Line #8 Literature/MiserereAnAutumnTale


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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