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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethniu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's an athame heavily implied to be made from the head of Longinus' spear and the placard of the Crucifixtion Crucifixion in preparation to battle Ethniu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* InternalReveal: Harry reveals [[spoiler: that Thomas is Ebenezar’s grandson to Ebenezar himself. That bit of news goes down like a lead balloon.]]
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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The ending of the book [[spoiler: results in the Unseelie Accord Nations all forced to engage in open warfare against the Formori with TheMasquerade almost irretrievably shot.]]
* TheOathbreaker: The Formor [[spoiler: all become this as they break their oaths to abide by the Unseelie Accords after Ethniu humiliates Mab with a single blow.]]
* TheOathbreaker: The Formor [[spoiler: all become this as they break their oaths to abide by the Unseelie Accords after Ethniu humiliates Mab with a single blow.]]
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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The ending of the book [[spoiler: results in the Unseelie Accord Nations all forced to engage in open warfare against the Formori with TheMasquerade almost irretrievably shot.]]
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* TheOathbreaker: TheFormor Fomor [[spoiler: all become this as they break their oaths to abide by the Unseelie Accords after Ethniu humiliates Mab with a single blow.]]blow]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have picked an earlier moment to tell Ebenezar that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have picked an earlier moment to tell Ebenezar that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]]. On the other hand, given Ebenezar's hatred for White Court vampires, which Harry repeatedly compares to his own regarding ghouls, he might not have reacted very well at ''any'' time.
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** Harry is about to lose his position in the White Council as well as status as a warden due to being the Winter Knight.
* RelationshipUpgrade: After many, ''many'' books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together and have sex, as well as declare their love for each other.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: After many, ''many'' books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together and have sex, as well as declare their love for each other.]]
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* RelationshipUpgrade: After many, ''many'' books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together and have sex, as well as declare their love for eachother.]]other]].
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* SecretKeeper: Lara. As it turns out, not only does she know that Thomas and Harry are brothers (as she has for a while) but also that [[spoiler: their grandfather is Ebenezar [=McCoy] and apparently has since Thomas was a baby]]. According to her, listening is an underrated skill in her family.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethniu [[spoiler: is a god above Mab and more powerful than the entirety of the White Council as well as other Unseelie Accord members put together. There's no possible way to fight her and doing so is a BolivianArmyEnding everyone agrees to. The thing is SHE doesn't know that Harry has access to both the Athame and placard stolen from Hades, or Demonreach.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethniu [[spoiler: is a god above Mab and more powerful than the entirety of the White Council as well as other Unseelie Accord members put together. There's no possible way to fight her and doing so is a BolivianArmyEnding everyone agrees to. The thing is SHE ''she'' doesn't know that Harry has access to both the Athame and placard stolen from Hades, or Demonreach.]]
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** Some characters from the short stories and comics are referenced too. River Shoulders, who showed up in the Bigfoot short story trilogy, is an important character. Gwynn ap Naud, who appeared in the short story "Curses" about the Billy-Goat Curse, also makes an appearance, sadly it's because he was killed offscreen. Riley from "Jury Duty" shows up as one of Lara's top bodyguards. Even Airavata, the naga from the obscure comic "Ghoul, Goblin" is here.
** Some characters from the short stories and comics are referenced too. River Shoulders, who showed up in the Bigfoot short story trilogy, is an important character. Gwynn ap Naud, who appeared in the short story "Curses" about the Billy-Goat Curse, also makes an appearance, sadly it's because he was killed offscreen. Riley from "Jury Duty" shows up as one of Lara's top bodyguards. Even Airavata, the naga from the obscure comic "Ghoul, Goblin" is here.
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-->'''Harry''': “Reunion [[LampshadeHanging "Reunion week out here.”
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** Some characters from the short stories and comics are referenced too. River Shoulders, who showed up in the Bigfoot short story trilogy, is an important character. Gwynn apNaud, Nudd, who appeared in the short story "Curses" about the Billy-Goat Curse, also makes an appearance, sadly it's because he was killed offscreen. Riley from "Jury Duty" shows up as one of Lara's top bodyguards. Even Airavata, the naga from the obscure comic "Ghoul, Goblin" is here.
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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: A DownplayedTrope with Ebenezer as he considers Thomas Raith to be a monster by virtue of being a White Court member. Normally, he'd be right but Thomas is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire [[spoiler: and unknowingly Ebenezer's grandson.]]
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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: A DownplayedTrope with Ebenezer as he considers Thomas Raith to be a monster by virtue of being a White Court member. Normally, he'd be right but Thomas is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire [[spoiler: and unknowingly Ebenezer's grandson.]] grandson]].
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** Ebenezar is more aghast than we’ve ever seen him when Harry reveals Maggie is living with him. He claims Harry has made her a target to anyone who knows about her, which he notes already includes the svartalves and one White Court vampire. Later, he attempts the same when [[spoiler: Harry kidnaps Thomas from the conference. He assumes the White Court must have something on him and is stunned that Harry is willing to die to protect Thomas.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax, and she even manages, by force of will, to choke him mentally so he can only speak when she allows it.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax, and she even manages, by force of will, to choke him mentally so he can only speak when she allows it.]]
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** Ebenezar is more aghast than we’ve ever seen him when Harry reveals Maggie is living with him. He claims Harry has made her a target to anyone who knows about her, which he notes already includes the svartalves and one White Court vampire. Later, he attempts the same when [[spoiler: Harry kidnaps Thomas from the conference. He assumes the White Court must have something on him and is stunned that Harry is willing to die to protect Thomas.Thomas]].
** Harry fires back at Ebenezar, criticising his own parenting skills and pointing out that his approach of keeping Margaret Dresden isolated didn't work (and implying that it contributed to her death), and his leaving Harry to the foster system (which Harry is clearly bitter as hell about) didn't work out either. Plus, Susan already tried hiding Maggie, and [[{{Literature/Changes}} that didn't turn out so well.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax, and she even manages, by force of will, to choke him mentally so he can only speak when she allowsit.]]
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** Harry fires back at Ebenezar, criticising his own parenting skills and pointing out that his approach of keeping Margaret Dresden isolated didn't work (and implying that it contributed to her death), and his leaving Harry to the foster system (which Harry is clearly bitter as hell about) didn't work out either. Plus, Susan already tried hiding Maggie, and [[{{Literature/Changes}} that didn't turn out so well.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax, and she even manages, by force of will, to choke him mentally so he can only speak when she allows
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* PutOnABus: Considering the whopping number of characters for whom TheBusCameBack, it’s worth noting that this is the first full novel without an appearance of Bob the Skull.
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** Considering the whopping number of characters for whom TheBusCameBack, it’s worth noting that this is the first full novel without an appearance of Bob theSkull. Skull.
** Daniel Carpenter is living on an army base somewhere and is [[BabiesEverAfter expecting a child with his wife.]]
** Considering the whopping number of characters for whom TheBusCameBack, it’s worth noting that this is the first full novel without an appearance of Bob the
** Daniel Carpenter is living on an army base somewhere and is [[BabiesEverAfter expecting a child with his wife.]]
* ShesAllGrownUp: Harry is not comfortable noting that Ivy is now old enough for prom. He also acknowledges that Hope Carpenter is old enough for Michael to officially be worried about her dating life, and realises it won’t be long before he’s in a similar position with Maggie.
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* TakingTheBullet: Austri, the friendly svartalf, does offscreen protecting his king Etri from an assassin early on.
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* DestructiveSavior: Ferrovax. [[spoiler: When he joins the alliance, he notes that he’ll need to contain his own power or he’ll wipe out more of the city than Ethniu and the Fomor will.]]
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* DestructiveSavior: Ferrovax. [[spoiler: When he joins the alliance, he notes that he’ll need to contain his own power or he’ll wipe out more of the city than Ethniu and the Fomor will.will simply by showing up.]]
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: How [[spoiler: Ethniu]] comes across to the Unseelie Accord nations. [[spoiler: An Elder God more powerful than Mab that they've been sitting on the entire time.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethniu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethniu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* HypocrisyNod: When the Wardens announce their suspicion that Harry has gone sinister and is lying to them, he points out that they only tracked him down to begin with because Ramirez lied to Harry and used an underhanded trick to keep tabs on him. Chandler, at least, concedes the point.
* HypocriticalHumor: Harry makes a mental note that the Paranet refers to White Court vampires as "Whampires" but he refuses to sink so low as to do so. This coming from the guy who referred to Black Court vampires as "Blampires".
** Later, he notes that pissing off his grandfather is an incredibly stupid thing to do--and that he'd just spent the last ten minutes arguing with him.
* HypocriticalHumor: Harry makes a mental note that the Paranet refers to White Court vampires as "Whampires" but he refuses to sink so low as to do so. This coming from the guy who referred to Black Court vampires as "Blampires".
** Later, he notes that pissing off his grandfather is an incredibly stupid thing to do--and that he'd just spent the last ten minutes arguing with him.
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* HypocrisyNod: When the Wardens announce their suspicion that Harry has gone sinister and is lying to them, he points out that they only tracked him down to begin with because Ramirez lied to Harry and used an underhanded trick to keep tabs on him. Chandler, at least, concedes the point.
* HypocriticalHumor: Harry makes a mental note that the Paranet refers to White Court vampires as "Whampires" but he refuses to sink so low as to do so. This coming from the guy who referred to Black Court vampires as "Blampires".
** Later, he notes that pissing off his grandfather is an incredibly stupid thing to do--and that he'd just spent the last ten minutes arguing with him.
* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethniu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
* HypocrisyNod: When the Wardens announce their suspicion that Harry has gone sinister and is lying to them, he points out that they only tracked him down to begin with because Ramirez lied to Harry and used an underhanded trick to keep tabs on him. Chandler, at least, concedes the point.
* HypocriticalHumor: Harry makes a mental note that the Paranet refers to White Court vampires as "Whampires" but he refuses to sink so low as to do so. This coming from the guy who referred to Black Court vampires as "Blampires".
** Later, he notes that pissing off his grandfather is an incredibly stupid thing to do--and that he'd just spent the last ten minutes arguing with him.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have picked an earlier moment to tell Ebenezer that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]].
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[[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-1 The]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-2 first]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-3 six]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-4 chapters]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-5 have]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-6 been]] made available to read on jim-butcher.com, which also has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17zuaRJG0U official trailer]] for the book. You can also read an excerpt from a later chapter [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/peace-talks-cover-revealed here]]. It released on the July 14, 2020.
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[[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-1 The]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-2 first]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-3 six]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-4 chapters]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-5 have]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-6 been]] made available to read on jim-butcher.com, which also has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17zuaRJG0U official trailer]] for the book. You can also read an excerpt from a later chapter [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/peace-talks-cover-revealed here]]. It released on the July 14, 2020.
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[[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-1 The]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-2 first]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-3 six]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-4 chapters]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-5 have]] [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/peace-talks-16/peace-talks-chapter-6 been]] made available to read on jim-butcher.com, which also has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17zuaRJG0U official trailer]] for the book. You can also read an excerpt from a later chapter [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/peace-talks-cover-revealed here]]. It's due to come out July 14, 2020.
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** The peace talks themselves include numerous characters who haven’t appeared in some time. Many amount only to cameos, but [[LongList the list]] includes, in addition to the above, Marcone, Hendricks, Gard, Childs, Vadderung, Ferrovax, Ivy, Sarissa, Fix, Cristos, Martha Liberty, Listens-to-Wind, Wild Bill, Chandler and Yoshimo. Even Mavra gets name-checked for the first time in a while when it’s mentioned she’s been seen recently, although she doesn’t make an appearance.
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** The peace talks themselves include numerous characters who haven’t appeared in some time. Many amount only to cameos, but [[LongList the list]] includes, in addition to the above, Marcone, Hendricks, Gard, Childs, Vadderung, Ferrovax, Ivy, Sarissa, Fix, Cristos, Martha Liberty, Listens-to-Wind, Wild Bill, Chandler Chandler, Yoshimo, and Yoshimo.Gary the paranoid Paranetter. Even Mavra gets name-checked for the first time in a while when it’s mentioned she’s been seen recently, although she doesn’t make an appearance.
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* BusCrash: Gwynn ap Nudd, a baseball-loving fairy king whom Dresden met and befriended in the short story "Curses," was killed offscreen. His head is presented by Corb.
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** The peace talks themselves include numerous characters who haven’t appeared in some time, others who have appeared as recently as the previous book, and some who have only previously appeared in short stories. time. Many amount only to cameos, but [[LongList the list]] includes, in addition to the above, Marcone, Hendricks, Gard, Childs, Vadderung, Ferrovax, River Shoulders, Carter [=LaChaise=], Ivy, Sarissa, Fix, Cristos, Martha Liberty, Listens-to-Wind, Wild Bill, Chandler and Yoshimo. Even Mavra gets name-checked for the first time in a while when it’s mentioned she’s been seen recently, although she doesn’t make an appearance.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Harry says that Lara Raith is his favorite frenemy.
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** Sanya is in town as well, having had his flight cancelled seven times.
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* InternalReveal: Harry reveals [[spoiler: that Thomas is Ebenezar’s great-grandson to Ebenezar himself. That bit of news goes down like a lead balloon.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have taken a moment to tell Ebenezer that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]].
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* GivenNameReveal: River Shoulders reveals that “Genoskwa” is a title for warlike people of his kind, and the one Harry met is really named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Blood On His Soul]].
* InternalReveal: Harry reveals [[spoiler: that Thomas is Ebenezar’s great-grandson to Ebenezar himself. That bit of news goes down like a lead balloon.]]
* NotQuiteDead: River Shoulders reveals that the Genoskwa survived the events of the last book and escaped from Hades’s vault, and advises Harry to keep a sharp eye out for payback.
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** The peace talks themselves include numerous characters who haven’t appeared in some time, others who have appeared as recently as the previous book, and some who have only previously appeared in short stories. Many amount only to cameos, but [[LongList the list]] includes, in addition to the above, Marcone, Hendricks, Gard, Vadderung, Ferrovax, River Shoulders, Carter LaChaise, [=LaChaise=], Ivy, Sarissa, Fix, Cristos, Martha Liberty, Listens-to-Wind, Wild Bill, Chandler and Yoshimo.Yoshimo. Even Mavra gets name-checked for the first time in a while when it’s mentioned she’s been seen recently, although she doesn’t make an appearance.
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** Harry is still driving the huge purple monstrosity of a car he got back in ''Literature/ColdDays''. Mab has to remind Harry that the car is technically hers.
** Harry uses the same obscurity potion he used all the way back in ''Literature/FoolMoon''.
** Harry is still driving the huge purple monstrosity of a car he got back in ''Literature/ColdDays''. Mab has to remind Harry that the car is technically hers.
** Harry uses the same obscurity potion he used all the way back in ''Literature/FoolMoon''.
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-->'''Harry''': “Reunion week out here.”
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have spared some time to tell Ebenezer that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have spared some time taken a moment to tell Ebenezer that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Harry ''really'' should have spared some time to tell Ebenezer that the White Court vampire he's so trigger happy towards [[spoiler:is also his own grandson]].
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* RelationshipUpgrade: After many-many books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together, have sex, as well as declare their love for each other.]]
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* RelationshipUpgrade: After many-many many, ''many'' books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together, together and have sex, as well as declare their love for each other.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethniu [[spoiler: is a god above Mab and more powerful than the entirety of the White Council as well as other Unseelie Accord members put together. There's no possible way to fight her and doing so is a BolivianArmyEnding everyone agrees to. The thing is SHE doesn't know that Harry has access to both the Athame and placard stolen from Hades or Demonreach.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethniu [[spoiler: is a god above Mab and more powerful than the entirety of the White Council as well as other Unseelie Accord members put together. There's no possible way to fight her and doing so is a BolivianArmyEnding everyone agrees to. The thing is SHE doesn't know that Harry has access to both the Athame and placard stolen from Hades Hades, or Demonreach.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer confirms that Lara Raith, Ebenezar [=McCoy=] and Carlos Ramirez will be appearing. [[spoiler: Carlos is still limping, thanks to the events of ''Cold Case''.]] Earlier rumours suggest that Ivy will be appearing as mediator.
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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer confirms that TheBusCameBack:
** Lara Raith, Ebenezar[=McCoy=] [=McCoy=], Justine and Carlos Ramirez will be appearing. all play major roles. [[spoiler: Carlos is still limping, thanks to the events of ''Cold Case''.]] Earlier rumours suggest that Ivy will be appearing Case'', and is still bitter about it, indirectly calling Molly a monster.]]
** The peace talks themselves include numerous characters who haven’t appeared in some time, others who have appeared asmediator.recently as the previous book, and some who have only previously appeared in short stories. Many amount only to cameos, but [[LongList the list]] includes, in addition to the above, Marcone, Hendricks, Gard, Vadderung, Ferrovax, River Shoulders, Carter LaChaise, Ivy, Sarissa, Fix, Cristos, Martha Liberty, Listens-to-Wind, Wild Bill, Chandler and Yoshimo.
** Lara Raith, Ebenezar
** The peace talks themselves include numerous characters who haven’t appeared in some time, others who have appeared as
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* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax.Ferrovax, and she even manages, by force of will, to choke him mentally so he can only speak when she allows it.]]
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* BatmanGambit: Harry is getting remarkably good at these. [[spoiler: He manages to survive Ebenezer's wrath by using a doppelganger created by Molly Carpenter that he projects his essence into. It distracts Ebenezer long enough to get Thomas to safety. Played with by Lara Raith assuming Harry imprisoning Thomas in stasis is one of these when it was really just the only way to keep him alive.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Harry's pedestal of Ebenezer was already broken by the discovery he routinely broke the Laws of Magic as the Blackstaff. However, it's almost completely destroyed when Ebenezer attempts to murder Thomas and ends up killing Harry's doppelganger.]]
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* ExactWords: Harry uses this to explain what he's doing with Thomas. [[spoiler: Lara assumes it was a devious Winter trick. It's just Harry not explaining it properly.]]
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* FriendlyEnemy: Harry says that Lara Raith is his favorite frenemy.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethniu [[spoiler: is a god above Mab and more powerful than the entirety of the White Council as well as other Unseelie Accord members put together. There's no possible way to fight her and doing so is a BolivianArmyEnding everyone agrees to. The thing is SHE doesn't know that Harry has access to both the Athame and placard stolen from Hades or Demonreach.]]
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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethinu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethinu.Ethniu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* TheOathbreaker: The Formor [[spoiler: all become this as they break their oaths to abide by the Unseelie Accords after Ethniu humiliates Mab with a single blow.]]
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* GodzillaThreshhold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethinu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* GodzillaThreshhold: GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Harry gets Demonreach prepared to trap an Elder God while he gets both Morgana's athame and the placard of the Crucifixtion in preparation to battle Ethinu. Using both these artifacts is considered the equivalent of arming yourself with ''two'' nuclear weapons.]]
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* TheAlliance: A consequence of EvilDoesNotComprehendGood in that the [[spoiler: Formor were sent to break up the Unseelie Accords by attacking Mab with their goddess Ethniu. What it did was unite all of them against them. It sadly may not be enough to defeat them.]]
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* TheAlliance: A consequence of EvilDoesNotComprehendGood EvilCannotComprehendGood in that the [[spoiler: Formor were sent to break up the Unseelie Accords by attacking Mab with their goddess Ethniu. What it did was unite all of them against them. It sadly may not be enough to defeat them.]]
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Harry manages to accomplish a BatmanGambit on Lara Raith entirely by accident. [[spoiler: By putting Thomas Raith in stasis, Harry is the only person who can pull him out. As such, Lara Raith now must keep Harry alive in order to see Thomas ever released again. She believes it was a master stroke of manipulation when it was just dumb luck.]]
* TheAlliance: A consequence of EvilDoesNotComprehendGood in that the [[spoiler: Formor were sent to break up the Unseelie Accords by attacking Mab with their goddess Ethniu. What it did was unite all of them against them. It sadly may not be enough to defeat them.]]
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Harry and Murphy as well as the entirety of the Unseelie Accord races are going off to fight the Last Titan and the entire court of the Formor. Harry and Murphy have some ArtifactOfDoom help as well as Demonreach but it does feel very much like a last stand.]]
* BrokenMasquerade: This is the ideal scenario according to [[spoiler: Ethniu the Last Titan. She proceeds to smackdown Mab and begin an attack on Chicago to achieve it at the end.]]
* TheAlliance: A consequence of EvilDoesNotComprehendGood in that the [[spoiler: Formor were sent to break up the Unseelie Accords by attacking Mab with their goddess Ethniu. What it did was unite all of them against them. It sadly may not be enough to defeat them.]]
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Harry and Murphy as well as the entirety of the Unseelie Accord races are going off to fight the Last Titan and the entire court of the Formor. Harry and Murphy have some ArtifactOfDoom help as well as Demonreach but it does feel very much like a last stand.]]
* BrokenMasquerade: This is the ideal scenario according to [[spoiler: Ethniu the Last Titan. She proceeds to smackdown Mab and begin an attack on Chicago to achieve it at the end.]]
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The book ends [[spoiler: with Harry and Karrin going out to fight a Titan who easily smacked down Mab.]]
* TheDeterminator: While naturally a part of Harry's character from the beginning, this book actually takes a long time to both {{Deconstruct}} as well as {{Reconstruct}} what it means to be one for Harry. Both his allies and enemies both are stunned that Harry is perfectly willing to die for someone that they think is a FriendlyEnemy at best. [[spoiler: Not realizing that Thomas is Harry's brother.]]
* EvilDoesNotComprehendGood:
** While never evil, Ebenezer has always been far more down the {{Antihero}} scale than Harry. He does not understand why Harry would defend Thomas even if it means turning against him. [[spoiler: And results in Ebenezer killing Harry's doppelganger]].
** Lara Raith has similar troubles with Harry when they ally [[spoiler: to rescue Thomas. She assumes every action Harry takes forces her to support him if she wants to save her brother. Harry tries arguing but only ends up DiggingYourselfDeeper.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: The cells in Demonreach turn out to not just be a stasis prison for its monsters but closer to PhysicalHell. The monsters are tormented perpetually as both a way to enact revenge but also prevent them from escaping.
** While never evil, Ebenezer has always been far more down the {{Antihero}} scale than Harry. He does not understand why Harry would defend Thomas even if it means turning against him. [[spoiler: And results in Ebenezer killing Harry's doppelganger]].
** Lara Raith has similar troubles with Harry when they ally [[spoiler: to rescue Thomas. She assumes every action Harry takes forces her to support him if she wants to save her brother. Harry tries arguing but only ends up DiggingYourselfDeeper.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: The cells in Demonreach turn out to not just be a stasis prison for its monsters but closer to PhysicalHell. The monsters are tormented perpetually as both a way to enact revenge but also prevent them from escaping.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The ending of the book [[spoiler: results in the Unseelie Accord Nations all forced to engage in open warfare against the Formori with TheMasquerade almost irretrievably shot.]]
* RealityEnsues:
** Karrin is now under investigation for her role in the ''Literature/SkinGame'' bank robbery, especially since it resulted in an innocent bystander being killed.
** Karrin is permanently injured from her beating at Nicodemus' hands. She'll never be able to fight effectively again. [[spoiler: That doesn't stop her from showing up to do so.]]
** Harry is about to lose his position in the White Council as well as status as a warden due to being the Winter Knight.
* RelationshipUpgrade: After many-many books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together, have sex, as well as declare their love for each other.]]
** Karrin is now under investigation for her role in the ''Literature/SkinGame'' bank robbery, especially since it resulted in an innocent bystander being killed.
** Karrin is permanently injured from her beating at Nicodemus' hands. She'll never be able to fight effectively again. [[spoiler: That doesn't stop her from showing up to do so.]]
** Harry is about to lose his position in the White Council as well as status as a warden due to being the Winter Knight.
* RelationshipUpgrade: After many-many books. [[spoiler: Harry and Karrin finally get together, have sex, as well as declare their love for each other.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethniu [[spoiler: is a god above Mab and more powerful than the entirety of the White Council as well as other Unseelie Accord members put together. There's no possible way to fight her and doing so is a BolivianArmyEnding everyone agrees to. The thing is SHE doesn't know that Harry has access to both the Athame stolen from Hades or Demonreach.]]
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: A DownplayedTrope with Ebenezer as he considers Thomas Raith to be a monster by virtue of being a White Court member. Normally, he'd be right but Thomas is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire [[spoiler: and unknowingly Ebenezer's grandson.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Ebenezar is more aghast than we’ve ever seen him when Harry reveals Maggie is living with him. He claims Harry has made her a target to anyone who knows about her, which he notes already includes the svartalves and one White Court vampire.
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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
** The Chicago Police have this for Murphy, believing that she must have been corrupted due to the events of ''Skin Game.'' Rudolph, of course, is happy to believe she's a DirtyCop and doesn't care about the truth. He just wants to bring her down.
** Ebenezar is more aghast than we’ve ever seen him when Harry reveals Maggie is living with him. He claims Harry has made her a target to anyone who knows about her, which he notes already includes the svartalves and one White Court vampire. \n\n\n\n Later, he attempts the same when [[spoiler: Harry kidnaps Thomas from the conference. He assumes the White Court must have something on him and is stunned that Harry is willing to die to protect Thomas.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax.]]
** The Chicago Police have this for Murphy, believing that she must have been corrupted due to the events of ''Skin Game.'' Rudolph, of course, is happy to believe she's a DirtyCop and doesn't care about the truth. He just wants to bring her down.
** Ebenezar is more aghast than we’ve ever seen him when Harry reveals Maggie is living with him. He claims Harry has made her a target to anyone who knows about her, which he notes already includes the svartalves and one White Court vampire.
* TheWorfEffect: Ethniu makes her presence unambiguously known [[spoiler: by smacking down Mab and then saying that they must destroy TheMasquerade. Mab's defeat immediately demoralizes everyone present except Ferrovax.]]
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* DangerTakesABackseat: Harry is about to get the car going when he finds two monsters - Mab and Lara Raith - have teleported into the backseat, scaring the hell out of him. At least the encounter ends non-fatally for all involved.
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* CerebusCallback: The sixth book of the series started with the famous line “The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.” The phrase is invoked here at the end of an early chapter with “The embassy was on fire, and my daughter was inside.”
* ContinuityNod: Harry is still driving the huge purple monstrosity of a car he got back in ''Literature/ColdDays''. Mab has to remind Harry that the car is technically hers.
* ContinuityNod: Harry is still driving the huge purple monstrosity of a car he got back in ''Literature/ColdDays''. Mab has to remind Harry that the car is technically hers.
