An Urban Fantasy novella series written by John G. Hartness. The series chronicles the adventures of Quincy Harker, a wizard/Occult Detective who happens to be the nephew of Count Dracula.
Quicny Harker lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where he serves as both an exorcist and Hunter of Monsters that is always in trouble with the law. In addition to his uncle's patronage, he also has a (literal) guardian angel named Glory. A freak accident results in him being bonded with a local police officer named Flynn who had been persecuting him for years. Recruited by the Department of Homeland Security Paranormal Division, he soon finds himself much more active in the battle of good versus evil.
Books in the Series
- Year One
- Raising Hell
- Straight to Hell
- Hell on Heels
- Hell Freezes Over
- The Cambion Cycle, Year Two
- Heaven Sent
- Heaven's Door
- Heaven Help Us
- Heaven Can Wait
- Damnation, Year Three
- Calling All Angels
- Devil Inside
- Angel Dance
- Running with the Devil
- Salvation, Year Four
- She Talks to Angels
- Shout at the Devil
- Angel of Harlem
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Carl Perkin's Cadillac
- Inflection Point
- Conspiracy Theory
- Comes a Reckoning
Tropes include:
- Antihero: Quincy is a guy unafraid to break heads, lie, cheat, torture, curse, and outright kill anyone who offends his moral sensibilities. He is also deeply disrespctful to the forces of Heaven but still on the side of the angels (literally).
- Berserk Button: It is not a wise idea to mess with kids around Quincy.
- Black-and-White Morality: The conflict between Heaven and Hell really is that straightforward. Quincy is an Antihero, though, and doesn't quite neatly fit into their worldview. It doesn't help that Good Is Not Nice.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Quincy hits on virtually every woman he meets and checks them out but it rarely goes beyond aggressive flirting.
- Deadpan Snarker: Like many urban fantasy heroes, Quincy has a lot of sass for just about everyone he meets. This is particularly true of God and the forces of Heaven. He even threatens them on occassion.
- Deal with the Devil: Quincy makes these on occasion as a way to deal with larger threats. Ironically, this is actually more dangerous for the demon in many cases as Quincy is quite able to beat them within an inch of their immortal lives if they try to screw him. As Mort found out when he used Exact Words on Quincy.
- Dhampir: Sort of. Harker is part-vampire due to his parents having been injected with Dracula's blood during the former's conception, making Harker stronger and more resilient than a normal human without the weaknesses or dietary needs associated with vampires.
- Did Not Think This Through: A number of the villains.
- A sorcerer named Jacob Marlack humiliates Quincy and leaves him for dead, content the latter could never beat him. So Quincy does a Summon Bigger Fish and sends a greater demon after him.
- Mort humiliates Quincy, a man who specializes in exorcisms and demon slaying. Mort is a demon.
- Happens twice in Hell Frrezes Over. A Seraph turns out to be the Big Bad with a plan to wipe out all humanity. Quincy confronts him and promptly gets his ass kicked because he is out of his league. Said Seraph is then banished to Hell and made a demon because his plans are, well, evil.
- The Dog Bites Back: The original Renfield, Augustus, blames Dracula for refusing to turn him after his thirty years of service were up. Mostly because he was completely nuts. Renfield then got himself turned into a vampire and has spent the past century trying to ruin Dracula's life.
- Exact Words: Demons, Angels, and Fairies all use these to get around the fact they can't lie.
- Famous Ancestor / Heroic Lineage: Many of the main cast are descended from classical literary characters and folk heroes.
- Quincy is the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker.
- Gabby Van Hellsing is the great-granddaughter of Abrahan Van Helsing.
- Jack Watson is the great-grandson of Dr. John Watson.
- Jo Harrison is the great-granddaughter of John Henry.
- God Is Good: Glory is quite insistent on this fact and all indications are she's right.
- Happily Adopted: Harker's "Uncle Luke" took him in when the former's remaining family died of old age. Harker considers Luke a surrogate father.
- Have You Seen My God?: Year Three and Year Four deals with a quest to find God. He's been missing since the revolt and it requires all of the Archangels, including Lucifer, to call him back. The other option is the apocalypse.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Harker is a mostly heroic figure, but that doesn't stop him from being an asshole.
- Killed Off for Real: It happens to multiple characters.
- Reinfeld the Fourth a.k.a Sylvester is killed by Agent Smith.
- Christy the Bartender is killed by Orobos
- Mole in Charge: Agent Smith, head of the Department of Homeland Security's Paranormal Division, is a Cambion working for Orbos.
- Nay-Theist: Quincy is not a religious person despite the fact that he knows, for sure, that Heaven and God are real. This is motivated by the Freudian Excuse that he's seen centuries of horrible things that haunt his nightmares.
- Older Than They Look: Quincy looks like a middle aged man but is actually well over a hundred.
- Relationship Upgrade: Quincy and Flynn go from being enemies to friends to dating then to a married couple over the course of the show.
- Retired Monster: Lucas Card, aka Count Dracula has decided that remaining a homicidal feudal lord would be detrimental to his survival. He is Reformed, but Not Tamed and attributes his continued survival to changing his ways from being a feudal overlord.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Harker, in spades.
- Sociopathic Hero: Gabby is a Hunter of Monsters primarily because she enjoys the act of killing.
- Underestimating Badassery: Quincy is an incredibly accomplished exorcist and demon hunter. Demons who mess with him are unlikely to remain long in this plane.
