'''''Turn Coat''''' is book #11 in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.

When it comes to the magical ruling body known as the White Council, Harry keeps his nose clean and his head down. For years, the Council has held a death mark over Harry's head. He's still thought of as a black sheep by some; and as a sacrificial lamb by others. But none regard him with more suspicion and disdain than Morgan, a veteran Warden with a grudge against anyone who bends the rules.

Like Harry.

So when Morgan turns up asking for help, Harry isn't exactly eager to leap into action. Morgan has been accused of treason against the White Council, and there's only [[OffWithHisHead one final punishment]] for that crime. He's on the run, he wants his name cleared, and he needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog.

Like Harry.

Now Harry must uncover a traitor within the Council, keep a less than agreeable Morgan under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself. And a single mistake may cost someone his head.

[[RuleOfThree Like Harry...]]
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!!''Turn Coat'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ToAbsentFriends: The end, since they are not allowed a MeaningfulFuneral.
* AffablyEvil: Lara Raith describes herself as an "affable monster." Then she [[spoiler: eats her cousin alive. Literally.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited:
** [[spoiler:Morgan has pined for Luccio for over two centuries. She never let it go beyond Teacher and Student.]]
** Molly still pines for Harry.
** Harry [[spoiler:loves Luccio but she doesn't love him, not for the reasons with Morgan, but her mind was twisted and was forced to "love" him.]]
* AndThisIsFor: During the final confrontation with [[spoiler: the skinwalker]], Harry punctuates each spell by yelling the name of a friend or family member that it has hurt, and uses the emotion from that name to fuel his spells.
* AnyoneCanDie [=/=] KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Senior Council member [=LaFortier=] died in the events just before the book started. Kirby the werewolf and Morgan both die in this book. Peabody too, but he's a bad guy so not so sad for him.]]
* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster: [[spoiler:The Council's secretary with his mind-controlling inks]].
* BattleCouple: Will and Georgia double-team [[spoiler:Madeline]] and do some serious harm [[spoiler:before accidentally drinking her blood takes them out of the fight.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: [[spoiler:Morgan knew Molly used mind magic on Luccio and could be executed for breaking the terms of her parole, and Harry for failing as her parole officer. However, he keeps this violation to himself. He chooses Good to protect Harry and Molly.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Morgan quickly and effectively finds these for Molly, insulting Harry being a big one, for the purpose of seeing how she would react when pressed. Harry later calls her out for falling for such prodding and not ignoring the taunts.
** Madeline does not take Harry's comment that Lara does more to arouse him just sitting in a chair than Madeline did in her whole entrance and influence she pushed on Harry well. It nearly drives her to physically attack him for the insult.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The mole is dead and his brainwashed victims are found and on the long road to recovery, but the White Council lost not only Morgan but Senior Council member [=LaFortier=] by the mole's machinations. His replacement is suspected by Harry to be a new mole working for the Black Council. And Thomas was broken by some extreme torture methods and is leaning towards evil now.]]
* BookEnds: A subtle one, but the book begins with Harry saying, "I know what it feels like to have the Wardens on your ass for something you haven't done." The book ends [[spoiler: with Morgan's dying words being, "I knew that you knew how it felt to be an innocent man hounded by the Wardens."]]
* {{Brainwashed}}: Harry notes this as a possible reason why Morgan would have killed [[spoiler:Senior Council member [=LaFortier=]]], but [=McCoy=] claims it wouldn't be possible; Morgan being over a hundred years old means direct brainwashing is as impossible as bending an ancient willow tree. Of course, this didn't stop [[spoiler:Peabody from subtly influencing members of the senior council]] by highlighting certain aspects of their personalities so they might do things they normally wouldn't...
** Later this becomes a '''HUGE''' plot point; [[spoiler:Anastasia's much younger physical body (courtesy of [[GrandTheftMe the Corpsetaker]]) allowed Peabody to control her, as well as most of the wardens--younger wizards recruited after the events of ''Literature/DeadBeat'').]] See ManchurianAgent below.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Thomas]]. He gets tortured physically, [[spoiler: fed a bunch of women]] and tortured again. By the time Harry sees him again, he is in rotten shape and [[spoiler:nearly rapes Molly to death]].
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Literally for the first part of it. [[spoiler:Listens-to-Wind drives off the Skinwalker, but comes away from the fight with a broken arm.]]
* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler:The traitor in the White Council was not the Merlin, Ancient Mai, Listens-To-Wind or even Ebenezer. It was the ''secretary'', clerk and all-around paper-pusher -- in other words, the perfect guy to subvert, because he has access to all the information and can just fade into the background]].
* CallBack: Harry learned in ''Literature/WhiteNight'' that it's a bad idea to call forth a light when a supernatural creature plunges an area in darkness.
* ClarkesThirdLaw: Harry is caught in the rain and is glad that the armor spells he put onto his [[BadassLongcoat leather duster]] also made it stain- and waterproof. He also notes that, despite being so tough and powerful, it still breathes and allows a good flow of oxygen, something not even the best coats manufactured by the best technology can accomplish. Afterwards, he smugly thinks about how magic has accomplished something that technology will probably never be able to equal.
-->''Sufficiently advanced, my ass.''
* ColdBloodedTorture: The [[BreakTheCutie Thomas abuse]]. [[spoiler:Shagnasty kidnapped him, then proceeded to tear off strips of skin over and over, straining his vampire HealingFactor to its limit. Then he fed him someone and started the whole thing over again. The point was to get him to give up on his attempts at being a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.]]
* CoolCar: Lara Raith's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Wraith Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith]] leads to a few expressions of pure awe. The power of this car is such that it alone gives Harry hope. As he finds out that [[spoiler:his harboring of Morgan has been tipped off to the Wardens]], another character points out that this car is ''far too cool'' for Harry to die in. Harry agrees.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Harry realizes [[spoiler:the group from the Senior Council thinks he is this with all the big name forces he has taken down or survived fighting against. Hence the multiple Wardens as back up to the Senior Council.]]
* DavidVersusGoliath: [[spoiler:Toot-Toot. As a tiny fairy, he doesn't have anywhere near the level of power as the skinwalker, but with his trusty box cutter, he successfully makes the ancient evil knows pain until help can arrive to save him and Harry.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:To gain an edge in his final battle plan, Harry plans on making a contract with an EldritchLocation. The challenge presented to Harry once he got the island's attention was a blow-for-blow elemental "punching match", so fire against fire with a little dash of Soulfire boosting Harry's attacks.]]
---> '''Harry:''' I punched it in the nose. Now we're friends.
* {{Deprogram}}: Though the ways done aren't seen, [[spoiler:those who became {{Manchurian Agent}}s go though this at the end of the book with the help of the Merlin, Rashid, and Listens-to-Wind.]]
* ElementalPowers: [[spoiler:Demonreach, as part of his challenge for Harry to prove himself,]] puts Harry in a dual of these. [[spoiler:Harry adds [[HolyHandGrenade Soulfire]] to each of his attacks as a means of proving himself.]]
** BlowYouAway: The first attack by the challenged. Harry endured the wind. [[spoiler:Harry blasts back with his own Wind but didn't move Demonreach.]]
** DishingOutDirt: The second attack by the challenged. Harry felt the earth crack beneath him and earth splinters shoot him in the legs and back. Thankfully, no GroinAttack. [[spoiler:Harry literally drops the earth under Demonreach's manifestation in a sinkhole. It continued to maintain its place in midair.]]
** PlayingWithFire: A lance of flame shot at Harry. [[spoiler:Harry drew water from the island and protected himself. Then he blasted Demonreach with fire before the spirit could act. Harry moved it back a half-an-inch.]]
* EnemyMine:
** While at Lara's house, [[spoiler:Lara teams up with Harry and Luccio to fight the attacking Shagnasty.]]
** [[spoiler:While it started off as a MexicanStandoff, Harry planned for this to be the result between himself and friends, Lara Raith's forces, and the arriving Senior Council and the Wardens to fight against Shagnasty and its allies.]] It works.
* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:No one in the Senior Council ever suspected Secretary Peabody as the mole and the damage he had done to the Council before he was found out.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Harry knows Lara is a treacherous bitch. But when she gives her word she will keep it. Granted, she might look for a loophole and will use the situation to advance her position as much she can, but she will keep her word.
** Within the White Court, there are rules and protocols against poaching another vampire's meal. [[spoiler:Madeline thrusting herself on Justine and telling her how she would bring in a guy for Justine to sleep with just so Madeline could take her was more than enough justification for Thomas to break a metal chair on Madeline.]]
* ExactWords: [[spoiler:Titania agreed to cloak Morgan himself from being tracked by magical means. The Silver Oak leaf from the Summer Court he wears was not covered.]]
* ExpositionBeam: The Merlin manages to telepathically communicate an entire defensive plan (with images) to the White Council in a fraction of a second.
* FailedASpotCheck: When interrogating Binder, a decent-level practitioner, Harry pulls a few of his hairs. [[spoiler:Binder knows this can be used to track him, so he goes through several rituals to keep Harry from using magic. Confident on blocking this, he didn't think Harry had outsourced to have the normal human PI Vince Graver track him via non-magical means.]]
* FamedInStory: Harry, especially apparent here.
* {{Fingore}}: Shagnasty bites off a few fingers of one of Lara Raith's sisters.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Molly's concerns about Luccio being tainted and the fact she didn't truly love Harry are small hints to her not being what she seems.]]
* GambitPileup: ''Engineered'' by Harry, in order to give the bad guy no room at all to think, or come up with a backup plan.
-->'''Harry''': [[LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote.]] Suuuuuper genius.
* GeniusLoci: Demonreach.
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Peabody]] shows his savvy when [[spoiler:Harry rises to give testimony at Morgan's trial]] by pulling out his trump card, to play at a moment's notice.
* GetItOverWith: Harry pulls this on the skin-walker by forcing himself to remember its horrible true form mixed in with all the other powerful forces he had Seen, such as other evil forces or [[PhysicalGod the True Forms of Titania and Mab]]. By doing this, Harry can stand and face it, shocking it.
* GoodHurtsEvil: Against the Skinwalker, only the strongest Goods apply against this things powerful defenses.
** To banish it, the only known ways with magic the rituals known to the shaman of tribes from the Southwestern United States, such as the Navajo or Ute tribes, [[spoiler:using Soulfire, the Fires of Creation, against it.]]
** To just send it away with the tail between the legs, [[spoiler:Senior Council Joseph Listens-to-Wind knows more than enough magic to do this]].
* GreenEyedMonster: Madeline, of the White Court hated Harry's rebuke of her.
* HeroicBSOD: After seeing an EldritchAbomination Harry crashed his car and was a gibbering wreck for a good hour or so.
* HopeSpot:
** At [[spoiler:Morgan's trial, it looks like just for one moment Peabody will be caught. Then he reveals his trump card and is killed while trying to escape, making it impossible for him to testify and exonerate Morgan's name.]]
** When Harry and Thomas meet [[spoiler:after ColdBloodedTorture mentioned above, Thomas claims to see every normal human as "food." And while he won't be a sloppy eater and kill everyone he eats from, he won't be a fool like he was. This depresses Harry and as Thomas and Lara's guards walk away, Harry hexes the earbud in the guards ear, making it explode. Thomas gives Harry a genuine smile, though briefly, before continuing back with Lara's men.]]
* HorrorHunger: Happens to Thomas, which leads to him [[spoiler:killing several women fed to him by Shagnasty, then nearly raping Molly to death as well. Only quick thinking and Harry's protection spell kept her safe.]]
* HostageForMacGuffin: The Skinwalker will give [[spoiler:Thomas Raith]] back if someone delivers it Donald Morgan.
* HostageSituation:
** Harry finds himself one when [[spoiler:faced with the Skinwalker holding Thomas on Demonreach. He had to get his brother away from the evil force before trying to fight the Skinwalker.]]
** Later Joseph Listens-to-Wind uses fear of this to [[spoiler:explain him not pursuing the injured Skinwalker back to the Southwest United States as the ancient evil would attack normal people or use them as hostages to save itself.]]
* IAmWhatIAm:
** After [[spoiler:the Skinwalker attacked her home]] Lara cites this trope to explain that she is a vampire at heart, and that includes [[spoiler:killing three men, one who had his eyes removed and the other two with broken backs, to insure she and her sisters are healed.]]
** Upon seeing what Lara plans to do in the above example, Harry cites this trope as well and states one day he will take Lara down as well. Not a threat but a fact.
* IdiotBall: Morgan holds it and lampshades it by asking if he's gone senile as [[spoiler:it didn't occur to him the Silver Oak leaf of the Summer Court he used to be protected from tracking could itself be used to track him, and Titania not having broken her word to keep him shielded from other tracking methods.]]
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Molly uses this to great effect to get information out of the PI shadowing Harry. Morgan jumps to the conclusion that she's going to use mind-control magic. All Molly has to do is take off her bra and go talk to the guy in his very air-conditioned car. As Harry observes, "He didn't stand a chance."
* IHaveYourWife: Morgan is asked if this trope is in application as a reason for him killing [=LaFortier=]. Morgan denies it and states he ''avoided'' starting a family for this reason.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Morgan]], although in this case the Masquerade was that the White Council is strong and united rather than the supernatural does not exist.
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: In previous books, [[spoiler: Peabody]] had two, maybe three lines of dialogue, tops, and little to no description regarding appearance or occupation. So, particularly GenreSavvy readers would point fingers ''immediately''.
** [[spoiler: Really, ''really'' alert readers might even pick up on all the references to ink-stained fingers, and guess how he's operating.]]
* LonelyFuneral: [[spoiler:Morgan's, because even though he had been a hero to the White Council almost all his life, he died framed for political reasons. ]]
* LoopholeAbuse:
** Harry notes that the practitioner Binder knows the Seven Laws of Magic very well and while he is known for dancing very close to violating one of the Laws, it hasn't been proven he really violated them.
** [[spoiler:Margaret La Fey Dresden, Harry's mother,]] was also a bane to the Wardens for rebelling against the ancient ways of the White Council by arguing for a "gray" area to the BlackAndWhiteMorality the Council had for enforcing the laws. The rebelling was done by going extremely close to violating the Laws but never fully cross it.
** Harry throws away [[spoiler:Morgan's oak-leaf pin, fearing Titania may indulge in this trope and allow Morgan's pursuers to track down the ''pin'' rather than him.]]
* MakeTheDogTestify: Helps that Mouse is a sentient magic dog. [[spoiler:To expand, Mouse doesn't speak but identifies Peabody by scent. His credentials as a temple dog are affirmed by Ancient Mai and several other Council Wizards when Peabody objects.]]
* MaliciousSlander: What happened to Morgan. Also, Rashid points out that a ''lot'' of Harry's past actions could be taken as hostile to the White Council by those who harbor suspicions toward him.
* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:Most of the younger wardens]] were programmed to fall asleep on a given command because of [[spoiler:Peabody's]] influence. A few more, [[spoiler:Luccio included,]] were referred to as "suicide bombers" as they would do the task and then get caught on purpose.
* ManipulativeBitch: Lara Raith. Harry even invokes this when she briefly considers [[spoiler:either giving into the Skinwalker's demands, after it beat her in her own home, or letting Thomas die, who was now a hero for his help against the coup in ''White Night''. Harry points out either way, in the eyes of her kind, she is weak.]] Harry thinks she should string [[spoiler:the Skinwalker]] along and then stab him in the back to get everything for herself, in true White Court fashion.
* MeaningfulFuneral: [[spoiler:Specifically denied. To keep up the ruse the they believed Morgan was working up with Peabody, the Senior Council cannot have anything significant in Morgan's name. There is instead a small, private remembrance for the man.]]
* MexicanStandoff: [[spoiler:The Senior Council, Lara Raith and her sisters, and Harry are in one until two bigger fish arrive to make them join forces.]] As Harry was hoping.
* MindControl: [[spoiler:Peabody]] is revealed to have made extensive use of this.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Harry realizes that [[spoiler:Mouse was overplaying his pain and suffering when shot by Morgan, while he was protecting Molly as she was breaking into Luccio's mind. This was to add more guilt to Molly for her foolish and stupid behavior.]]
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Wizard Samuel Peabody does not like it when Harry addresses him as "Simon" and then "Sam".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Wizard Listens-to-Wind looks at his ink-stained hands upon learning his mind was being altered by Peabody's magical ink. He and the rest of the Senior Council later go over all of their choices the past few years, wondering what choices this influence could have pushed them towards they wouldn't have done otherwise.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:The Black Council's plan for Morgan. Once they found and killed him, they would stash the body and so all crimes they commit with magic can be blamed on him, ensuring they stay in the shadows.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Skinwalker thanks Harry [[spoiler:for launching Thomas into the cabin on Demonreach, The island's powerful wards prevented it from approaching the cabin where Molly and Morgan lay, but now Harry has delivered a starving, partially insane Thomas who will feed on the first woman he sees to a young woman. Only did Harry's foresight to give Molly a powerful shield crystal save her from Thomas.]]
* TheNondescript: Vince Graver, a P.I. hired by someone to watch Harry [[spoiler: and then by Harry to watch Binder and to photograph anyone using the Chicago/Edinburgh Way]].
* NotBrainwashed: At the end [[spoiler:after Thomas' BreakTheCutie, Lara permits Harry to meet Thomas to assure the mortal wizard Thomas is not brainwashed. Broken? yes. A good White Court vampire? Yes again. But not technically brainwashed.]]
* NotHerself: [[spoiler:Luccio. Those who knew the powerful Captain of the Wardens before being forced into the younger body would have known something was wrong with her if they learned she was having mindless sex with Harry. Harry notes another problem with spotting something wrong is people look for a person to be worse off. Luccio was happier after sleeping with Harry and in a world of so much pain and suffering, those who should have paid more attention weren't going to step on her happier attitude without good cause.]]
* NoSell: Justine is still protected by Thomas and her acts of mutual love in ''Blood Rites'' from White Court feeding and manipulations. Lara finds this a useful quality to have in her personal secretary.
* NuclearOption: Wizard Morgan is known to have once killed a skinwalker (a powerful Native American EldritchAbomination) by luring it to a location that would shortly be used as A-bomb testing site. Can we say CrowningMomentOfAwesome?
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Wizard Peabody insists on Harry signing out some papers, as with anyone who takes some of his files. [[spoiler:It turns out he was trying to be.]]
* OffWithHisHead:
** As the standard punishment for crimes against the White Council and its Laws, Morgan is facing this, as is Harry for harbouring him. And Molly for being a paroled criminal under Harry's protection when he harbored Morgan.
** [[spoiler:Lara]] sends the heads of traitors to [[spoiler:her court to the White Council]] as a peace offering.
* OhCrap: Multiple times.
** Harry, as a [[OncePerEpisode once per book]] gag, gets one when he hears [[spoiler: Madeline]] say that she was going to inform the White Council as to Morgan's whereabouts.
** A more subtle one is when [[spoiler:Lara realizes Harry is no longer protected by Susan's Love and it was likely because of Luccio.]] Harry is very worried by her smile.
* PoisonousPerson: While not as bad as Red Court blood, consuming White Court blood is an unwise thing as it apparently acts as a ''very'' potent aphrodisiac.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: [[MagicalNativeAmerican Joseph "Injun Joe" Listens-To-Wind]] gets one on the [[EldritchAbomination skinwalker]]: "Don't plan to bind or banish ya, old ghost. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears."
* PronounTrouble: This was the phrase Harry was looking for when he was complaining about what to call Shagnasty. Turned into a BrickJoke: during their final battle, Harry yells at it, "Bring it on, you dickless freak!"
* PsychicNosebleed: Harry after Seeing the skinwalker.
* {{Pun}}: Lara ''Raith'' invoked this by owning a Rolls-Royce Silver ''Wraith''.
* PunchClockVillain:
** Vince Graver, PI, is a normal human hired to watch Harry. [[spoiler:Once he finishes watching Harry, Harry hires him for help]].
** Binder [[spoiler:willingly leaves once Harry beats him a second time but doesn't kill him.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler:After all the trouble Morgan caused Harry, what finally set him off, and needed Murphy to put herself between them to keep Harry from bashing Morgan's head in, was Harry coming home and fining Mouse shot and Morgan holding a gun.]]
* RainDance: Joseph Listens-to-Wind does this as a weapon against [[spoiler: the skinwalker.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: When a cop, [[spoiler:Vince Garver, PI,]] once caught a councilman beating up escorts (it was how the man got off) and finds himself "volunteering" to be reassigned to SI. He quit instead of staying on.
* TheRedMage: Joseph Listens-to-Wind is both a trained fighter against a variety of forces and the Council's best healer.
* RunningGag:
** Harry makes recurring references to the fact that visiting the White Council is just like going to Disneyland.
** Every time Harry comes back to his apartment, he finds Morgan and Molly (and occasionally another participant) in the middle of some sort of standoff, with Mouse keeping the peace, usually by sitting on someone.
--->'''Harry:''' Hell's bells! What is ''wrong'' with you people!?
* SandInMyEyes: Harry looks away so he doesn't see [[spoiler:Murphy crying as he walked away, preparing for the final battle.]]
* SacredHospitality:
** [[spoiler:When Morgan thrice caused Harry trouble in his home, Harry shames him by calling his behavior deplorable as Harry was not only risking his own neck for Morgan but his apprentice. Not one should give their host.]]
** When Harry arrives at [[spoiler:Lara's house with Luccio, he is asked to abide by this before entering. Harry refuses as he doesn't know what Lara has planned and doesn't want his hands tied up. Luccio is quick to point out the same restrictions on them would be on Lara and prevent her from simply killing them if she didn't want to see them.]]
* ShapeShifterShowdown: ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Epically]]''.
* ShipSinking: [[spoiler:Harry and Anastasia Luccio because she was under heavy mind control sent to get close to Harry. She cannot trust her own feelings now.]]
* ShipTease: A Harry/Murphy one.
* {{Skinwalker}}: One of the major enemies of the book. An incredibly powerful demigod that can shift into any form it chooses, enjoys tormenting its victims, smart enough to know when it should run and wait for a better time to attack, and damn near impossible to kill. Furthering this trouble it can absorb magic, adding to its own strength, and feeds on the fear of people when people speak its name. More problems lie in that trying to ward it off is incredibly difficult. Morgan notes only a shaman from the Native American tribes of the Southwest United States, such as the Navajo and Ute tribes, would even know rituals to banish them back to where they belong. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for this skinwalker, although Senior Council member Joseph Listens-to-Wind isn't from one of those tribes, he's powerful enough and knows enough about its abilities to kick it ass anyway.]]
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Harry calls Captain Luccio "Stacy", a diminutive of "Anastasia" he knows she ''hates,'' just to make sure she is not an impostor. She proves it by drawing her sword and gun on Harry.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: Do not mention the skinwalker. There is a high chance this will just make it more powerful. Harry compensates by [[TheNicknamer renaming it]] "Shagnasty."
* StaringDownCthulhu: Harry not only stared down a skinwalker several times over, he even saw [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm with his Sight]] and still went on to fight him. [[spoiler:Injun Joe also stares down the evil entity.]]
* TakeThat: Binder has one against [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire poor, tortured, sentimental vampires]].
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The traitor(s) in the White Council has been a problem for a long time; in this novel, Harry has to find them on a very strict time limit indeed.
* ThatCameOutWrong: When Harry approaches the Merlin to help save Morgan by proving his innocence, as anything Merlin could discover would be viewed with distrust but as Harry was Morgan's enemy exonerating evidence would be believed, Merlin asked Harry why he should accept Harry's offer. Harry's response:
--->'''Harry:''' Because your balls are in a vise and I'm the only one who can pull them out.\\
''(The Merlin arches one of his silver eyebrows)''\\
'''Harry:''' Okay. That came out a little more homoerotic than I intended.\\
'''Merlin:''' Indeed.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Ebenezar's subdued reaction when he figures out that the [[spoiler:White Council, the White Court, Shagnasty, ''and'' the traitor and his own personal army are all going to be on Demonreach Island]] ''[[GambitPileup at the same time]]''.
* TrainingFromHell: Harry learns that Morgan's teacher (Luccio) used rocks in the shield magic exercise where Justin had used baseballs. This is compared to the fact Harry had used snowballs on Molly and noted that he wasn't doing a proper job training as pain is an effective motivator.
* UndyingLoyalty: Toot-toot has this towards Harry. [[spoiler:It is why he takes on a {{Skinwalker}} with only a box cutter.]]
* VillainousGlutton: Thomas describes his cousin Madeline much like this, though without the physical gut. Madeline devours with every touch and has been like this for years. It has reached the point that she feeds with the same instinctive motions as one breaths air and cannot stop even if the "food" is poisonous. [[spoiler:This is why she could not ''stop'' feeding off a Love-protected Justine and was burned.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The skinwalker's voice. Harry assumes this is because it is trying to speak with many forms at once.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: Lara Raith knows this of Harry. She knows the truly helpless go to him and if he must walk against demigods to help them, he will. [[spoiler:By this understanding of Harry, she guesses Morgan went to Harry for help.]]
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: To evade capture Morgan [[spoiler:calls in his favor from Titania. She agrees to cloak him from magical tracking for three days.]]
* WhiteMagic: This is really the only thing which can faze a skinwalker, whether it comes from [[spoiler:a Native American RainDance or [[HolyHandGrenade Soulfire]].]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: It's the only reason Harry survived the showdown on the island, and identified the traitor. [[spoiler: Also, he got really, ''really'' lucky.]]
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious:
** [[spoiler: When Morgan and Molly are about to bind Binder, he addresses her as "Ms. Carpenter." Later, when he is dying and talking with Harry, Morgan calls her "Molly".]]
** [[spoiler: The one time in his life Morgan ever calls Harry "Harry", not "Dresden", is when he tells Harry to let the other Wardens arrest him rather than fight them on his behalf.]]
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: The [[EldritchAbomination Naagloshii]] is a shape shifter, and even its "baseline" form is pretty nasty; but when Harry looks at it using his [[TrueSight Sight]] the overwhelming wrongness effectively [[BrownNote renders him senseless and unable to function]]. Even after recovering, he still stutters a bit when he recalls the image.
* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: In the opening page of the book, Morgan collapses on Dresden's front door.
-->"[[SarcasmMode Oh. Super.]]"
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Lara [[spoiler:looks over the dead and injured in her estate after Shagnasty leaves, she has three guards, who could live if given medical treatment, taken to her and her sisters' rooms to feed and help heal the injured Raith sisters. Lara justifies this as they know too much to be allowed a normal retirement package and they will be doing one final help to House Raith.]]
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