Jack's ESP works.
31	* PsychicBlockDefense: Jack develops this as a skill from his father's journals.
32	* PsychicPowers: A major theme of the group.
33	* {{Psychometry}}: Another function of Jack's ESP.
34	* {{Telepathy}}: Alex's major power is this.
35	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: [[spoiler: Jack turns out to be the most powerful telepath Helix has ever found.]]
36	* TestedOnHumans: Portrayed in as horrific a manner as its YA label would allow.
37	* UrbanFantasy: The genre of the book.
38	* UnwittingTestSubject: Alex has been monitoring Jack for years, unaware the reasons for such.
39	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Leeches are extraordinarily unsympathetic evil monsters.
40	* YoungAdult: What type of novel the book is classified as.
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