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* ManBehindTheMan: UpToEleven.[[spoiler: [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Nemesis]] is behind Maeve and most of the BigBad's from previous books, the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Black Council]] may be behind Nemesis (or vice-versa), and the [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] might be behind both of them. [[WildMassGuessing Maybe]] ]]
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* [[spoiler: ParanoiaFuel: {{In-Universe}} [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Nemesis]] is this. There's no way to tell who has it, until they start going visibly of the deep end at least, and Harry spends a large portion of the book worrying if his friends have been infected.]]
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* {{Retcon}}: The creature Peabody unleashed back in Turn Coat was stated then to be an ElementalEmbodiment of mordite, from the NeverNever. According to Harry in this book [[spoiler: it was an [[EldritchAbomination Outsider]].]]
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* {{Retcon}}: The creature Peabody unleashed back in Turn Coat was stated then to be an ElementalEmbodiment of mordite, from the NeverNever.Nevernever. According to Harry in this book [[spoiler: it was an [[EldritchAbomination Outsider]].]]
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* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Whatever "parasite" is causing Harry's headaches, it's probably going to be really bad news, very soon.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The Nemesis]] turned two characters to its cause, but in doing so made them much less effective, allowing for their defeat.
** [[spoiler:Cat Sith]] would normally kill his enemy immediately, but instead stopped to talk, allowing Harry time to win the fight.
** [[spoiler:Maeve]] gained the ability to [[spoiler:lie and make her own choices]], sure, but she didn't know how best to ''use'' that ability. If she hadn't chose to try and kill [[spoiler:Karrin]] on a whim, [[spoiler:Karrin]] probably wouldn't have killed her first.
** [[spoiler:Cat Sith]] would normally kill his enemy immediately, but instead stopped to talk, allowing Harry time to win the fight.
** [[spoiler:Maeve]] gained the ability to [[spoiler:lie and make her own choices]], sure, but she didn't know how best to ''use'' that ability. If she hadn't chose to try and kill [[spoiler:Karrin]] on a whim, [[spoiler:Karrin]] probably wouldn't have killed her first.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Mab, sort of. It turns out that her desire to have Maeve killed is completely justified, and she's relatively humane to Harry after everything wraps up. She's still a scary, scary Sidhe Queen, though.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Mab, sort of. It turns out that her desire to have Maeve killed is completely justified, and she's relatively humane to Harry after everything wraps up. She's still a scary, scary Sidhe Queen, though.]]
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* TheMcCoy: Titania is this among the faerie, according to herself, while Mab is TheSpock. However, these are the ''only'' traits which dictate their actions. If it comes down to a choice between everyone they care about and the rest of the world, Mab will choose the world, while Titania will choose her loved ones.
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* ILetYouWin: [[spoiler: Herne and Kringle both wanted Harry to use TheWildHunt, but couldn't just give him control. So they went after him personally, and let him defeat them, so that the hunt would follow him willingly]]. Harry realizes later that there's no way he could have realistically scored a hit on [[spoiler:the Erlking]] and fought [[spoiler:Kringle]] to the ground like he did.
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-->'''Harry:''' "This isn't a magical stronghold. [[spoiler: It's a ''prison''. It's a prison so hard that half a dozen freaking ''naagloshii'' are in ''minimum security'']]."\\
'''Demonreach:''' "CORRECT, [[DoubleMeaning WARDEN]]."
-->'''Harry:''' "This isn't a magical stronghold. [[spoiler: It's a ''prison''. It's a prison so hard that half a dozen freaking ''naagloshii'' are in ''minimum security'']]."\\
'''Demonreach:''' "CORRECT, [[DoubleMeaning WARDEN]]."
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* AlasPoorScrappy: Nobody really liked [[spoiler: Maeve. But you can't help but feel sorry for her, given how Mab mourns for her, and the fact that it might have simply been the Outsider influence talking.]]
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* AlasPoorScrappy: Nobody really liked [[spoiler: Maeve. But you can't help but feel sorry for her, given how Mab mourns for her, and the fact that it might have simply been the Outsider influence talking.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Outsiders.
* AllMythsAreTrue: There really ''is'' a Santa Claus. And he's a Wyldfae! [[spoiler: And very possibly an aspect of Odin.]]
* AnyoneCanDie / KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Maeve. Lily.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Outsiders.
* AllMythsAreTrue: There really ''is'' a Santa Claus. And he's a Wyldfae! [[spoiler: And very possibly an aspect of Odin.]]
* AnyoneCanDie / KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Maeve. Lily.]]
* BatmanGambit: Pulled by [[spoiler: Maeve]] of all people. [[spoiler: She successfully exploits Harry's distrust of Mab, the fact that Sidhe—typically—CannotTellALie, and Lily's good reputation, into redirecting Harry's attention from her to her mother. It would have worked, too, if not for Harry figuring out that something in the story didn't add up.]]
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Harry and [[spoiler: the Outsider "Sharkface" have one of these. Turns into a CurbStompBattle very quickly…and not in Sharkface's favor.]]
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Harry and [[spoiler: the Outsider "Sharkface" have one of these. Turns into a CurbStompBattle very quickly…and not in Sharkface's favor.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Karrin, Thomas, Molly, and Mouse, serve as this when Harry's been pinned down by Maeve and Lily.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: The Outsiders in general. ''Strongly'' implied to be the BigBad of the entire series.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: And ''how.'' The Outsiders have been repelled and Demonreach saved, but Molly is now trapped as the Winter Lady, and Lily is dead.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: The Winter Knight's mantle gives it's bearer strength, a HealingFactor, and extra magical juice…but at the price of mind-warping, sadistic impulses, and a vulnerability to cold iron. Worse, if the mantle is stripped from you (for instance, if you break your faction's laws), any injuries or defects that the mantle "cured" come back in full force.
* CannotTellALie: The Sidhe, as usual. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Maeve's corruption allows her to lie anyway. ''Double'' subverted when it turns out that she's not that great at lying ''wisely''.]]
* ChekovsGun: Butcher fires several guns he's loaded in ''previous books'', such as [[spoiler: the significance of Halloween in the Dresdenverse, and the fact that a Sidhe Queen's mantle passes into the closest possible vessel. Molly's training under the Leanansidhe probably also qualifies.]]
** Previous information about the Wild Hunt also fires, [[spoiler: when Harry uses the circumstances and his knowledge of the rules to hijack control from the Erlking.]]
** [[spoiler: Butcher also places a gun into firing position for the future, when Kris Kringle insinuates to Harry that it's possible to shed a Knight's mantle without dying, if the time is right. He also makes it very clear that Mac has some sort of nasty secret in his closet…but doesn't reveal it. Yet.]]
* ClarkesThirdLaw: Invoked, by Bob, in reference to the magic layered over Demonreach. When ''magic'' is sufficiently advanced to seem like magic to a freaking wizard, you know it's hardcore.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: And ''how.'' The Outsiders have been repelled and Demonreach saved, but Molly is now trapped as the Winter Lady, and Lily is dead.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: The Winter Knight's mantle gives it's bearer strength, a HealingFactor, and extra magical juice…but at the price of mind-warping, sadistic impulses, and a vulnerability to cold iron. Worse, if the mantle is stripped from you (for instance, if you break your faction's laws), any injuries or defects that the mantle "cured" come back in full force.
* CannotTellALie: The Sidhe, as usual. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Maeve's corruption allows her to lie anyway. ''Double'' subverted when it turns out that she's not that great at lying ''wisely''.]]
* ChekovsGun: Butcher fires several guns he's loaded in ''previous books'', such as [[spoiler: the significance of Halloween in the Dresdenverse, and the fact that a Sidhe Queen's mantle passes into the closest possible vessel. Molly's training under the Leanansidhe probably also qualifies.]]
** Previous information about the Wild Hunt also fires, [[spoiler: when Harry uses the circumstances and his knowledge of the rules to hijack control from the Erlking.]]
** [[spoiler: Butcher also places a gun into firing position for the future, when Kris Kringle insinuates to Harry that it's possible to shed a Knight's mantle without dying, if the time is right. He also makes it very clear that Mac has some sort of nasty secret in his closet…but doesn't reveal it. Yet.]]
* ClarkesThirdLaw: Invoked, by Bob, in reference to the magic layered over Demonreach. When ''magic'' is sufficiently advanced to seem like magic to a freaking wizard, you know it's hardcore.
** ''Turn Coat'' also gets a nod, when Harry repeatedly has mental hiccups due to trying ''not'' to think about the Nagloshii.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. The heat bloom off of fireballs is mentioned as being just as dangerous as the fire itself, and Harry is frequently forced to protect himself from radiant heat with Winter mist.
* CrypticConversation: It's a book full of faeries. There's a ton of them.
** It later becomes a plot point, when [[spoiler: Maeve's straightforwards explanation turns out to be a big old case of too good to be true.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. The heat bloom off of fireballs is mentioned as being just as dangerous as the fire itself, and Harry is frequently forced to protect himself from radiant heat with Winter mist.
* CrypticConversation: It's a book full of faeries. There's a ton of them.
** It later becomes a plot point, when [[spoiler: Maeve's straightforwards explanation turns out to be a big old case of too good to be true.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler: Harry is completely blind to the implications of Molly's training with the Leanansidhe until she gets hit with the Winter Lady's mantle.]]
* DisneyDeath: Averted with [[spoiler: Maeve and Lily's death, thanks to a case of BoomHeadshot.]]
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: The price of holding or accessing the Winter Knight's mantle is this—increasing instability, violence, and psychopathy.
** [[spoiler: Maeve's final monologue strongly implies she's suffering from this as well, under Outsider influence.]]
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Arctis Tor.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: TheOutsiders are making moves now. Outsiders. All of them.]] But of greater note is the secret of [[GeniusLoci Demonreach]]. [[spoiler: It's a prison for countless abominations, so powerful and dangerous that the Naagloshii are kept in ''minimum'' security. The original Merlin built it across more dimensions than most humans can comprehend, and Harry is now its Warden]].Warden]].
* TheFairFolk: There's almost more fae characters in the book than humans.
* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Whatever "parasite" is causing Harry's headaches, it's probably going to be really bad news, very soon.]]
* FullFrontalAssault: Harry spends most of the climactic battle naked, after [[spoiler: Demonreach's]] wards disintegrate his clothing.
* GambitPileup: By the end of the book, [[spoiler: Mab, Maeve, Harry, and the Outsiders all have a gambit in play, with Harry and Maeve's gambits being spawned off of that of Mab and the Outsiders, respectively. In the end, nobody really gets what they truly wanted.]]
* DisneyDeath: Averted with [[spoiler: Maeve and Lily's death, thanks to a case of BoomHeadshot.]]
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: The price of holding or accessing the Winter Knight's mantle is this—increasing instability, violence, and psychopathy.
** [[spoiler: Maeve's final monologue strongly implies she's suffering from this as well, under Outsider influence.]]
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Arctis Tor.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The
* TheFairFolk: There's almost more fae characters in the book than humans.
* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Whatever "parasite" is causing Harry's headaches, it's probably going to be really bad news, very soon.]]
* FullFrontalAssault: Harry spends most of the climactic battle naked, after [[spoiler: Demonreach's]] wards disintegrate his clothing.
* GambitPileup: By the end of the book, [[spoiler: Mab, Maeve, Harry, and the Outsiders all have a gambit in play, with Harry and Maeve's gambits being spawned off of that of Mab and the Outsiders, respectively. In the end, nobody really gets what they truly wanted.]]
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* HeroicWillpower: Harry learns that human will can stand up to the will of a Faerie Mother, and even overpower them when boosted with some Soulfire.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Mac]] is known to [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] as "Watcher" and has a HealingFactor.
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* HeroicWillpower: HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Mab, sort of. It turns out that her desire to have Maeve killed is completely justified, and she's relatively humane to Harry learns after everything wraps up. She's still a scary, scary Sidhe Queen, though.]]
* HopelessBossFight: An instance thathuman will can stand up to the will of a Faerie Mother, occurs ''offscreen'', [[spoiler: when Karrin, Mouse, and company, get curb-stomped by Maeve and her allies.]]
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Used by Maeve, against Harry…''again.'' [[spoiler: It's really just a ploy to throw him off his game, so he'll run into ''another'' trap.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: The reason why Titania nearly kills Harry, evenoverpower them when boosted with some Soulfire.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Mac]] is knownshe realizes it's more logical to [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] as "Watcher" and has set it aside for the sake of reality.]]
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Invoked in-universe, when Bob's explanation of one of the plot's ticking time bombs starts looking suspiciously like the opening to aHealingFactor.StarWars movie.
-->'''Harry:''' Okay, come on. You're going to buy me a lawsuit, Bob.
* HopelessBossFight: An instance that
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Used by Maeve, against Harry…''again.'' [[spoiler: It's really just a ploy to throw him off his game, so he'll run into ''another'' trap.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: The reason why Titania nearly kills Harry, even
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Mac]] is known
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Invoked in-universe, when Bob's explanation of one of the plot's ticking time bombs starts looking suspiciously like the opening to a
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* TrueCompanions: A recurring theme in the book is that Harry, for all his power, isn't big or strong enough to punch as far out of his weight class as he needs to. Fortunately, whenever he gets in over his head, his friends are there to back him up.
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* TrueCompanions: A recurring theme ManipulativeBitch: Mab. [[spoiler: Maeve.]]
* MindControl: Figuring out who [[spoiler: has been made BrainwashedAndCrazy by Nemesis and who hasn't becomes a major part of the plot. It's also strongly implied that Nemesis' mind-whammy has been the driving force between a lot of the conflicts in thebook is series.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Maeve, sort of.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: Harry having passing-on-the-mantle nookie with Mab in ''Changes'' [[IncrediblyLamePun comes up ''again'']], this time with Fix and Lily.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Mother Winter nearly chops Harry up for stew meat with a cleaver, at one point. [[spoiler: Turns out it's a test. Mostly.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Mab, of all people, invokes this, [[spoiler: after Maeve's death.]]
-->'''Mab:''' I was mortal once, you know.
* OhCrap: Many, including [[spoiler: Harry's reaction to realizing thatHarry, for all Molly has been turned into a potential Sidhe Queen.]]
** The discovery that [[spoiler: Demonreach's island holds a freaking huge amount of SealedEvilInACan.]]
** When Mab gives him hispower, isn't big or strong enough to punch as far out first order: [[spoiler: Kill Maeve.]]
** [[spoiler: Harry and the jars ofhis weight class as he needs to. Fortunately, whenever he gets in over his head, his friends are there to back him up.diseases that ''haven't been spawned yet.'']]
* MindControl: Figuring out who [[spoiler: has been made BrainwashedAndCrazy by Nemesis and who hasn't becomes a major part of the plot. It's also strongly implied that Nemesis' mind-whammy has been the driving force between a lot of the conflicts in the
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Maeve, sort of.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: Harry having passing-on-the-mantle nookie with Mab in ''Changes'' [[IncrediblyLamePun comes up ''again'']], this time with Fix and Lily.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Mother Winter nearly chops Harry up for stew meat with a cleaver, at one point. [[spoiler: Turns out it's a test. Mostly.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Mab, of all people, invokes this, [[spoiler: after Maeve's death.]]
-->'''Mab:''' I was mortal once, you know.
* OhCrap: Many, including [[spoiler: Harry's reaction to realizing that
** The discovery that [[spoiler: Demonreach's island holds a freaking huge amount of SealedEvilInACan.]]
** When Mab gives him his
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** [[spoiler: Harry's Winter-Knight-fueled outbursts of psychopathic impulse are used to impress on the reader (and Harry's friends) just how [[IncrediblyLamePun not-cool]] the Knight's mantle is.]]
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: Both Lily and Maeve's deaths are described as one of these. Possibly justified in Maeve's instance, as the shot came from Murphy's backup weapon—probably not something chambered for high-powered rounds.]]
* TheReveal: In spades. [[spoiler: Demonreach is the guardian for a whole ''island'' full of SealedEvilInACan, the Winter Court serves as the first line of defense against Outsiders, and Molly has been groomed to assume the mantle of a Sidhe Queen.]]
** [[spoiler: It also becomes now incredibly obvious why Aurora's attempted power grab in ''Summer Knight'' would have been a very, ''very'' bad idea. For reality.]]
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Justified, as [[spoiler: they weren't trying to sink the barge, but move it away from the ley line.]]
* RapeAsDrama: Invoked, but not used fully. [[spoiler: Thanks to the warping influence of the Knight's mantle, Harry has vivid fantasies of raping Maeve, Lily, Molly, and Karrin. Harry resists, but finds the implications just as disturbing as the reader does.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mother Summer, of all people. Also, [[spoiler: Kris Kringle. Sort of.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Mab is not the one corrupted by the Outsiders. Maeve is.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Harry is very nearly the target of one, [[spoiler: when he summons Titania, but underestimates how ''not'' over Aurora's death she is.]]
** [[spoiler: Harry's Winter-Knight-fueled outbursts of psychopathic impulse are used to impress on the reader (and Harry's friends) just how [[IncrediblyLamePun not-cool]] the Knight's mantle is.]]
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: Both Lily and Maeve's deaths are described as one of these. Possibly justified in Maeve's instance, as the shot came from Murphy's backup weapon—probably not something chambered for high-powered rounds.]]
* TheReveal: In spades. [[spoiler: Demonreach is the guardian for a whole ''island'' full of SealedEvilInACan, the Winter Court serves as the first line of defense against Outsiders, and Molly has been groomed to assume the mantle of a Sidhe Queen.]]
** [[spoiler: It also becomes now incredibly obvious why Aurora's attempted power grab in ''Summer Knight'' would have been a very, ''very'' bad idea. For reality.]]
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Justified, as [[spoiler: they weren't trying to sink the barge, but move it away from the ley line.]]
* RapeAsDrama: Invoked, but not used fully. [[spoiler: Thanks to the warping influence of the Knight's mantle, Harry has vivid fantasies of raping Maeve, Lily, Molly, and Karrin. Harry resists, but finds the implications just as disturbing as the reader does.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mother Summer, of all people. Also, [[spoiler: Kris Kringle. Sort of.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Mab is not the one corrupted by the Outsiders. Maeve is.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Harry is very nearly the target of one, [[spoiler: when he summons Titania, but underestimates how ''not'' over Aurora's death she is.]]
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* ShipTease: Harry/Murph. ''Again.''
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* ShipTease: Harry/Murph. ''Again.''
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* ThePowerOfRock: While rock music itself isn't a source of power, [[spoiler: Thomas and Molly's BigDamnHeroes moment is made ''much'' more epic by the inclusion of "We Will Rock You" by {{Queen}}]]
* TooStupidToLive: A troll who spills blood in defiance of one of Mab's commands. It doesn't end well for it.
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* TrueCompanions: A recurring theme in the book is that Harry, for all his power, isn't big or strong enough to punch as far out of his weight class as he needs to. Fortunately, whenever he gets in over his head, his friends are there to back him up.
* UnholyNuke: This is what [[spoiler: the Outsiders were trying to unleash by destroying Demonreach.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Harry, briefly, [[spoiler: when Maeve cons him into thinking that Mab is corrupted, not her.]]
** [[spoiler: Lily also, and without a wakeup call until much, much too late.]]
* UnholyNuke: This is what [[spoiler: the Outsiders were trying to unleash by destroying Demonreach.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Harry, briefly, [[spoiler: when Maeve cons him into thinking that Mab is corrupted, not her.]]
** [[spoiler: Lily also, and without a wakeup call until much, much too late.]]
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* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Averted. [[spoiler: Both Lily and Maeve die of a single gunshot to the head, since they're mortal on Halloween Night.]]
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Averted. [[spoiler: Both Lily and Maeve die of a single gunshot to the head, since they're mortal on Halloween Night.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: The Outsiders are making moves now. But of greater note is the secret of [[GeniusLoci Demonreach]]. [[spoiler: It's a prison for countless abominations, so powerful and dangerous that the Naagloshii are kept in ''minimum'' security. The original Merlin built it across more dimensions than most humans can comprehend, and Harry is now its Warden]].
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* HeroicWillpower: Harry learns that human will can stand up to the will of a Faerie Mother, and even overpower them when boosted with some Soulfire.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Mac]] is known to [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] as "Watcher" and has a HealingFactor.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Harry has to deal with the Mantle of the Winter Knight pushing him to be more like a predator, in every sense of the word. [[spoiler:Even after using the full power of the Mantle and having a woman offer herself to him specifically to sate those desires, [[HeroicWillpower he still doesn't give in]].
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Harry has to deal with the Mantle of the Winter Knight pushing him to be more like a predator, in every sense of the word. [[spoiler:Even after using the full power of the Mantle and having a woman offer herself to him specifically to sate those desires, [[HeroicWillpower he still doesn't give in]].]]
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** BadassSanta: He likes to go hunting with the Erlking. As in, ''The Wild Hunt''.''TheWildHunt''.
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* TheWildHunt: Shows up again for the first time since ''Literature/DeadBeat''. [[spoiler:Harry defeats it, earning leadership of the hunt, then declares "Tonight, we hunt [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]]!"]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Harry has to deal with the Mantle of the Winter Knight pushing him to be more like a predator, in every sense of the word. [[spoiler:Even after using the full power of the Mantle and having a woman offer herself to him specifically to sate those desires, [[HeroicWillpower he still doesn't give in]].
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Harry has to deal with the Mantle of the Winter Knight pushing him to be more like a predator, in every sense of the word. [[spoiler:Even after using the full power of the Mantle and having a woman offer herself to him specifically to sate those desires, [[HeroicWillpower he still doesn't give in]].
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* SantaClaus: Meets Harry at his birthday party. Harry is visibly fanboying over him.
** BadassSanta: He likes to go hunting with the Erlking. As in, ''The Wild Hunt''.
** BadassSanta: He likes to go hunting with the Erlking. As in, ''The Wild Hunt''.
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** When Harry interrupts Bob's magically projected movie, he comments that Harry is going to the [[{{Firefly}} special hell]].
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** Dresden gives [[spoiler: Maeve]] a really good TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which is lightly peppered with ContinuityNods, Continuity Nods, such as the fact that Billy and Georgia were nearly killed at their wedding, and Lloyd Slate's treatment at the hands of the Winter Queens.Queens.
** There's also a nod to ''Backup''.
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* DesignatedVictim: [[spoiler: Andi.]] It's lampshaded that she just keeps getting kidnapped.
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Cat Sith]].
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Captain Hook.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Cat Sith]].
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Captain Hook.]]
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* VolleyingInsults: Thomas and Harry.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Maeve.]]
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** TrainingMontage: Invoked by name. Harry even names the background music (Foo Fighters' ''Walk'').
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'''''Cold Days''''' is book #14 in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.
HARRY DRESDEN LIVES!!!
After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn't all that bad. Because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard.
He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn't about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill.
Guess which Mab wants first?
Of course, it won't be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.
Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own…
His soul.
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!!''Cold Days'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ContinuityNod: Harry's narration refers to ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'''s excursion to Arctis Tor twice--once when he recalls fighting the giant scarescrow phobophage, and when he mentions that the last time he was in Arctis Tor, he "pissed off the faeries. Like, AllOfThem."
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Early in the book, Harry's being brought to a big Winter Court party. Harry asks if there's anyone in particular he should keep an eye on, and his companion replies that he will have to keep an eye on ''everybody''.
* LiteralGenie: Mab orders Cat Sith to be (essentially) Harry's butler. Harry's first wiseass instinct is to request a can of Coke. Cat Sith gets him a warm can.
-->'''Cat Sith:''' I shall be happy to similarly fulfill any such command you give me, Sir Knight.\\
[Translation: ''I don't want to be here. I don't like you. Give me commands, and I will give you hell for it.'']
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Of a sort. Harry first realizes that the feline in his chambers is more than the average [[MegaNeko Malk]] when he calmly rebuffs Harry's threats--up til then, Harry's experience with malks has been with them as bloodthirsty little monsters (they're to cats what Hannibal Lector is to people, according to Harry).
* ShoutOut: The two-chapter teaser already has several.
** "[[TheKarateKid Wax on, wax off]]."
** After Mab's first attempt to kill Harry, she says he should rest, because she [[Literature/ThePrincessBride shall most likely kill him in the morning]]. Harry even lampshades it, though Mab doesn't seem to get it.
** As mentioned below, Mab apparently tries to kill Harry with a [[PeterPan ticking croc]].
** Harry meets Cat Sith, which leads to several:
*** When he introduces himself as "Sith," Harry asks [[StarWars where his red lightsaber is]].
*** When Harry realizes that he's ''the'' Cat Sith, he thinks of him as the [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] of Malks.
*** And when Cat Sith says he will serve as Harry's batman, he then clarifies he is not talking about the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} superhero]].
* TrainingFromHell: The book opens with Mab's idea of "physical therapy." This takes the form of a changeling nurse helping Harry with the standard rehabilitation (walking with parallel bars, learning to feed himself), mixed with Mab trying to murder Harry in a new and different way each day. For ''77 days''. Harry gives a rundown of four or five methods, then finishes with:
-->'''Harry:''' Use your imagination. Mab sure as hell did. [[PeterPan There was a ticking crocodile]].
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HARRY DRESDEN LIVES!!!
After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn't all that bad. Because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard.
He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn't about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill.
Guess which Mab wants first?
Of course, it won't be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.
Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own…
His soul.
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!!''Cold Days'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ContinuityNod: Harry's narration refers to ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'''s excursion to Arctis Tor twice--once when he recalls fighting the giant scarescrow phobophage, and when he mentions that the last time he was in Arctis Tor, he "pissed off the faeries. Like, AllOfThem."
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Early in the book, Harry's being brought to a big Winter Court party. Harry asks if there's anyone in particular he should keep an eye on, and his companion replies that he will have to keep an eye on ''everybody''.
* LiteralGenie: Mab orders Cat Sith to be (essentially) Harry's butler. Harry's first wiseass instinct is to request a can of Coke. Cat Sith gets him a warm can.
-->'''Cat Sith:''' I shall be happy to similarly fulfill any such command you give me, Sir Knight.\\
[Translation: ''I don't want to be here. I don't like you. Give me commands, and I will give you hell for it.'']
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Of a sort. Harry first realizes that the feline in his chambers is more than the average [[MegaNeko Malk]] when he calmly rebuffs Harry's threats--up til then, Harry's experience with malks has been with them as bloodthirsty little monsters (they're to cats what Hannibal Lector is to people, according to Harry).
* ShoutOut: The two-chapter teaser already has several.
** "[[TheKarateKid Wax on, wax off]]."
** After Mab's first attempt to kill Harry, she says he should rest, because she [[Literature/ThePrincessBride shall most likely kill him in the morning]]. Harry even lampshades it, though Mab doesn't seem to get it.
** As mentioned below, Mab apparently tries to kill Harry with a [[PeterPan ticking croc]].
** Harry meets Cat Sith, which leads to several:
*** When he introduces himself as "Sith," Harry asks [[StarWars where his red lightsaber is]].
*** When Harry realizes that he's ''the'' Cat Sith, he thinks of him as the [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] of Malks.
*** And when Cat Sith says he will serve as Harry's batman, he then clarifies he is not talking about the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} superhero]].
* TrainingFromHell: The book opens with Mab's idea of "physical therapy." This takes the form of a changeling nurse helping Harry with the standard rehabilitation (walking with parallel bars, learning to feed himself), mixed with Mab trying to murder Harry in a new and different way each day. For ''77 days''. Harry gives a rundown of four or five methods, then finishes with:
-->'''Harry:''' Use your imagination. Mab sure as hell did. [[PeterPan There was a ticking crocodile]].
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