History Literature / GeistSeries

* CreepyGood: The Impresario comes off as the lovechild of [[{{VideoGame/Bloodborne}} Gehrman]], [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Ramon Salazar]], and [[{{VideoGame/Persona}} Igor]], but is nonetheless one of Victor's greatest and most reliable allies.

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. The third novel, ''Geist: Scherzo,'' concludes the MurderMystery arc and was published in 2021, while a fourth novel, ''Geist: Allegro,'' begins a WarArc as of 2023.

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. The third novel, ''Geist: Scherzo,'' concludes the MurderMystery arc and was published in 2021, while a fourth novel, "Geist: Allegro," begins a WarArc as of 2023.

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. The third novel, ''Geist: Scherzo,'' concludes the MurderMystery and was published in 2021. A fourth novel is currently in the works.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Deconstructed. Empress Johanna keeps a stoic facade to maintain order, but her policies are utterly totalitarian. [[spoiler:So much, in fact, that she excommunicates Thaddeus and Leng, and tries to have them assassinated via firing squad]].

* PipeMaze: Justified. Holy Gothica runs on [[PhlebotinumInducedSteampunk Phlebotinum-Induced]] DieselPunk through the use of azoth reactors, which work a lot like [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear power plants]]. The city-wide ductworks function as a waste-disposal system, dumping the hazardous material in the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]].

The first novel, ''Geist: Prelude'', was published in 2018. It kicks off with Victor's arrival in [[CityNoir Holy Gothica]], an [[DieselPunk industrial city]] under a totalitarian theocracy. Here, [[InspectorJavert Ser Hector Thaddeus]] and his deputy, [[BumblingSidekick Walter Leng]], investigate the latest in a string of grisly murders, only to be reassigned to arrest an "outsider" spotted near the crime scene. Meanwhile, in the slums, Victor learns of portals in televisions, where [[TheHeartless daemons]] lurk in the [[EldritchLocation Inferno]], tied to both his descent and the murders. When he discovers that his friends from "reality," [[EruditeStoner Charles Garner]] and [[BikerBabe Beatrice Morrison]], are trapped in the city as well, Victor resolves to find them, lest they wind up as the [[SerialKiller Dollmaker's]] next victims. [[MistakenForMurderer He doesn't get very far]]. Following his interrogation, Victor forms a [[FireForgedFriends "fellowship"]] with Thaddeus and Leng, joining them in the hope of finding his friends, and perhaps even a way home.

* BikerBabe: Beatrice.

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. The third novel, ''Geist: Scherzo,'' concludes the MurderMystery arc and is slated for publication in 2021. A fourth and final novel is currently in the works as well.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Director of Pestilence]].

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. The third novel, ''Geist: Scherzo,'' concludes the MurderMystery arc and is slated for publication in 2021. A fourth novel is currently in the works.

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. The third novel, ''Geist: Scherzo,'' concludes the MurderMystery arc and is slated for publication in 2021.

* CrystalDragonJesus: Holy Gothica is a totalitarian theocracy a la ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. Besides the confessionals, martyrs, and saints, we don't see much of the church-state's practices. That said, religious propaganda is omnipresent in daily life. From the Holy Pontiff and Empress and the Apostolic Palace, to the Ecclesiarchs of the Imperial Senate, and the Inquisition, the climate of terror is reminiscent of 20th century dictatorships, such as UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime, while keeping a distinctly faux-Catholic flavor.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Daemons are manifestations of humanity's emotions. [[TheHeartless They're]] [[MentalMonster not]] [[TheHeartless friendly]].

Released in 2019, ''Geist: Intermezzo'', continues the series with Victor's journey across the [[PollutedWasteland Gotland Wastes]] and his encounters with the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Powder Kegs]]. Meanwhile, a [[CreateYourOwnVillain shadow from Thaddeus's past]] makes a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge vindictive]] return. As of 2020, a third novel is in the works.

* ChildSoldiers: Ingrid is a particularly tragic example.

* CityNoir: Between the sunless ghettos, corrupt law enforcement, and endemic of dive bars, Holy Gothica has more than a few trappings of DetectiveFiction.