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''New Arcana'', by Jean Townsend, is a series of fantasy novels set in a post-scientific world with cultural parallels to present-day America. The main characters enlist in the [[MildlyMilitary mildly military]] Collitional Order of Neomages, where they are placed in small cohorts that imitate the composition of [[RolePlayingGame sword-and-sorcery rpg]] adventuring parties. The first two books of the series describe the training and first missions of Cohort 801.

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!!These books provide examples of:
* AnachronismStew: The setting is inspired by fantasy rpgs, and the characters use swords, armor, and other medieval-style equipment. Their world, however, has trains, skyscrapers, electric lights, and factories; technology seems to have been developed to about the point of the early 20th century. The characters themselves have early 21st-century attitudes and speech patterns.
* DeathIsCheap: Members of Neomage cohorts can resurrect each other when they die.
* LoveDodecahedron: Roland likes Kiri but [[spoiler: hooks up with Miranda]], who has a crush on Luke, who has a crush on Corryn, who used to be involved with Kurt but also seems occasionally to hook up with Elmin, who [[ExtremeOmnisexual hooks up with anyone]], including [[spoiler: Kiri]] and [[spoiler:Miranda]], who ends up in a relationship with [[spoiler: Wynne]], who is an “old friend” of Elmin’s.
* MagicAIsMagicA: Magic follows rules. One of the big ones is that female mages can cast spells only on themselves, and male mages can cast spells only on things other than themselves.
* {{Mana}}: Called tensia. A mage who runs out of tensia can't cast any more spells until the tensia is built back up with time and rest.
* MildlyMilitary: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], because the Order deliberately tries to distance itself from the traditional military.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Only people with mageblood can use arcane magic. Mageblood is a street drug. The Order's soul-binding ritual involves mingling the blood of the cohort members.
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: ONM has research facilities and an entire research council.