History Literature / CassandraPalmer

** In ''Ignite the Fire: Incendiary'', Cassie [[spoiler: has a [[ThreeWaySex threesome]] with Pritkin and Mircea to save her own life after being attacked by Zeus, as she absorbed some of his energy and he then tried to use it to kill her. This enables the three of them to generate enough energy to fight off Zeus.]]

** The only exceptions to this are for him to heal himself, such as when he [[spoiler: goes down on Cassie to heal himself in ''Hunt the Moon,'' although he's reluctant to do so, and she offers because she wants to save his life.]]

** [[spoiler:When Apollo uses Cassie's power to enter the mortal world to enslave everyone, and destroy her and everyone she cares about.]]

This is a [[LongRunner long-running series]], so some spoilers from earlier books may be unmarked.

* ActionGirl: Both Cassie and Dory, with Dory being much more of a literal example, as she works as a mercenary.

* BigBad: Jonathan, to a greater or lesser degree. Also the gods.

# ''Ignite the Fire: Incendiary'' (scheduled for publication in 2021)

# ''Hijack the Seas'' (scheduled for publication in 2021)

# ''Fortune's Blade'' (scheduled for publication in 2021)

* DraggedOffToHell: Pritkin's fate at the end of ''Curse the Dawn'' after he [[spoiler: feeds Cassie energy to save her life, thereby breaking the terms of his 'parole' on Earth, whose terms banned him from all forms of humann and demon sex save what was absolutely necessary to save his own life.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:His wife/Dory's mother Elena, who died at the hands of his brother Vlad]] for Mircea

* MeaningfulName: ''Cassandra'' Palmer. [[spoiler:The original Cassandra was the first Pythia and the one who betrayed Apollo--and Cassie ends up burning the spell that would let Apollo back onto Earth rather than giving it to him]].

** As they are both half-human with very high metabolisms, Dory and Pritkin can't get drunk off of ordinary quantities of garden-variety alcohol, but both can get drunk from huge quantities or very strong booze.

* StarterVillainStays: Jonathan is an EvilSorcerer who is introduced in the first novel as wanting to kidnap the title character for the evil Black Circle. Despite at first seemingly being low on the totem pole of the Black Circle, Jonathan went on to be the ArchEnemy of {{Dhampyr}} Dorina Basabara and has returned from the dead multiple times over the series. Its eventually reveled that Jonathan is not in fact a lackey of the Black Circle but is instead one of their leaders and is one of the oldest and most powerful magic users in the world.

* TheUndead: The vampires. Zombies in Dante's Casino and later the zombies [[spoiler:raised by Jonathan]].

# ''Ignite the Fire: Incendiary'' (scheduled for publication late May 2021)
# ''Ignite the Fire: Inferno'' (scheduled for publication late June 2021)

** While most action takes place on Earth, brief incursions into Faerie, the Shadowlands, and the realm of the incubi occur as well over the course of the series.

* BerserkButton: Cassie's wellbeing, for Mircea.

* FantasticRacism: Vampires and mages can't stand each other, though they may collaborate sometimes. Specially those attached to Cassie.

* BadassFamily: The Bhasarabs (Mircea, with his mental, healing, and manipulative abilites, Louis-Cesare with his combat abilities, Dorina with her vampire-genocidal berserker fighting, and Radu, who's a 2nd level master vampire. Oh, and Vlad, of course).

* BigBad: Jonathan, to a greater or lesser degree.

* DarkAndTroubledPast:

The series has a spin-off that stars Dorina Basarab, the [[{{dhampir}} dhampir]] (half-human, half-vampire) daughter of Cassie's love interest Mircea, and master vampire Louis-Cesare.

!! ''Cassandra Palmer'' series

!! ''Dorina Basarab'' series

* ''Siren's Song'', a full-length novel, showing John Pritkin's perspective on the events of ''Dragon's Claw''

# ''Ignite the Fire'' (scheduled for publication spring 2021)

# ''Ignite the Fire'' (scheduled for publication February 20, 2021)

* YearOutsideHourInside: Time moves differently in the other worlds attached to Earth, such as Faerie and the other hells. Pritkin spent [[spoiler: at least a thousand years, between the sixth century and sometime in the late 1700s]] in Earth time in the demon realms, but it felt like a decade or so to him.

# ''Ignite the Fire'' (scheduled for publication Fall 2020)

* ''Siren's Song'', a full-length novel, showing Pritkin's perspective on the events of ''Dragon's Claw''

* ''Junk Magic'', a full-length novel scheduled for publication Fall 2020

* {{Seers}}: Cassie is one.

* TheBerserker: Dorina, when she blacks out, and her vampire half--who's a lot more powerful, takes over and kills everything in sight, [[spoiler:which is because Mircea manipulated her mind so that her vampire and human halves would be separate and not kill each other while growing into their power]].
* TheUndead: The vampires. Zombies in Dante's Casino.

%%* SweetTooth: Cassie and Fred

''Short stories and novellas starring Dorina Basarab''

* ''Junk Magic'', a full-length novel

* OlderThanTheyLook[=/=]Really700YearsOld: Vampires don't age and mages age very slowly. Mircea is over five hundred years old. His daughter, Dorina, is also over five hundred. Pritkin is even older, [[spoiler: he is immortal, being a half-demon with fey blood who is, in fact, Merlin himself. Although he was born in the sixth century, he's lived several hundred years all told, given he spent a lot of time in the demon realms, where time moves differently]].

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Dracula, Kit Marlowe, Cleopatra, Antony, arguably Mircea and Radu, as well as [[spoiler:Merlin.]]

# ''Zombie's Bite''
# ''In Vino Veritas''
# ''Lover's Knot''
# ''Dragon's Claw''

# ''The House at Cobb End''
# ''Shitty Beer''
# ''Updating Pritkin''
# ''A Family Affair''
# ''Shadowlands''
# ''Siren's Song'', a full-length novel, showing Pritkin's perspective on the events of ''Dragon's Claw''

# ''Masks'', starring Mircea Basarab and set in medieval Venice
# ''The Gauntlet'' and ''The Queen's Witch'', starring Kit Marlowe and the witch Gillian Urswick

# ''Rogue Elements''
# ''Vegas Odds''
# ''Skin Deep''
# ''Junk Magic''

* HealingFactor: The Mage John Pritkin, due to his demonic blood.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Dracula, Kit Marlowe, Cleopatra, Antony, and arguably Mircea.

%%* TheFashionista: Augustine
%%* FriendlessBackground: Cassie, on purpose.

%%* TheGhost: Billy Joe
%%* GoodIsNotNice
%%* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Pritkin
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Dorina, because she's a dhampir; Pritkin, because he's half-demon.