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[[caption-width-right:270:Do be afraid]]
[[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The world as we know it ended]] six weeks ago, when hordes of angels came from the heavens, prompting the humans to panic and shoot their leader, Gabriel. The angels thus wreaked havoc upon the humans, forcing them into animal-like lives.

Seventeen-year-old [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Penryn Young]] lives in this world with her [[TheMentallyDisturbed schizophrenic mother]] and her wheelchair-bound little sister [[WheelchairWoobie Paige]]. The night she wants to flee the gang-infested neighbourhood to search a safer place to live, she witnesses a fight between some angels, one of which [[BrokenAngel gets his wings cut off in the process]]. The others leave, but not before abducting Paige. Desperate to find her sister, Penryn decides to pair up with the wounded angel, [[ArchangelRaphael Raffe]], whom she blackmails into helping her by withholding his wings. The two of them travel to San Francisco to the Aerie, the angels' stronghold.

On the way, they witness strange murders involving [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]], and stumble into the camp of a [[LaResistance rebel group]] led by the charismatic Obi. All the while, Penryn's mother, who was the only person present when Paige became paraplegic, who doesn't stop rambling about demons and who made Penryn learn all sorts of self-defense so whatever happened to Paige won't happen to her, stays close to them, unseen.

This dystopian YA book series is the first work of Creator/SusanEe. It was first [[VanityPublishing vanity published]] but soon became so popular that it was handed over to professionals. So far, it consists of:

* ''Angelfall''
* ''World After ''
* ''End Of Days''

[[http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/16/sam-raimi-will-produce-angelfall-movie A deal for a movie directed by Sam Raimi has been signed.]]
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!! ''Penryn and the End of Days'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Penryn, fullstop. Her mother signed her up for a lot of self-defense and martial arts courses and she damn well has memorized what she learned there.
%% * ActionSurvivor:
%% ** Again, Penryn.
%% ** Also Clara.
* AfterTheEnd: In ''Angelfall'', the apocalypse, caused by angels, happened six weeks ago. Humans already have adapted so far as to use old computers to build a latrine wall.
* TheAgeless: All angels seem to be this.
%% * AllegedLookalikes: Penryn and Andi, wearing CoordinatedClothes and makeup.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[PlayedForLaughs For Laughs]].
--> Penryn: ''"You're not Fallen, are you?"''\\
Raffe: ''"From what I've heard, that would just make me sexier to you Daughters of Men."''
* AllLovingHero: Penryn's little sister, Paige [[spoiler:before being experimented on]]. She was a vegetarian before the apocalypse and only ate meat because Penryn insisted, and gives Beliel water despite being severely dehydrated herself.
%% * AloneInACrowd: Josiah
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine:
** Apparently only ''one'' human who can't even suture straight developed and performed the operations done on [[spoiler:the low demons]]. Later it's revealed he can [[spoiler:reattach wings]], despite there being no mention of his education on angel biology/anatomy.
** Laylah heads everything vaguely science-related that the angels do, wandering between such specialties as [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist medicine, biological engineering, and pathology.]]
%% * BadassBoast: Subverted; Penryn claims that no one takes those seriously anyway.
%% * BadBoss: Beliel in a nutshell
%% * BadassInANiceSuit: Raffe when [[spoiler:he and Penryn go into the Aerie]].
%% * BadassInDistress: How Penryn meets Raffe
* BarbarianTribe: The angels can be seen like this or the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]]. They don't mind destroying Earth because [[spoiler:we shot their leader]] and start brawls as way to celebrate. They'll never avoid a fight [[spoiler:even when their target is obviously not a threat, as Raffe was when he ran away from the party with Penryn.]] But they won't attack a weaker enemy when they're down, as seen when [[spoiler:Penryn is fighting Burnt]].
%% * BigFancyHouse: The Aerie used to be a hotel.
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: In ''Angelfall'', Penryn's whole motivation to infiltrate the aerie is to get her little sister back by any means necessary.
%% * BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Raffe, close to the end of ''Angelfall''. Also Paige and the other humans who were experimented on. The Locusts. Beliel.]]
%% * BrokenAngel: Raffe. In ''End of Days'', [[spoiler:Belial and the Watchers]].
%% * CatFight: Between Penryn and Anita--another girl in Obi's camp. Orchestrated by the Dee-Dum twins.
%% * ChekhovsGun: The pet tracker. Later, Mom's rotten eggs.
%% * CompanionCube: The angel swords, while sort of sentient, are basically this to their respective owners.
%% * CouncilOfAngels: There are higher and lower ranking angels, as well as fallen ones. The author explicitly stated she didn't want her angels to be strictly Christian, so there are no hints of any God in this book.
%% * CreepyChild: The {{Nephilim}} Penryn encounters. [[spoiler: And later on, her sister Paige.]]
%% * DecadentCourt: The angels certainly show hints of being this.
* DisappearedDad: Penryn's father left because he could no longer cope with his mentally ill wife.
* DownerEnding: In ''Angelfall'', [[spoiler:Paige is recovered and can walk again, but now she is an inhuman monster feeding on people. Penryn is badly wounded and is brought back to Obi's camp. Raffe got wings sewn back on, only they aren't his, they're Beliel's bat-like wings, marking him as an outcast.]]
%% * DumbMuscle: When he says that every idiot would have caught them, Penryn dryly remarks that their captor Boden at least is right in that she and Raffe were caught by an idiot.
%% * EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Happened six weeks before the story starts.
%% * FallenAngel: (Duh!) [[spoiler:Beliel likely is one. Raffe gets marked as one, too.]]
* FluffyTheTerrible:
** The highly dangerous, crafty spymasters who seemingly got their eyes (and hands) just about everywhere? Their names are Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
** Pooky Bear, the extremely mighty archangel sword who has only got two equals in all the worlds.
%% * GirlPosse: Uriel loves himself some.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''World After''. Penryn hopes that this trope makes a teddy bear a fine disguise for her/Raffe's sword.
%% * GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:What Laylah does to Paige and all the others.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: [[spoiler:While not ''good'' per se, feathered wings are those of actual angels, while angels fallen from grace have leathery batlike wings]]. There is quite a variety of wing colors among the angels, but Raffe's are pure white.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Penryn falls back on quite harsh, if desperate measures, to get to Paige, like brute force and blackmail. Many humans live as gangs, terrorizing, mugging, and killing others and trading with parts of angels. Others live as servants and courtesans to the angels. Most of the angels, however brutal and dangerous, don't even know why they were sent to Earth. That the humans shot their leader might be a motivation for their cruelty as well. There are also the {{Nephilim}}, unholy offspring of angels and humans. If the humans slept with the angels voluntarily is not clear.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The {{Nephilim}} are children of angels and humans.
%% * HealingFactor: The angels absolutely have this, to the point where bullets are almost the only thing that can kill them.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: While we're never told Raffe's height, Penryn is 5'2, which is small by human standard, and seeing how Raffe is an [[TheAgeless immortal]] warrior angel, he's probably at least six feet tall.
%% * HumanoidAbomination: The {{Nephilim}} [[spoiler: including Paige, after Penryn saves her.]]
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Even though she understandably hates angels, Penryn starts to feel attracted to Raffe.
* InterspeciesRomance: Between Penryn and Raffe, subtly. It is also hinted at the apocryphal occasion when some angels fell in love with human women. {{Nephilim}} ensued.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Raffe acts aloof and belittling towards Penryn but [[spoiler:towards the end of ''Angelfall'', he does stupid things just to help her, up to and including risking his life at gunpoint to return her to her family]].
%% * LaResistance: They have no formal name as of the first book.
%% * LightIsNotGood: The angels, while very beautiful, are strong, brutal, and elitist.
%% * MadDoctor: Laylah.
%% * MadScientistLaboratory: [[spoiler:Where Penryn eventually finds Paige.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In ''Angelfall'', after a few days, the amputation of his wings doesn't seem to bother Raffe much, as least physically.
%% * TheMentallyDisturbed: Penryn's mother.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Justified in ''Angelfall''. Raffe is not used to walking long distances, so his feet become raw pretty quickly and he starts moaning.
%% * MrFanservice: Raffe and Obi, as well as almost every other angel.
%% * {{Nephilim}}: Here they are angel/human hybrids.
%% * NeverFoundTheBody: Gabriel. At least the humans didn't.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Not even Penryn knows how sane her mother is. If the demons and ghosts she keeps talking to are real or due to her paranoid schizophrenia remains unexplained. In ''World After'', [[spoiler:she certainly helped some people who were seemingly dead but actually just paralyzed to stay alive by making them look like part of a satanic ritual. No one wanted to touch them, while all the other victims got BuriedAlive. There is also the pet tracker with the chips sewn into the starburst she sews on every single one of Penryn and Paige's pants "for protection".]]
* OneWordTitle: The first book, ''Angelfall'', the of the events that changed the world.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The angels are winged humanoids who brought doom among the humans. They have very light bodies, heightened senses of smell, hearing, and sight, are superhumanly strong, heal very fast, and are extremely beautiful. However, they think of humans as mere monkeys.
%% * RebelLeader: Obidiah.
%% * ScaryScorpions: The Locusts are somewhere between this, BodyHorror and InsectoidAliens.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In ''Angelfall'', [[spoiler:to disguise herself as Raffe's consort to get into the aerie]], Penryn dons a little red dress, strappy shoes, and makeup. Raffe is stunned for a moment when he first sees her like this.
* ShoutOut:
** Laylah's eyes are describes as “Aryan”. This, combined with [[PlayingWithSyringes what she does]], evokes images of [[ThoseWackyNazis Mengele]].
** Obi's spymasters Dee-Dum look, act, and talk in a manner comparable to [[Literature/HarryPotter the Weasley twins]]. Their name is of course a Shout Out to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
%% ** Pooky Bear is ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'''s teddy bear.
%% * SmokingIsCool: Uriel
%% * StockholmSyndrome: What Paige seemingly developed towards Beliel. [[spoiler: Later, though, she chews him up.]]
%% * SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:What Paige does to Beliel and the lack of reaction from everybody else]] can easily evoke this.
%% * TallDarkAndHandsome: Raffe, of course.
%% * TallDarkAndSnarky: Raffe, again, but Penryn also has shades of this.
* TechnicalVirgin: Ever since some angels got banished to hell for messing around with human women and making the {{Nephilim}}, sex between humans and angels has been forbidden. However, since AllMenArePerverts a lot of angels are getting around this rule by doing everything but the one thing that can make a baby.
%% * TeenSuperspy: Dee-Dum, natch.
%% * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* WaifFu: In ''Angelfall'', Penryn, a starving teenage girl, fights trained soldier Boden with her various martial arts techniques. Nobody expects her to win. [[spoiler:She does so nonetheless, though with some realistic difficulty.]]
%% * WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: The angels refer to the humans as “monkeys”.