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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Again, Camelie.
* PsychoLesbian: [[spoiler: Veronika.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Catalyst.
* RebelliousRebel: [[{{Redshirt}} Stephanie.]]
* {{Redshirt}}: This book's got plenty.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Again, Camelie.
* PsychoLesbian: [[spoiler: Veronika.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Catalyst.
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** Mercedes Carson's backstory
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** Mercedes Carson's backstory
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The second novel by Mindy Mackay, sequel to ''Literature/{{Peacebreakers}}''.
After the zombie apocalypse, the new ruling empire of [[CanadaEh Canada]] starts piecing itself back together again while protagonist Kiera Graves [[{{Wangst}} Wangsts]] about the death of her lover. Meanwhile, in exurban Montreal, a couple of rebellions take root. Reigning monarch Isabella Sordeno [[TheChessmaster strategizes]] her way around each of them, [[MagnificentBastard ruthlessly manipulating her own underlings in the process]] by coercing them to perform such acts as ColdBloodedTorture for the sake of keeping TheEmpire in power.
Not that [[EvilVersusEvil any of them have any qualms with this.]]
Well, except for Kiera.
When Isabella offers Kiera her lover's soul in exchange for murdering a RebelLeader and inflicting the same pain on a young girl that the ZombieApocalypse put her through, Kiera's scruples are put to the test...
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!!Contains examples of:
* AffablyEvil: Michael in spades.
* AGodAmI: Isabella admits this herself.
* ArcWords: "All the time in the bloody world", carried over from Peacebreakers and likely to appear again in the forthcoming [[TheSequel Bulletproof and Checkmate]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Veronika.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: According to WordOfGod, this was what was originally going on between [[BrotherSisterIncest Camelie and Chandler]]. Mackay changed it not to meet status quo, but because she liked the pairing of [[spoiler: Michael and Camelie]] better.
* BigFancyHouse
* BlessedWithSuck: Apparently, the same heightened power Camelie receives can also kill her if she's not careful.
* BreadAndCircuses: the aim of the Population Proviso.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Chamika!]]
* DeadlyUpgrade: Camelie's heightened powers after the empire is through with her.
** Kiera, on a much more psychological level.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: This is the entire basis of the ongoing VitriolicBestBuds dynamic between Camelie and Chandler.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Michael.
* FantasticDrug: Seafoam and Carson Pharmaceuticals' psychosonic drugs are carried on throughout the series to slip {{SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll various characters' vices}} past the radar.
* FunctionalAddict: Cherise and her Prozac.
** Deconstructed with Camelie, who is barely functional.
** Everyone in the Paralysis and their coffee.
* HeroicBSOD: Kiera through most of this book.
** Chamika towards the second half.
* HeroicRROD: Camelie.
* HitMeDammit: The forest scene with Chandler and Camelie.
** And again on the roof of Paralysis HQ.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Subverted. It's actually "I hate you human dad" and a reciprocal "I hate you mutant kid."
* ILied: Isabella frequently brushes off her various lies to enemies and allies alike with some nonchalant statement.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Vengeance Cheri.
* NietzscheWannabe: Chandler.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Again, Camelie.
* PsychoLesbian: [[spoiler: Veronika.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Catalyst.
* RebelliousRebel: [[{{Redshirt}} Stephanie.]]
* {{Redshirt}}: This book's got plenty.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[MeaningfulName Vengeance Cheri]] goes on one of these.
* Squick: and lots of it.
** Chamika's [[spoiler: graphic, bloody stillbirth]]
** The ColdBloodedTorture of Camelie
** Mercedes Carson's backstory
* TheUriahGambit: Michael's solution to the Stephanie problem...which only made things worse.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Aline acts pleased when [[spoiler: Carton disfigures her with a branding iron]], announcing proudly that she will [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold get much more business]] from [[NightmareFetishist the niche market]] in the future.
* WomenDrivers: Averted with Lorelei.
* WouldHitAGirl: Chandler's primary character trait.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Show of hands: who here actually thinks Isabella was planning on letting Camelie go at the end?
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After the zombie apocalypse, the new ruling empire of [[CanadaEh Canada]] starts piecing itself back together again while protagonist Kiera Graves [[{{Wangst}} Wangsts]] about the death of her lover. Meanwhile, in exurban Montreal, a couple of rebellions take root. Reigning monarch Isabella Sordeno [[TheChessmaster strategizes]] her way around each of them, [[MagnificentBastard ruthlessly manipulating her own underlings in the process]] by coercing them to perform such acts as ColdBloodedTorture for the sake of keeping TheEmpire in power.
Not that [[EvilVersusEvil any of them have any qualms with this.]]
Well, except for Kiera.
When Isabella offers Kiera her lover's soul in exchange for murdering a RebelLeader and inflicting the same pain on a young girl that the ZombieApocalypse put her through, Kiera's scruples are put to the test...
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!!Contains examples of:
* AffablyEvil: Michael in spades.
* AGodAmI: Isabella admits this herself.
* ArcWords: "All the time in the bloody world", carried over from Peacebreakers and likely to appear again in the forthcoming [[TheSequel Bulletproof and Checkmate]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Veronika.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: According to WordOfGod, this was what was originally going on between [[BrotherSisterIncest Camelie and Chandler]]. Mackay changed it not to meet status quo, but because she liked the pairing of [[spoiler: Michael and Camelie]] better.
* BigFancyHouse
* BlessedWithSuck: Apparently, the same heightened power Camelie receives can also kill her if she's not careful.
* BreadAndCircuses: the aim of the Population Proviso.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Chamika!]]
* DeadlyUpgrade: Camelie's heightened powers after the empire is through with her.
** Kiera, on a much more psychological level.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: This is the entire basis of the ongoing VitriolicBestBuds dynamic between Camelie and Chandler.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Michael.
* FantasticDrug: Seafoam and Carson Pharmaceuticals' psychosonic drugs are carried on throughout the series to slip {{SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll various characters' vices}} past the radar.
* FunctionalAddict: Cherise and her Prozac.
** Deconstructed with Camelie, who is barely functional.
** Everyone in the Paralysis and their coffee.
* HeroicBSOD: Kiera through most of this book.
** Chamika towards the second half.
* HeroicRROD: Camelie.
* HitMeDammit: The forest scene with Chandler and Camelie.
** And again on the roof of Paralysis HQ.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Subverted. It's actually "I hate you human dad" and a reciprocal "I hate you mutant kid."
* ILied: Isabella frequently brushes off her various lies to enemies and allies alike with some nonchalant statement.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Vengeance Cheri.
* NietzscheWannabe: Chandler.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Again, Camelie.
* PsychoLesbian: [[spoiler: Veronika.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Catalyst.
* RebelliousRebel: [[{{Redshirt}} Stephanie.]]
* {{Redshirt}}: This book's got plenty.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[MeaningfulName Vengeance Cheri]] goes on one of these.
* Squick: and lots of it.
** Chamika's [[spoiler: graphic, bloody stillbirth]]
** The ColdBloodedTorture of Camelie
** Mercedes Carson's backstory
* TheUriahGambit: Michael's solution to the Stephanie problem...which only made things worse.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Aline acts pleased when [[spoiler: Carton disfigures her with a branding iron]], announcing proudly that she will [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold get much more business]] from [[NightmareFetishist the niche market]] in the future.
* WomenDrivers: Averted with Lorelei.
* WouldHitAGirl: Chandler's primary character trait.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Show of hands: who here actually thinks Isabella was planning on letting Camelie go at the end?
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