History Literature / KrimPyramid

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The novels of the duology are named after phrases to do with pyramids: PyramidScheme and PyramidPower.

* TookALevelInBadass: Jerry toughens up considerably in body and mind over the course of his adventures.

This is a SpeculativeFiction series by Eric Flint, consisting of ''Pyramid Scheme'' and ''Pyramid Power'', intended to eventually become a trilogy. A mysterious alien device lands at the University of Chicago, and begins causing people to disappear. The device grows whenever it does this, and also whenever any effort is made to damage it. The snatched victims, chosen for anger and credulity, are being dragged into the worlds of myth, made flesh by the alien device. They, and anyone touching them, vanish in a flash of purple fire, and only come back dead or dying of strange injuries.

* FrenchJerk: Henri is this at first but gradually morph into a LovableCoward.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: Referred to as being buried alive at Thule Air Force Base.

* BuxomIsBetter: Invoked several times towards Liz.

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Jerry tells Salinas that a certain phrase in Ancient Greek means "I am your friend". Salinas tells it to Circe and [[BalefulPolymorph she turns him into a pig]]. The exact phrase and its meaning are not provided, but are implied to be an extremely obscene insult.

* CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted, both agencies have good and bad members (and most of the bad ones are pawned off onto the Pyramid Security Agency when they haughtily demand manpower).

* AdultFear: Liz, Lamont, Cruz and [=McKenna=]'s families are mentioned or shown as having this once they get sucked into the pyramids.

When a Chicago cop is snatched, he accidentally takes along mythograper Jerry Lukacs, mechanic and handyman Lamont Cranston, marine biologist Liz De Beer, and a squad of U.S. soldiers including Sergeant Anibal Cruz and Corporal Mckenna. They find themselves trapped in The Odyssey, aboard the black galley of Odysseus between Scylla and Charybdis.

* FBIGoodCIAEvil: Subverted, both agencies have good and bad members (and most of the bad ones are pawned off onto the Pyramid Security Agency when they haughtily demand manpower).

* AdultFear: Liz, Lamont, Cruz and McKenna's families are mentioned or shown as having this once they get sucked into the pyramids.

This is a SpeculativeFiction Duology by Eric Flint, consisting of ''Pyramid Scheme'' and ''Pyramid Power''. A mysterious alien device lands at the University of Chicago, and begins causing people to disappear. The device grows whenever it does this, and also whenever any effort is made to damage it. The snatched victims, chosen for anger and credulity, are being dragged into the worlds of myth, made flesh by the alien device. They, and anyone touching them, vanish in a flash of purple fire, and only come back dead or dying of strange injuries.

* AlliterativeTitle: The second book, ''Pyramid Power''.

When a Chicago cop is snatched, he accidentally takes along mythograper Jerry Lukacs, mechanic and handyman Lamont Cranston, marine biologist Liz De Beer, and a squad of U.S. soldiers including Sergeant Anibal Cruz and Corporal Mckenna. They find themselves trapped in The Odyessy, aboard the black galley of Odysseus between Scylla and Charybdis.

* DepravedBisexual: When the group first appears on the black galley, Odysseus and his crew decide that they're slaves and plan to rape both Liz DeBeer and Corporal McKenna.

This is a SpeculativeFiction Duology by Eric Flint, consisting of ''Pyramid Scheme'' and ''Pyramid Power''.
A mysterious alien device lands at the University of Chicago, and begins causing people to disappear. The device grows whenever it does this, and also whenever any effort is made to damage it. The snatched victims, chosen for anger and credulity, are being dragged into the worlds of myth, made flesh by the alien device. They, and anyone touching them, vanish in a flash of purple fire, and only come back dead or dying of strange injuries.

This is a SpeculativeFiction Duology by Eric Flint, consisting of ''Pyramid Scheme'' and ''Pyramid Power''.
A mysterious alien device lands at the University of Chicago, and begins causing people to disappear. The device grows whenever it does this, and also whenever any effort is made to damage it. The snatched victims, chosen for anger and credulity, are being dragged into the worlds of myth, made flesh by the alien device. They, and anyone touching them, vanish in a flash of purple fire, and only come back dead or dying of strange injuries.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulu: At one point, Zeus, king of the Olympians, is about to start blasting people with thunderbolts. Henri Lenoir, visiting French botanist, proceeds to deliver a blistering salvo of insults in true Gallic fashion, [[WeNeedADistraction distracting Zeus]] until the others can escape. Also a HeroicSacrifice, because he gets killed. Also a Crowning Moment of Awesome, because he did it while horribly sick [[spoiler:And survived a god level lightning bolt long enough to flirt with a nurse back in the real world and enjoy a glass of fine wine.]]

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Jerry embodies this trope, having his nose in a book so constantly he can barely dress himself, let alone keep groceries stocked.

When a Chicago cop is snatched, he accidentally takes along mythograper Jerry Lukacs, mechanic and handyman Lamont Cranston, marine biologist Liz De Beer, and a squad of U.S. soldiers including Sergeant Anibal Cruz and Corporal Mckenna. They find themselves trapped in TheOdyessy, aboard the black galley of Odysseus between Scylla and Charybdis.

PhysicalGod: All the resurrected gods have physical forms and can be injured or restrained by sufficiently powerful attacks.

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