History Literature / DoraWilkSeries

* ''Wszystko Zostaje W Rodzinie'' (''All Stays In The Family'') is to be released in May, 2014. \\

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by Polish author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's also narrator of all books. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]) and [[TheBartender bartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a {{Necromancer}} with a {{Cloud Cuckoo Lander}} vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland, mostly in Toruń and Three-City[[note]] three big cities on Polish coast - Gdańsk (Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot - which are often treated as one because they lie very close to each other and thus have lots of joint administration[[/note]] .

* ''Zwycięzca Bierze Wszystko'' (''Winner Takes It All'') - conflict between Trio and Raphael reaches it's peak, as well as Hell's internal disagreements. AngelOfDeath shows up, as well as [[CainAndAbelAndSeth a missing character]], ex-lover and lots of kids. FantasticRacism ensues.\\

In series, our vanilla world exists alongside the magical one, accessible by a few gates. In this world, cities and places matches cities and places in ours (Thorn for Toruń, Triple Alliance for Three-City) and locals have [[MagiTek electricity and phones]]. Said "locals" are magical creatures such as vampires, werewolves, strigas, wraiths, ghosts, succubus, witches, magicians, shapeshifters, loads and loads of Slavic mythology beasts [[AllMythsAreTrue and more]]. Alongside ''this'' world exists Hell and Heaven, which currently are at peace with each other. Because of FantasticRacism, Judeo-Christian world and magical world didn't really do along for centuries (you know, witch burning, Inquisition, sacrificing priests and such), so few centuries ago both sides signed a Treaty to ensure peace. The series is place in modern times and partially deals with consequences of Treaty and FantasticRacism, but a lot of HilarityEnsues, too.\\

* NotHimself: Once played with, once played straight. [[spoiler:Archangels were a bit surprised when Raphael started to hate half-bloods and magicals, but as it begun during Inquisition times, [[GenreBlind they thought it's natural]] since he was alway antisocial person and didn't really love non-angels. Turns out he was possessed all along]]. Played straight when Dora finds out that [[spoiler: Raphael, hater of all non-angelic, has illegitimate and half-blood son]]. It's serious OOC for him.

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by [[UsefulNotes/Poland Polish]] author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's also narrator of all books. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]) and [[TheBartender bartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a {{Necromancer}} with a {{Cloud Cuckoo Lander}} vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland, mostly in Toruń and Three-City[[note]] three big cities on Polish coast - Gdańsk (Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot - which are often treated as one because they lie very close to each other and thus have lots of joint administration[[/note]] .

* LandOfTheDead: Hell and Heaven, of course, but Slovanian-mythology creatures has their Land Of The Dead, too.

* TakeThat: to Literature/Twilight, in short story ''Wolf In Sheep's Clothing'':

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: they're immortal, although not invincible, and stay in the same age they were transformed in. They have mental powers and can use them against any other sentient being. Vampire can create new vampires, but he/she has mental bond with his/her spawns and is obliged to treat them like children. They can also create human servants, renfelds, who are granted very long lifespan, but must obey every wish of their master. Most powerful vampires (well-fed and posessing many spawns, it is) can walk in daylight, which they do mostly [[ForTheLulz to show off]]. They are organized into pseudo-feudal dependancy system, with regional Duke on the top and mere loyal subordinates or local landlords at the bottom. Transforming someone into vampire without one's landlord's knowledge is considered a serious gaffe, if not crime, and disobedience is punished with death. As AuthorityEqualsAsskicking, vampire can get a higher position by the means of KlingonPromotion, although whether they do it by official duel or coup depends on the situation. Oh, and most of them can control mortal mindes to some extent.

->'''Roman (vampire master)''': One more comparison to ''Twilight'' and there'll be nothing left when I finish with you.

* ''Zwycięzca Bierze Wszystko'' (''Winner Takes It All'') - conflict between Trio and Raphael reaches it's peak, as well as Hell's internal disagreements. AngelOfDeath shows up, as well as [[CainAndAbelAndSeth a missing character]], ex-lover and lots of kids. FantasticRacism ensues.

Part four, ''Wszystko Zostaje W Rodzinie'' (''All Stays In The Family'') is to be released in May, 2014. WordOfGod says that series will have six parts, after which author plans to write a spin-off.

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by [[UsefulNotes/Poland Polish]] author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]) and [[TheBartender bartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a {{Necromancer}} with a {{Cloud Cuckoo Lander}} vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland, mostly in Toruń and Three-City[[note]] three big cities on Polish coast - Gdańsk (Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot - which are often treated as one because they lie very close to each other and thus have lots of joint administration[[/note]] .

[[spoiler: ** BiggerBad: whoever/whatever possessed Raphael all those centuries ago.]]

* CowboyCop: Dora has never been known for her rule-obeying. That's true for all the "Animal Kingdom" cops.

* NotHimself: Once played with, once played straight. [[spoiler:Archangels were a bit surprised when he started to hate half-bloods and magicals, but as it begun during Inquisition times, [[GenreBlind they thought it's natural]] since he was alway antisocial person and didn't really love non-angels. Turns out he was possessed all along]]. Played straight when Dora finds out that [[spoiler: Raphael, hater of all non-angelic, has illegitimate and half-blood son]]. It's serious OOC for him.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's not normal for Joshua to [[spoiler:forget that he's not allowed to sleep with Dora, even in the heat of the moment]].

* PsychicPowers: popular among non-humans, especially witches and vampires. Most notably [[TheEmpath empathy]], [[Telepathy mind-reading]], [[DreamingOfThingsToCome precognition]] and [[MindControl mind control]].

* WickedCultured: inverted. Raphael acts so pettily, rudely and unfairly, it's shocking for other angels. They expect someone on his position (archangel, don't forget) to have some dignity.

* TheEmpath: seems to be standard feature of angels.

* EvilIsSexy: [[in-universe]]Jezebel is a hell of a woman and gets upset when someone doesn't fall for her charm.

* MsFanservice: Dora. Before she moved in with Miron and Joshua, she used to walk at home naked, and author describes her rather thoroughly.

* OrangeAndBlueMorality: gods don't really care about good or evil - more about "mine" and "theirs". Vampires' morality is not exactly clear, too.

** TookALevelInBadass: during three books Dora transformed from regular half-blood northern witch to [[spoiler:quasi-vampire landlady, leader of a werewolf pack, uber-powerful multi-skilled witch with mental bond with angel and demon]], Miron changed from [[WanderingSon freelancer]] devil who happens to be boss' grandson into [[spoiler: fire-breathing pyr with the same mental bond]] and Joshua went from ShrinkingViolet wingless angel to [[spiler: badass GuardianAngel with wings and CoolSword (although the last one was borrowed from ArchangelMichael and was given back later)]]. Frankly, Trio gets new powers and perks OncePerEpisode.

* EvilIsSexy: Jezebel is a hell of a woman and gets upset when someone doesn't fall for her charm.

* HemoErotica: seems to be general vampire fetish, since they enjoy sex and blood drinking in the same way. Partially werewolves' fetish too, since ability to turn into giant beast with fangs and tusks open way of possibilities for BDSM-ers.

[[spoiler:** BiggerBad: whoever/whatever possessed Raphael all those centuries ago.]]

* TheCharmer: Miron, from time to time.

* Fanservice: a ''lot''. Every sex or kiss scene is quite detailed, most of the characters look young and sexy (and what would you, dear Tropers, do if you could work on your body for thousands of years?) and their descriptions are generally SceneryPorn. Female characters were either leather, translucent costumes, skin-tight costumes or AbsoluteClevege.

* OurMostersAreDifferent: most of the paramormal creatures - magicals - comes from Slavic mythology, so we're treated with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strzyga strigas]], szyszymoras[[note]]read it: shi-shi-mor-ah[[/note]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusalka rusalkas]] and other creatures that didn't look like humans at all in original legends. Here, however, they can all pass for humans easily, even if some must hide little details like pointy ears or extra gills. They can interbreed and chidren inherit part of of the genes from both sides.

[[spoiler:** BiggerBad: whoever/whatever possessed Raphael all those centuries ago.

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by [[Poland Polish]] author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]) and [[TheBartender bartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a {{Necromancer}} with a {{Cloud Cuckoo Lander}} vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland, mostly in Toruń and Three-City[[note]] three big cities on Polish coast - Gdańsk (Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot - which are often treated as one because they lie very close to each other and thus have lots of joint administration[[/note]] .

In series, our vanilla world exists alongside the magical one, accessible by a few gates. In this world, cities and places matches cities and places in ours (Thorn for Toruń, Triple Alliance for Three-City) and locals have [[MagiTek electricity and phones]]. Said "locals" are magical creatures such as vampires, werewolves, strigas, wraiths, ghosts, succubus, witches, magicians, shapeshifters, loads and loads of Slavic mythology beasts [[AllMythsAreTrue and more]]. Alongside ''this'' world exists Hell and Heaven, which currently are at peace with each other. Because of FantasticRacism, Judeo-Christian world and magical world didn't really do along for centuries (you know, witch burning, Inquisition, sacrificing priests and such), so few centuries ago both sides signed a Treaty to ensure peace. The series is place in modern times and partially deals with consequences of Treaty and FantasticRacism, but a lot of HilarityEnsues, too.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: they were residents of Hell even before Fall, yet are subjects of Fallen Angels, the devils. They aren't anyhow bound to obey them - no more than any middle-age folk is forced to obey their king, although punishment for disobedience is way more severe[[note]]This varies, though. Even if Leon has no magical bonds that orders him to fulfill Lucifer's wishes, Baal's subjects must do what he says[[/note]]. They look human-like, but have small horns, bristles instead of hair and [[TechnicolorEyes red-colored eyes]]. There's also untranslatable difference between demons - polish ''cz'''a'''rty'' are folks described above, while ''cz'''o'''rty'' are demon-nondemon hybrids.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: they're immortal, although not invincible, and stay in the same age they were transformed in. They have mental powers and can use them against any other sentient being. Vampire can create new vampires, but he/she has mental bond with his/her spawns and is obliged to treat them like children. They can also create human servants, renfelds, who are granted very long lifespan, but must obey every wish of their master. Most powerful vampires (well-fed and posessing many spawns, it is) can walk in daylight, which they do mostly [[ForTheLulz to show off]]. They are organized into pseudo-feudal dependancy system, with regional Duke on the top and mere loyal subordinates or local landlords at the bottom. Transforming someone into vampire without one's landlord's knowledge is considered a serious gaffe, if not crime, and disobedience is punished with death. As AuthorityEqualsAsskicking, vampire can get a higher position by the means of KlingonPromotion, although whether they do it by official duel or coup depends on the situation.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: they can shapeshift every time they want, although younger ones must do it by full moon, too. They're mostly criminals, since they have many animal and predator instincts that don't cope with social rules, and favors BDSM. Men holds higher position than women. Werewolves are organised into packs, with their territory (a city or geographical region in wilder parts of the world). They are ruled by alpha male, aided by his [[Lancer second-in-command]], beta. Notable pack members include also omega, who acts as a negotiator, and lupa, the leading female of the pack. One's rank in the pack depends on one's strength (Jadowska seems to really love AuthorityEqualsAsskicking trope), yet every werewolf (even from outside the pack) can challenge alpha for his position. Such conflicts are solved in official duels and usually end with loser's death. New alfa usually puts his men in beta, omega and lupa's place.

* OurAngelsAreDiffrent: angels in Dora Wilk's world are long-living beings with empathic powers, DetectEvil skill and mental bonds between close family members (although it seems it's rather how close are they with each other than how much DNA they have in common). They are much stronger and more resistant than normal humans and look a lot better than them. If a person considers an angel his/her guardian and believes in this very strongly, that angel becomes said person's Guardian armed with ability to sense guarded person's psychical state and position no matter in which world or place they are. There are different kinds of angels (let's not dwell into that...) and only some of them have wingd. More powerful ones are equipped with extra powers or skills, as well as ability to enter Glory State, in which they are super-powerful, super-resistant, [[PowerGlows shine]] with [[HolyHandGrenade holy light]] and banish all unholy with their mere existence. As it's God who grants them powers, they aren't regular and even vanilla angel can have Glory State or wings, [[spoiler:as Joshua's example shows]].

* FallenAngel: rulers of Hell, like Samael or Lucifer are those. Most of hellians, however, were living there long before the Fall.

** GotALevelInBadass: during three books Dora transformed from regular half-blood northern witch to [[spoiler:quasi-vampire landlady, leader of a werewolf pack, uber-powerful multi-skilled witch with mental bond with angel and demon]], Miron changed from [[WanderingSon freelancer]] devil who happens to be boss' grandson into [[spoiler: fire-breathing pyr with the same mental bond]] and Joshua went from ShrinkingViolet wingless angel to [[spiler: badass GuardianAngel with wings and CoolSword (although the last one was borrowed from ArchangelMichael and was given back later)]]. Frankly, Trio gets new powers and perks OncePerEpisode.

->'''Leon:''' I've never seen anything like this. He was fighting like the angel of death, all bathed in blood... and he stopped them!

** GotALevelInBadass: during three books Dora transformed from regular half-blood northern witch to [[spoiler:quasi-vampire landlady, leader of a werewolf pack, uber-powerful multi-skilled witch with mental bond with angel and demon]], Miron changed from [[WanderingSon freelancer]] devil who happens to be boss' grandson into [[spoiler: fire-breathing pyr with the same mental bond]] and Joshua went from ShrinkingViolet wingless angel to [[badass GuardianAngel with wings and CoolSword (although the last one was borrowed from ArchangelMichael and was given back later)]]. Frankly, Trio gets new powers and perks OncePerBook.

!!This series provides examples of:[[note]]As the page is still under construction, examples may not be alphabetically organized[/note]

** BadassGrandpa: Lucifer. During hellish uprising in ''Winner Takes It All'' he almost single-h

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by [[Poland Polish]] author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]) and [[TheBartender bartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a {{Necromancer}} with a {{Cloudcoockolander}} vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland, mostly in Toruń and Three-City[[note]] three big cities on Polish coast - Gdańsk (Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot - which are often treated as one because they lie very close to each other and thus have lots of joint administration[[/note]] .

1. ''Złodziej Dusz'' (''Soul Thief'') - Dora, still a police officer, must solve a political HotPotato case - old activist of very religious RealLife organization dies, apparently murdered, and old lady's so-called friends decide to use it for political purposes. Meanwhile, the Council, Thorn's ruling body, ask Dora to use her police experience to solve mystery of SerialKiller who killed or kidnapped dozen or so paranormal beings - the titular Soul Thief.\\
2. ''Bogowie Muszą Być Szaleni'' (''Gods Must Be Crazy'') - Dora, Miron and Joshua move to their new house in Thorn and begins their career as private investigators when the repercussions of ''Soul Thief'' strikes and trio must go to Triple Alliance to answer some uncomfortable questions. Also, Norse god Loki begins to mess up and his ArchEnemy [[CreepyGood Badb]] chooses Dora as her {{Champion}} to stop him. Also, ArchangelRaphael ''really'' dislikes Joshua and sends AxeCrazy she-killer and ex-witch to get rid of him. Also, ghosts of Dora's greatgrand...grandma shows up and is ''not happy''.\\
3. ''Zwycięzca Bierze Wszystko'' (''Winner Takes It All'') - conflict between trio and Raphael reaches it's peak, as well as Hell's internal disagreements. AngelOfDeath shows up, as well as [[KainAbelAndSeth a missing character]], ex-lover and lots of kids. FantasticRacism ensues.

Currently (end of 2013) series consists of three parts:
1. ''Złodziej Dusz'' (''Soul Thief'') - Dora, still a police officer, must solve a political HotPotato case - old activist of very religious RealLife organization dies, apparently murdered, and old lady's so-called friends decide to use it for political purposes. Meanwhile, the Council, Thorn's ruling body, ask Dora to use her police experience to solve mystery of SerialKiller who killed or kidnapped dozen or so paranormal beings - the titular Soul Thief.
2. ''Bogowie Muszą Być Szaleni'' (''Gods Must Be Crazy'') - Dora, Miron and Joshua move to their new house in Thorn and begins their career as private investigators when the repercussions of ''Soul Thief'' strikes and trio must go to Triple Alliance to answer some uncomfortable questions. Also, Norse god Loki begins to mess up and his ArchEnemy [[CreepyGood Badb]] chooses Dora as her {{Champion}} to stop him. Also, ArchangelRaphael ''really'' dislikes Joshua and sends AxeCrazy she-killer and ex-witch to get rid of him. Also, ghosts of Dora's greatgrand...grandma shows up and is ''not happy''.

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by [[Poland Polish]] author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]) and [[TheBartender bartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a {{Necromancer}} with a {{Cloudcookolander}} vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland, mostly in Toruń and Three-City[[note]] three big cities on Polish coast - Gdańsk (Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot - which are often treated as one because they lie very close to each other and thus have lots of joint administration[[/note]] .

In series, our vanilla world exists alongside the magical one, accessible by a few gates. In this world, cities and places matches cities and places in ours (Thorn for Toruń, Triple Alliance for Three-City) and locals have [[MagiTek electricity and phones]]. Said "locals" are magical creatures such as vampires, werewolves, strigas, wraiths, ghosts, succubus, witches, magicians, shapeshifters, loads and loads of Slavic mythology beasts [[AllMythAreTrue and more]]. Alongside ''this'' world exists Hell and Heaven, which currently are at peace with each other. Because of FantasticRacism, Judeo-Christian world and magical world didn't really do along for centuries (you know, witch burning, Inquisition, sacrificing priests and such), so few centuries ago both sides signed a Treaty to ensure peace. The series is place in modern times and partially deals with consequences of Treaty and FantasticRacism.

1. ''Złodziej Dusz'' (''Soul Thief'') - Dora, still a police officer, must solve a

''Dora Wilk Series'' is UrbanFantasy book series by [[Poland Polish]] author Aneta Jadowska. The story centers on police officer turned private investigator Theodora "Dora" Wilk (Polish for "Wolf") who also happens to be a witch with terribly complicated genealogy. She's aided by [[HotAsHell devil Miron]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend]] Joshua ([[OurAngelsAreDiffrent angel]]) and [[TheBartender]] demon Leon, as well as Katia, a Necromancer with a Cloudcookolander vibe and Witkacy, a fellow cop [[spoiler: and a WitchDoctor]]. All books take place in northern Poland.