History Literature / Kadingir

The series is still ongoing, and currently consists of four books (''El Cetro de Zink'', ''El Señor de Zapp'', ''El Caso Shapla'' and ''El Cuarto Poder''[[labelnote:English]]''The Scepter of Zink'', ''The Lord of Zapp'', ''The Shapla Case'' and ''The Fourth Power''[[/labelnote]]), which follow Ishtar's multiple adventures in Ki. Additionally, in 2017 a precuel was published, ''La Reina de Kigal''[[labelnote:English]]''The Queen of Kigal''[[/labelnote]], which was centered on Ishtar's grandmother Nirgal and some other character's in their youth.

* HiveMind: The xibits are a swarm of three thousand bouncing yellow furry creatures who seem to share the same brain cell.

--->-- ''Jun and Mercè, probably''.

* {{Trilogy}}: Specifically averted by the authors. From the official website:

--->"This is not a trilogy. ''Kadingir'' has no limits. We'll keep writing about it until we get tired."

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: One of ''The Fourth Power'''s chapters is titled "Attack of the 50 feet caterpillar", a pun on it really having 50 limbs and the fact that it is a giant killer bug.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Giant killer toothy caterpillars.
* BadassNormal: Sura is outraged at the [[HumansAreAverage lack of cool features]] [[HumanAliens the Zitis have]] compared to the other races, so he built himself [[CatFolk Tidnum]] claws, an [[BirdPeople Anzud]] wing-like glider, [[FishPeople Kuzubi]] scuba-diving gear, [[LizardFolk Musdagur]] camouflage and as many gadgets he can think of to counter the genetic injustice.

* MegaNeko: A maladjusted alterer is used to open a very, very small portal inside of the Sata manor, spitting out a [[ShrinkRay tiny]] [[PhlebotinumBreakdown tidnum]]. Grati the cat wants to play with her terrified newfound friend, but instead ends up jumping through the small portal... and ends up in Ki the size of a whale.

* OurWormholesAreDifferent: The only way to go from Ki to Earth is through a portal, activated by an alterer. The series main title, Kadingir, is actually the name of this interdimentional technology.

* HiveMind: The xibits are a swarm of three thousand bouncing yellow furry creatures

* JawDrop: Ishtar nearly gives Nakki a heart attack when she happily jumps off a tower in front of him, prompting the titular unhinged expression out of sheer shock.

* KillerTeddyBear: Averted with [[spoiler: Usumgal]]; he is indeed [[SealedEvilInATeddyBear a teddy bear]] with murderous intent, but he is too scared when in this vulnerable state to think about anything but escaping.

* BoltOfDivineRetribution: [[TheCaligula Mad King Kanota]]'s ultimate fate, after blowing up his own castle proclaiming that [[TalkativeLoon no penguin]] [[LaughingMad would sit on the throne]]. His reign is widely regarded as an embarrassment to the Zitis, who would happily forget about his whole existance.

* CatapultToGlory: Ishtar and Nakki are needed urgently at the other side of the hemisphere, so he resorts to using the Zag-Tag, an obsolete and occasionally deadly transport method that very much resembles a catapult. Ishtar [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe doesn't take him seriously]] until it's too late.

* CluelessDetective: The Nuzu Brothers are charged with investigating the murder of King Kuzu. Their strategy is to interrogate ''everyone who was in the city'', one after the other, looking at them straight in the eye and asking if they killed the king. And arrest the royal butler, [[TheButlerDidIt just in case]].

** In ''The Queen of Kigal'' we learn that Elvis also came from Ki. However, it is not a case of ElvisLives since that book is set in the late fifties.

* BavarianFireDrill: Nakki's method for clearing out a building (which must be used as an impromptu interdimensional portal) is charging in yelling about a bomb threat and ordering everyone out. The fact that said building is a church and half the elderly locals are attending mass significantly slows down the evacuation, giving pause to the priest to question his authority, but at that point Nakki is so impatient that he straight-out [[PsychicPowers subjugates him]], kicks everyone out and bars the door for good measure.

** Played straight with [[spoiler: Usumgal]], who is also transformed into a pink, tutu-wearing teddy bear and sealed away behind a glass container For good measure.

* XanatosSpeedChess: Kanasul proves to be a ruthless and adaptable strategist in ''The Queen of Kigal'', where [[SpannerInTheWorks Lugal's self-appointed heroic rescue of the Zukum's refugees]] forces him to readjust his plan, and he ends up using his enemy's interference to his advantage: slaughtering his malcontent subjects, blaming it on Lugal and using ''that'' as an excse to capture and burn at the stake the leader of the Ziti.

* CallBack: In ''The Shapla Case'', Ishtar's hair turns bright blue due to an allergic reaction, and a tabloid journalist comments the colour will become fashinable amongst the Ziti. ONe book later, the Duke of Baredinna is indeed wearing a tunic in the same electric blue.

-->'''The Duke of Baredinna''': ''Oh, lala!'' I love the France! I pulled some strings in the Kadingir Corporation and they revealed to me so much intel about this exotic Earthling region... Now I dress all my servants with berets, I eat ''kroudjans'' every morning and I've had all of July Bernie's books translated!

-->'''Nakki''': For the ''last time''! I don't joke! I don't jest, I don't jape, and I certainly am not kidding you right now!

* RetiredBadass: Lúgal, Nírgal's dad and Ishtar's great-grandfather, is called out of retirement to stop a coup and kick some traitor's butt in ''The Shapla Case''.

* StaffOfAuthority: The titular Sceptre of Zink is this for the Ziti leader. Each race's king or queen has their own staff, and so do their head advisors. Since they also enhance their powers, they double as MagicStaff.

* StolenMacGuffinReveal: After everyone has been looking for it desperately throughout the book, [[spoiler: Golik]] saves the day at the last minute by [[spoiler: giving Ishtar the Sceptre of Zink.]]

* EvilOverlord: Usumgal, the BigBad of the series.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Rakkar is a kind, optimistic, passionate explorer [[MoralityPet who loves his dog to the moon and back,]] which makes his reveal as [[spoiler: the leader of The Fourth Power]] very chilling, considering that even after Ishtar confronts him, he never loses his sunny disposition.