1 | ''Miserere: An Autumn Tale'' is a dark fantasy novel by Teresa Frohock. |
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3 | In a world where all faiths are real, a society of exorcists keep endless guard to prevent {{Hell}} from escaping to attack Earth. But Catarina has instead made a deal with a devil and is going to unleash them. Her captive brother Lucian takes a chance to escape, and has to rescue a foundling -- a character brought from Earth -- by magic he is forbidden to use, which sets the opposing forces against him as well. |
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6 | !!Tropes included: |
7 | * AllMythsAreTrue: Any religion can hold off the demons. |
8 | * AndIMustScream: Implied with the Rosa. |
9 | * BearerOfBadNews: Rachael tells Lucian, and has him tell Lindsey. |
10 | * BloodMagic: Names written in blood are especially powerful. |
11 | * CainAndAbel: Lucian and Catarina. |
12 | * CharmPerson: Catarina gains a voice that causes this. |
13 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: One character warns against trusting this trope. |
14 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Catarina inflicts it. |
15 | * CoolSword: Don't steal their swords. It doesn't work for you. |
16 | * DamselInDistress |
17 | * DealWithTheDevil: Catarina has struck one |
18 | * DistressedDude: Lucian |
19 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Most people in Woerld can't dream. If you dream, it is prophetic. |
20 | * DueToTheDead: Rachael does it for Lucian's sake, not the dead woman's. |
21 | * EvilIsDeathlyCold: Catarina's amulet |
22 | * EvilUncle: Lucian and Catarina's back story |
23 | * {{Familiar}}: Cerebus. |
24 | * AFriendInNeed: Lucian to Lindsey |
25 | * GardenOfEvil: The Rosa. Only [[spoiler:without the evil]]. |
26 | * [[GladToBeAliveSex Glad To Be Alive Kiss]]: They remember their past in time for it to stop. |
27 | * GoOnWithoutMe |
28 | * GreenEyedMonster: Catarina |
29 | * TheHedgeOfThorns: The Rosa's purpose. |
30 | * {{Herald}}: A priest sends Lucian on his escape. |
31 | * HumanSacrifice: Catarina's plan. |
32 | * IKnowYourTrueName: Part of the magic |
33 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Catarina |
34 | * ItWasAGift |
35 | * LightEmUp: The light spell |
36 | * LightIsGood: Only good guys can cast the light spell. |
37 | * LikeASonToMe: What John had said to Lucian when he was convicted. |
38 | * LoveTriangle: A sister and lover toward Lucian -- because Catarina insisted on it. |
39 | * MagicFeather: Lucian explains that Lindsey is the source of the power, not the Psalter, which he merely gave her to help her focus. |
40 | * {{Mordor}}: The Barren |
41 | * NaiveNewcomer: Lindsey |
42 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent |
43 | * ParentalSubstitute: Lindsey explicitly contrasts Lucian's pride in her with her own father. |
44 | * PeacefulInDeath: Rachael thinks on the aversion. |
45 | * PowerOfLove: Matthew's ghost tells Lucian that God's power, based on love, is stronger. |
46 | * ThePromise: Lucian's, to his sister. |
47 | * ProtectiveCharm: Lucian tells Lindsey that the Psalter is this. |
48 | * {{Protectorate}}: Catarina to Lucian. This is a problem. |
49 | * RuleOfThree: Lucian denies Catarina three times. |
50 | * ScarsAreForever: Lucian's limp |
51 | * ShroudedInMyth: The Rosa. Lucian picks the most palatable explanation of the fate of those it trapped for Lindsey; turns out that none of them are true. |
52 | * SoProudOfYou: Lindsey picks this up when he tells her she's Katharos. |
53 | * TearsOfBlood: Katharos shed them on contact with the Fallen |
54 | * TearsOfFear: Lindsey asks if you're whiney to shed them. |
55 | * TearsOfJoy: At one point, Lucian think he could shed them. |
56 | * ThickerThanWater: An argument Catarina uses on Lucian |
57 | * TitleDrop |
58 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: Everyone who comes through the Veil. |
59 | * UnableToCry: It takes Lucian some time [[spoiler:after he kills Catarina.]] |
60 | * TheUnFavourite: Lindsey |
61 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: Rachael refuses an offer from Caleb that he do something alone because she would know she wasn't there. |
62 | * WhenTreesAttack: The Rosa moves. |
63 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Characters are brought into the Woerld, but never out. |
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