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2	[[caption-width-right:373: Possession sucks when you're a P.I.]]
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4	The ''Ethan Banning'' novels are an UrbanFantasy series by Naomi Clark (published by Creator/RagnarokPublications) follows the titular private-investigator as he deals with a very specific problem: he's possessed by a demon. Forced to deal with its taunts and temptations on a constant basis, he will make all manner of poor decisions in hopes of finding a way out of his situation. This often leads to him investigating things he shouldn't...
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6	The first novel, ''Undertow'' was released on August 24, 2014.
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8	!!The following tropes appear in the series:
9	* AFateWorseThanDeath: What happens to [[spoiler: Heather]] as she becomes nothing more than a puppet to Tursas.
10	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Demons appear to be this in the Banningverse. They have no morality so to speak and possess no sense of honor or decency. They also desire nothing more than to inflict wanton mayhem.
11	* {{Antihero}}: Ethan is not a good person. He's not a ''bad'' one, usually, but he's got very few heroic impulses.
12	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Tursas gets away with his new body and everyone who tried to stop him is dead.]]
13	* CardCarryingVillain: The Voice makes no pretensions about being anything other than a force for death and destruction.
14	* DarkIsNotEvil: Not Ethan's passenger, which most certainly is, but Corey the Necromancer's abilities.
15	* DeadpanSnarker: Ethan is ''huge'' one.
16	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: ''Undertow'' ends with the entire supporting cast killed and a possessed Heather on the loose with Ethan deciding it's not his problem.]]
17	* {{Expy}}: Tursas is one for Cthulhu, though he's based on a real mythological figure.
18	* HeroicDog: Mutt certainly is.
19	* HeroesLoveDogs: While Ethan may not be much of one, he loves his dog Mutt.
20	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Ethan's understandable reaction after the events of ''Undertow.''
21	* KnightInSourArmor: Subverted. Ethan acts like he doesn't care because, it turns out, he doesn't.
22	* LampshadeHanging: Ethan looks up Tursas and gets a bunch of Cthulhu pictures.
23	* NoodleIncident: Where Ethan almost had his organs harvested by a witch he consulted.
24	* OccultDetective: Played with as Ethan is more PI than occultist. His knowledge of the supernatural is ''extremely'' limited.
25	* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Maggie's]] reaction to discovering Tursas doesn't feel obligated to honor any deals he made.
26	* NobleBigotWithABadge: DownplayedTrope as Ethan has some conservative views on a lot of things but seems to be 'live and let live' on others.
27	* PerkyGoth: Corey is one (though he doesn't self-identify as a Goth--he just thinks the look is appropriate for an apprentice necromancer).
28	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Professor Walters and Ethan's priest are both like this.
29	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ethan's reaction [[spoiler: after Heather murders Professor Walters]].
30	* TownWithADarkSecret: Played with as [[spoiler: while the town of Peterswell has a gateway to another dimension in it, the vast majority of the townsfolk are ''not'' supernatural or aware of it.]]
31	* UrbanFantasy: Demon-possessed detective investigates the supernatural. Ayup.
32	* VirginSacrifice: What's required to summon an ancient god.
33	* WholePlotReference: Averted and {{Lampshaded}} as ''Undertow'' has some staggering similarities to the ''Shadow over Innsmouth'' but goes in a very different direction.

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