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* AdultFear: You better believe that when the protagonist is an adult in Saul's books, s/he will have kids and will be afraid for their health and well-being.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Related to Exactly Exty Years Ago above, the epilogues of many of Saul's books take place ExtyYearsFromNow and indicate that the same situation we just witnessed is about to play out again in exactly the same way.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Related to Exactly Exty Years Ago above, the The epilogues of many of Saul's books take place ExtyYearsFromNow [[ExactlyExtyYearsAgo Exactly Exty Years From Now]] and indicate that the same situation we just witnessed is about to play out again in exactly the same way.
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: ''The Devil's Labrynith'' and ''Punish the Sinners.''

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: ''The Devil's Labrynith'' Labyrinth'' and ''Punish the Sinners.''



* HereWeGoAgain: Related to Exactly Exty Years Ago above, the epilogues of many of Saul's books take place ExtyYearsFromNow and indicate that the same situation we just witnessed is about to play out again in the exactly the same way.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Related to Exactly Exty Years Ago above, the epilogues of many of Saul's books take place ExtyYearsFromNow and indicate that the same situation we just witnessed is about to play out again in the exactly the same way.
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''John Saul'' (born February 25, 1942) is an American author from California, specializing in suspense and horror novels akin to Creator/DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.

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''John Saul'' John Saul (born February 25, 1942) is an American author from California, specializing in suspense and horror novels akin to Creator/DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.
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''John Saul'' is an American author born February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels akin to Creator/DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.

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''John Saul'' (born February 25, 1942) is an American author born February 25, 1942. He specializes from California, specializing in suspense and horror novels akin to Creator/DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: ''The Devil's Labrynith''

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: ''The Devil's Labrynith''Labrynith'' and ''Punish the Sinners.''



* ExactlyExtyYearsAgo: The prologue to nearly ''every'' Saul book is a scene from 20, 30, 50, or 100 years ago explaining the origins of the evil to follow (the prologue is often even labelled "X Years Ago"). The book then jumps to the present.



* HereWeGoAgain: Most of his works end this way, especially the earlier ones.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Most of his works end this way, especially Related to Exactly Exty Years Ago above, the earlier ones.epilogues of many of Saul's books take place ExtyYearsFromNow and indicate that the same situation we just witnessed is about to play out again in the exactly the same way.
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* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Nathaniel Nathaniel]] - 1984.

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* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Nathaniel Nathaniel]] ''Literature/{{Nathaniel}}'' - 1984.
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* CreepyChild: ThatOtherWiki quotes Saul as saying "I always find ... that when you have a scary scene, it broadens the scope of possibilities if you have children involved."

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* CreepyChild: ThatOtherWiki Wiki/ThatOtherWiki quotes Saul as saying "I always find ... that when you have a scary scene, it broadens the scope of possibilities if you have children involved."
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''John Saul'' is an American author born February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels akin to DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.

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''John Saul'' is an American author born February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels akin to DeanKoontz Creator/DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''The Blackstone Chronicles,'' a SerialNovel, was published less than a year after StephenKing's Serial Novel ''Literature/TheGreenMile'' became a runaway success.

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* FollowTheLeader: ''The Blackstone Chronicles,'' a SerialNovel, was published less than a year after StephenKing's Creator/StephenKing's Serial Novel ''Literature/TheGreenMile'' became a runaway success.
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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Nathaniel ''Nathaniel'']] - 1984.

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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Nathaniel ''Nathaniel'']] Nathaniel]] - 1984.
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* ''Literature/Nathaniel'' - 1984.

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* ''Literature/Nathaniel'' [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Nathaniel ''Nathaniel'']] - 1984.
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* ''Nathaniel'' - 1984.

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* ''Nathaniel'' ''Literature/Nathaniel'' - 1984.

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John Saul is an American author born February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels akin to DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.

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John Saul [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/johnsaul1.jpg]]
''John Saul''
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* ''Literature/Suffer the Children'' - 1977.

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* ''Literature/Suffer the Children'' ''Literature/SufferTheChildren'' - 1977.
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* ''Suffer the Children'' - 1977.

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* ''Suffer ''Literature/Suffer the Children'' - 1977.
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* ''Literature/Suffer the Children'' - 1977.

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* ''Literature/Suffer ''Suffer the Children'' - 1977.
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* ''Suffer the Children'' - 1977.

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* ''Suffer ''Literature/Suffer the Children'' - 1977.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''The Blackstone Chronicles,'' a SerialNovel, was published less than a year after StephenKing's Serial Novel ''TheGreenMile'' became a runaway success.

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* FollowTheLeader: ''The Blackstone Chronicles,'' a SerialNovel, was published less than a year after StephenKing's Serial Novel ''TheGreenMile'' ''Literature/TheGreenMile'' became a runaway success.

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* EvilutionaryBiologist: ''The God Project'' and ''Brainchild.''

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* EvilutionaryBiologist: ''The God Project'' Project,'' ''Creature,'' and ''Brainchild.''''
* FollowTheLeader: ''The Blackstone Chronicles,'' a SerialNovel, was published less than a year after StephenKing's Serial Novel ''TheGreenMile'' became a runaway success.
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* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter]]: Alison in ''Faces of Fear.'' At least, she's going to be beautiful after the [[MadScientist]] surgically alters her to be his [[ReplacementGoldfish]].

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* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter]]: [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Stepdaughter]]: Alison in ''Faces of Fear.'' At least, she's going to be beautiful after the [[MadScientist]] MadScientist surgically alters her to be his [[ReplacementGoldfish]].ReplacementGoldfish.
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* ''Comes the Blind Fury'' - 1980.

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* ''Comes the Blind Fury'' ''Literature/ComesTheBlindFury'' - 1980.
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* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Stepdaughter]]: Alison in ''Faces of Fear.'' At least, she's going to be beautiful after the [[MadScientist]] surgically alters her to be his [[ReplacementGoldfish]].

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* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Stepdaughter]]: [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter]]: Alison in ''Faces of Fear.'' At least, she's going to be beautiful after the [[MadScientist]] surgically alters her to be his [[ReplacementGoldfish]].

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: ''The Devil's Labrynith''



* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Stepdaughter]]: Alison in ''Faces of Fear.'' At least, she's going to be beautiful after the [[MadScientist]] surgically alters her to be his [[ReplacementGoldfish]].



* ReplacementGoldfish: It's attempted in ''When the Wind Blows.''

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* ReplacementGoldfish: It's attempted Attempted in ''When the Wind Blows.Blows'' and ''Faces of Fear.''

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John Saul is an American author born in February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels. Indeed, he can be compared to DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.

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John Saul is an American author born in February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels. Indeed, he can be compared novels akin to DeanKoontz and Creator/StephenKing.
Creator/StephenKing.

A lot of Saul's books tend to be a little...[[SameStoryDifferentNames repetitive]], especially in his earlier works. Therefore many tropes apply to ''all'' his novels, frequently in the same context every time.



* AcademyOfEvil: ''Punish The Sinners''
* AbandonedHospital: ''The Blackstone Chronicles''



* CreepyChild: Featured quite frequently in Saul's works.

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* CreepyChild: Featured quite frequently in Saul's works.ThatOtherWiki quotes Saul as saying "I always find ... that when you have a scary scene, it broadens the scope of possibilities if you have children involved."
* EvilutionaryBiologist: ''The God Project'' and ''Brainchild.''


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* HereditaryCurse: Again, lots of 'em.


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* IndianBurialGround: With a small twist in ''When The Wind Blows.''
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* GenreBlindness: Most of the main characters, with a healthy dose of ItsProbablyNothing and ArbitrarySkepticism thrown in.
* HereWeGoAgain: Most of his works end this way, especially the earlier ones.
* HeroicBSOD: Sarah in ''Suffer the Children.'' Twice. And they last for ''years.''
* HollywoodAutism: Sarah in ''Suffer the Children'' is said to have schizophrenia, but behaves more like this trope in practice.
* LivingDollCollector: Elizabeth in ''Suffer the Children'' tries to collect the full set.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The entire non-white cast of ''When The Wind Blows.'' No one can say they didn't ''try'' to warn the townsfolk...
* MilkyWhiteEyes: ''Comes the Blind Fury''.
* ReplacementGoldfish: It's attempted in ''When the Wind Blows.''

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* ''SufferTheChildren'' - 1977.
* ''PunishTheSinners'' - 1978.
* ''CryForTheStrangers'' - 1979.
* ''ComesTheBlindFury'' - 1980.
* ''WhenTheWindBlows'' - 1981.
* ''TheGodProject'' - 1982.
* ''{{Nathaniel}}'' - 1984.
* ''{{Brainchild}}'' - 1985.
* ''{{Hellfire}}'' - 1986.
* ''TheUnwanted'' - 1987.
* ''TheUnloved'' - 1988.
* ''{{Creature}}'' - 1989.
* ''SecondChild'' - 1990.
* ''{{Sleepwalk}}'' - 1991.
* ''{{Darkness}}'' - 1991.
* ''{{Shadows}}'' - 1992.
* ''{{Guardian}}'' - 1993.
* ''TheHoming'' - 1994.
* ''BlackLightning'' - 1995.
* ''BlackstoneChronicles''
** ''AnEyeForAnEyeTheDoll'' - 1996.
** ''TwistOfFateTheLocket'' - 1997.
** ''AshesToAshesTheDragonsFlame'' - 1997.
** ''InTheShadowOfEvilTheHandkerchief'' - 1997.
** ''DayOfReckoningTheStereoscope'' - 1997.
** ''{{Asylum}}'' - 1997.
* ''ThePresence'' - 1998.
* ''TheRightHandOfEvil'' - 1999.
* ''{{Nightshade}}'' - 2000.
* ''TheManhattanHuntClub'' - 2001.
* ''MidnightVoices'' - 2002.
* ''BlackCreekCrossing'' - 2003.
* ''PerfectNightmare'' - 2005.
* ''InTheDarkOfTheNight'' - 2006.
* ''TheDevilsLabyrinth'' - 2007.
* ''FacesOfFear'' - 2008.
* ''HouseOfReckoning'' - 2009.

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* ''SufferTheChildren'' ''Suffer the Children'' - 1977.
* ''PunishTheSinners'' ''Punish the Sinners'' - 1978.
* ''CryForTheStrangers'' ''Cry for the Strangers'' - 1979.
* ''ComesTheBlindFury'' ''Comes the Blind Fury'' - 1980.
* ''WhenTheWindBlows'' ''When the Wind Blows'' - 1981.
* ''TheGodProject'' ''The God Project'' - 1982.
* ''{{Nathaniel}}'' ''Nathaniel'' - 1984.
* ''{{Brainchild}}'' ''Brainchild'' - 1985.
* ''{{Hellfire}}'' ''Hellfire'' - 1986.
* ''TheUnwanted'' ''The Unwanted'' - 1987.
* ''TheUnloved'' ''The Unloved'' - 1988.
* ''{{Creature}}'' ''Creature'' - 1989.
* ''SecondChild'' ''Second Child'' - 1990.
* ''{{Sleepwalk}}'' ''Sleepwalk'' - 1991.
* ''{{Darkness}}'' ''Darkness'' - 1991.
* ''{{Shadows}}'' ''Shadows'' - 1992.
* ''{{Guardian}}'' ''Guardian'' - 1993.
* ''TheHoming'' ''The Homing'' - 1994.
* ''BlackLightning'' ''Black Lightning'' - 1995.
* ''BlackstoneChronicles''
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** ''AnEyeForAnEyeTheDoll'' ''An Eye for an Eye: The Doll'' - 1996.
** ''TwistOfFateTheLocket'' ''Twist of Fate: The Locket'' - 1997.
** ''AshesToAshesTheDragonsFlame'' ''Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame'' - 1997.
** ''InTheShadowOfEvilTheHandkerchief'' ''In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief'' - 1997.
** ''DayOfReckoningTheStereoscope'' ''Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope'' - 1997.
** ''{{Asylum}}'' ''Asylum'' - 1997.
* ''ThePresence'' ''The Presence'' - 1998.
* ''TheRightHandOfEvil'' ''The Right Hand of Evil'' - 1999.
* ''{{Nightshade}}'' ''Nightshade'' - 2000.
* ''TheManhattanHuntClub'' ''The Manhattan Hunt Club'' - 2001.
* ''MidnightVoices'' ''Midnight Voices'' - 2002.
* ''BlackCreekCrossing'' ''Black Creek Crossing'' - 2003.
* ''PerfectNightmare'' ''Perfect Nightmare'' - 2005.
* ''InTheDarkOfTheNight'' ''In the Dark of the Night'' - 2006.
* ''TheDevilsLabyrinth'' ''The Devil's Labyrinth'' - 2007.
* ''FacesOfFear'' ''Faces of Fear'' - 2008.
* ''HouseOfReckoning'' ''House of Reckoning'' - 2009.



* TownWithADarkSecret: Saul uses this trope so frequently, it would be easier to list the books that don't use this!

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Saul uses this trope so frequently, it would be easier to list the books that don't use this!this!

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John Saul is an American author born in February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels. Indeed, he can be compared to DeanKoontz and StephenKing.

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John Saul is an American author born in February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels. Indeed, he can be compared to DeanKoontz and StephenKing.
Creator/StephenKing.



** ''DayOfReckoningTheStereoscope'' - 1997.

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** ''DayOfReckoningTheStereoscope'' - 1997.
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John Saul is an American author born in February 25, 1942. He specializes in suspense and horror novels. Indeed, he can be compared to DeanKoontz and StephenKing.

The man has an official website, which can be reached [[http://www.johnsaul.com/ here]].

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!!Bibliography:
* ''SufferTheChildren'' - 1977.
* ''PunishTheSinners'' - 1978.
* ''CryForTheStrangers'' - 1979.
* ''ComesTheBlindFury'' - 1980.
* ''WhenTheWindBlows'' - 1981.
* ''TheGodProject'' - 1982.
* ''{{Nathaniel}}'' - 1984.
* ''{{Brainchild}}'' - 1985.
* ''{{Hellfire}}'' - 1986.
* ''TheUnwanted'' - 1987.
* ''TheUnloved'' - 1988.
* ''{{Creature}}'' - 1989.
* ''SecondChild'' - 1990.
* ''{{Sleepwalk}}'' - 1991.
* ''{{Darkness}}'' - 1991.
* ''{{Shadows}}'' - 1992.
* ''{{Guardian}}'' - 1993.
* ''TheHoming'' - 1994.
* ''BlackLightning'' - 1995.
* ''BlackstoneChronicles''
** ''AnEyeForAnEyeTheDoll'' - 1996.
** ''TwistOfFateTheLocket'' - 1997.
** ''AshesToAshesTheDragonsFlame'' - 1997.
** ''InTheShadowOfEvilTheHandkerchief'' - 1997.
** ''DayOfReckoningTheStereoscope'' - 1997.
** ''{{Asylum}}'' - 1997.
* ''ThePresence'' - 1998.
* ''TheRightHandOfEvil'' - 1999.
* ''{{Nightshade}}'' - 2000.
* ''TheManhattanHuntClub'' - 2001.
* ''MidnightVoices'' - 2002.
* ''BlackCreekCrossing'' - 2003.
* ''PerfectNightmare'' - 2005.
* ''InTheDarkOfTheNight'' - 2006.
* ''TheDevilsLabyrinth'' - 2007.
* ''FacesOfFear'' - 2008.
* ''HouseOfReckoning'' - 2009.

!!Tropes commonly found in his works:

* AdultFear: You better believe that when the protagonist is an adult in Saul's books, s/he will have kids and will be afraid for their health and well-being.
* CreepyChild: Featured quite frequently in Saul's works.
* ScienceIsBad: This is used in ''The God Project'', and ''Brainchild''.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Saul uses this trope so frequently, it would be easier to list the books that don't use this!

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