History Literature / TheQuantumThief

** [[spoiler: Mars in ''The Causal Angel''. Serves as the Zoku Elder's NotSoHarmlessVillain moment.]]

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler: Earth by the [[FantasticNuke Dragons]] in ''The Fractal Prince.]]

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler: Earth by the Dragons in ''The Fractal Prince.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: In ''The Causal Angel'' it is revealed that Jean and the Pellegrini were responsible for the collapse. Upon realizing what he had done, Jean was horrified leading him to abandon her and become the God of Theives. When he learns this again - see MemoryGambit - he decides he wants nothing to do with his past self and becomes even more motivated to save Meili and Child!Chen.]]

* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Jean's threat to steal the F Ring of Saturn, otherwise known as the Zoku bank, is really just a ploy to retrieve Meili. The actual trick was tweaking the volition system enough to make sure she was the one sent to catch him.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In ''The Causal Angel'', [[spoiler:Jean crashes the Zoku's quantum communication network as a distraction in order to rescue Mieli. Unfortunately, in doing so, he cripples the Zoku moments before they're attacked by a force of Sobornost ships controlled by the All-Defector.]] Oops.

** The All-Defector[[spoiler: 's ultimate goal is nothing less than to ''become'' the entire universe.]]

* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Jean's threat to steal the F Ring of Saturn, otherwise known as the Zoku bank. It's really just a ploy to retrieve Meili. The actual trick was tweaking the volition system enough to make sure she was the one sent to catch him.]]

* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoler: Jean's threat to steal the F Ring of Saturn, otherwise known as the Zoku bank. It's really just a ploy to retrieve Meili. The actual trick was tweaking the volition system enough to make sure she was the one sent to catch him.]]

* DissonantSerenity: Combat autism in a nut shell.

* HumanoidAbomination: The Sobornost Founders arguably qualify,especially the highly evolved forks from Deep Time in a guberniya. The All Defector has only been seen as a humanoid so far, but then [[NothingIsScarier it's exact nature isn't clear]]

* HumanoidAbomination: The Sobornost Founders arguably qualify. The All Defector has only been seen as a humanoid so far, but then [[NothingIsScarier it's exact nature isn't clear]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Also in ''The Causal Angel'', [[spoiler: thanks to the near limitless resources of the Chen guberniya, the All-Defector is able to model Jean's brain to the point where some of the simulations are able to escape into the main Vir they're in.]] HilarityEnsues.

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins: In the end the Supercity Zokus are whisked to safety, Chen and the All-Defector are defeated... and Sobernost's primary opposition is gone, leaving the remaining Founders to do as they will with everyone who's left.]]

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: At the end of ''The Causal Angel'', Mieli uses the Kaminari Jewel to teleport the Super City Zokus into a different universe moments before they would have been destroyed.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Also in ''The Causal Angel'', [[spoiler: thanks to the near limitless resources of the Chen guberniya, the All-Defector is able to model Jean's brain to the point where some of the simulations are able to escape into the main Ver they're in.]] HilarityEnsues.

** Flambeur is French slang for gambler. Very fitting for a conman.

** Flambeur is French slang term for gambler. Very fitting for a conman.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Also in ''The Causal Angel'', [[spoiler: thanks to the near limitless resources of the Chen guberniya, the All-Defector is able to model Jean's brain to the point where some of the simulations are able to escape into the main Ver they're in. HilarityEnsues.]]

LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: The Jana of the Cannon is really an ancient computer system that contains a brain backup of Chen as a child. Inside it the gogol of Chen is playing on a beach, with his memory resetting every few minutes so he won't notice he's alone.]]