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* AnythingThatMoves: Both Blair and Roscoe were fairly indiscreet about who they slept with and how in their pasts. Blair grew out of it around the 1970s and Roscoe just prefers Blair now.

* RasputinianDeath: While all of Blair's loved ones meet horrifying ends in his [[YourWorstNightmare dream state]], Roscoe specifically suffers a threefold death.

[[caption-width-right:326:He's a destroyer with power over death. She's a creator made of starlight. [[TheyFightCrime They save the universe.]]]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Raphael and Blair point out that their current environment includes an archangel, two Fae, a banshee, a Primordial... and a vampire. (Raphael invokes this almost word for word.)

* ArchangelRaphael: Blair's primary enemy, particularly because they are [[NotSoDifferent too similar]].

* GenreSavvy: Eveny describes the RedshirtArmy nature of a demon's life to Roscoe, with no small amount of bitterness.
** RealityEnsues: Eveny's complaint about having to serve "commoners" just to make ends meet.

A series of {{Scifantasy}} novellas written by Deborah Dixon. The overarching story revolves around two characters, Roscoe Williams and Blair Winters; the various exploits that result from their [[StarCrossedLovers ill-advised meeting]] constantly threaten to turn the universe on its head. Roscoe and Blair encounter creatures ranging from pretenders to the omnipotent, while struggling with the true meaning behind what brought them together at all - and a [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex power complex]] with the potential to destroy everything sacred to them.

* CelestialParagonsAndAngels: The archangels typically work side by side with [[spoiler:the Primordials]], but given their recent history, in this story the latter are angling to destroy the former.

* IHaveManyNames: Blair's past names and aliases include - but are apparently not limited to - Bréanainn, Regulus, Aeriomhar, Tristain, Rordan, Blair Rearden, Blair Winters, Cantrell, John Black, John Rearden, [[spoiler:the Lucifer]], and Shane Riordan. We still don't know his birth name.

* TonightSomeoneDies: A major character death occurs in this book, setting up the events in the final novella.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Jael, protagonist of ''Sovereign'']], appears in the epilogue to deliver a message to [[ArchangelGabriel the Messenger]].
* CassandraTruth: When Roscoe worries about Ruaridh, Blair tells her that he is alive and well. She finds this condescending, and storms off.

* IHaveManyNames: Blair's past names and aliases include - but are apparently not limited to - Bréanainn, Regulus, Aeriomhar, Tristain, Blair Rearden, Blair Winters, Cantrell, John Black, John Rearden, [[spoiler:the Lucifer]], and Shane Riordan. We still don't know his birth name.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Eveny describes the RedshirtArmy nature of a demon's life to Roscoe, with no small amount of bitterness.
** RealityEnsues: Eveny's complaint about having to serve "commoners" just to make ends meet.

* TheOmnipresent: UnreliableNarrator takes a chapter off thanks to the narrator of Epilogue II, who gives the details of what happened on Luna in a factual, almost clinical manner.

** WithAFootOnTheBus: Except that he almost immediately reappears in the epilogue [[spoiler:as Joann]], to visit the unsuspecting Roscoe.

The first installment, "Fiat Lux," saw its original release in October 2015; a total of five novellas, as well as a number of related short stories, have been published as of May 2016. The announced lineup for Series I is:

** Also the reason why Blair does not give out his birth name.

* VillainProtagonist: This novella (and the other even-numbered ones) is told from Blair's point of view. He considers himself a bit ''[[IDidWhatIHadToDo differently]]'' compared to how other characters view him.

* InterspeciesRomance / RandomSpeciesOffspring: Mostly averted. Blair points out that Roscoe really should have figured out that he was not actually human shortly after they met, due to the fact that they were able to conceive: Blair is genetically almost the same species as Roscoe. This makes Ruaridh almost fully Primordial.

* [[spoiler:DefectingForLove: Blair [[ThatLiarLies claims]] to be doing this at the end of the story. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]: Blair's meeting and falling for Roscoe was carefully planned and orchestrated by one of Blair's opponents. Blair is aware of this and which opponent pulled it off, but plays into it anyway. [[XanatosGambit To all appearances]].]]

* OneSteveLimit: Somewhat averted by John Black/John Rearden, two of Blair's aliases; and John, one of Blair's students.

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Raphael]] returns, again, but this time because Blair calls him back. [[BackForTheDead Possibly averted]]; he does not respond, as [[spoiler:[[UncertainDoom he was in Heaven when it was attacked]].]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Morrígan is after Blair and his universe this time. At the beginning of the story, she has already [[spoiler:[[TheNamesake destroyed Heaven]].]]

# "Prodigal" (to be released 1 July 2016)

** WithAFootOnTheBus: Except that he almost immediately reappears in the epilogue [[spoiler:as Joanna]], to visit the unsuspecting Roscoe.

** Blair himself appears to be between thirty and forty. He gives his age as 3,175, but admits to having "skipped" less favorable years. On the other hand, Reynardo insists that Blair is older than ''him''.

# "Heavens Fall" (to be released)
# "Prodigal" (to be released)