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10	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/endling_6.jpg]]
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12	-> ''"It's never wrong to hope, Byx. Unless the truth says otherwise."''
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14	A fantasy series by [[Creator/KAApplegate Katherine Applegate]], ''Endling'' stars Byx, member of a [[FunnyAnimal bipedal canine]] race called dairnes. After the rest of her pack is killed by human poachers, she fears she is the [[LastOfHisKind endling]] of her species. Byx sets out to investigate legends of more dairnes.
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16	The first book, ''Endling: The Last'', was published in 2018. The second book, ''Endling: The First'', continues Byx's search for dairnes with her companions Khara, Renzo, Gambler, and Tobble. The third and final book, ''Endling: The Only'', was published in 2021.
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18	!! The ''Endling'' series contains examples of:
19	* ActionGirl: Khara is skilled with a sword or a bow. She teaches Byx a few moves with a sword, who then uses them effectively in battle, making her one too.
20	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Luca appears in the second book after being PutOnABus, only to die soon after.]]
21	* BadassAdorable: Tobble is a small, fluffy wobbyk, but he repeatedly tells the others that they don't want to see an angry wobbyk. When he finally gets in a fight, he's easily capable of defeating humans much larger than him.
22	* CatsHateWater: Gambler the [[CatFolk felivet]] can swim, but he doesn't enjoy it.
23	* CreatorInJoke: Applegate also wrote ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' and someone who's read both series can pick up on how she writes birds of prey and big cats in rather similar ways. A red-tailed hawk guard appears. Tigers in Endling sing prayers to the moon and stars before going to their deaths, which they prefer to captivity - very like the rituals Andalites perform in similar circumstances.
24	* IAmNotWeasel: Byx resembles a [[FunnyAnimal bipedal dog]], but she hates being called one. She's not a dog, she is a dairne.
25	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: The Knight of the Fire]] is tricked into falling in a pit trap with long spikes at the bottom.
26	* LastOfHisKind: After the rest of her pack is killed by poachers, Byx fears she is the last dairne and goes on a journey to find more.
27	* LivingLieDetector: Dairnes have the ability to tell if someone is lying.
28	* MolotovTruck: Tobble destroys a Marsonian ship by crashing a flaming boat into it.
29	* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: Luca joins the group, but later betrays them to the Murdano.]]
30	* StickyFingers: Renzo is a skilled thief, and tends to loot as the group travels, to Khara's displeasure.
31	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Khara and Byx are the females in the team.

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