History Literature / PresidentsVampire

* ThisIsUnforgivable: When Cade discovers [[spoiler: how the Shadow Company is manufacturing the Snakehead virus, namely by using abducted children as incubators, he asks Bell, the Shadow Company agent he'd taken prisoner, serving as his reluctant access deeper into the facility, in a [[TranquilFury low and deadly voice]] if she knew what was going on. When Bell admits she did, she looks at Cade, gets the impression he seems to be resisting something...[[OhCrap and then realises with genuine terror that he is struggling against the urge to kill her]].]]

** In ''Deep State'', [[spoiler: when Wyman calls Zach back to Washington to resume his position as Cade's handler four years after [[ReassignedToAntarctica promoting him sideways]], Zach (who in addition to resenting Wyman for that, already hates the man and openly considers him responsible for Curtis's death) bluntly [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt tells Wyman to go fuck himself]].]]

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* NotSoDifferent: Konrad tries to pull this off on Cade, but Nathaniel reacts rather... [[UnstoppableRage angrily]].

* VegetarianVampire: Bar his first burst of HorrorHunger after his creation, Cade refuses even voluntarily donated or blood-bank-derived human blood, believing that if he gives in, he won't be able to stop. He drinks animal blood instead. Tania considers this squeamishness.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: When Cade discovers [[spoiler: how the Shadow Company is manufacturing the Snakehead virus, namely by using abducted children as incubators, he turns to Bell, the Shadow Company agent he'd taken prisoner, serving as his reluctant access deeper into the facility, and asks her in a [[TranquilFury low and deadly voice]] if she knew what was going on. When Bell admits she did, she looks at Cade, gets the impression he seems to be resisting something...[[OhCrap and then realises with genuine terror that he is struggling against the urge to kill her]].]]

-->''That was the last thing she thought before Cade ripped out her throat. The writers who described a vampire's bite as [[KissOfTheVampire two neat puncture wounds in the neck]] were either [[BloodlessCarnage being polite]] or [[FailedASpotCheck or had never really looked their own teeth]]. A vampire, when he bites, hyperextends his canines, the third tooth on each side from the centre. They are necessary for any carnivore, designed by evolution for the express purpose of rending flesh. Canines are used for only one thing, even by humans. Canines tear. [[spoiler:Megan Roark's]] head was attached to her body only by her broken neck and some gristle.

** A varient in ''Deep State'' [[spoiler: involving a mutant Cordyceps fungus taking over the population of a town in Wyoming surrounding a hidden nuclear missile silo to allow the fungus to make use of the missiles to wipe out humanity in order to save itself from extinction]].

# Better Dead then Red is coming in 2017

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Konrad is very interested in his virus' creepy and {{Squick}}y effects.

* AffablyEvil: Helen comes of as pleasant and helpful most of the time, while in fact, she's very probably a psychopath.

** The Shadow Company has been behind numerous political assassinations, and started TheWarOnTerror, all as part of their plans to take over America and start the end of the world.

* IGaveMyWord: A subverted example from ''Red, White and Blood'': [[spoiler: after getting the intel they need out of Del Collins, the leader of a white supremacist gang whose members, at the behest of Helen Holt, are about to launch a terrorist attack on a Curtis campaign rally, Collins reminds them that Cade promised to let him go...at which point Cade replies that he told the guy [[LoopholeAbuse he was free to walk out of there]], which much to Zach's amusement and Collins' horror, he is no longer physically capable of doing, Cade having broken pretty much every bone in his body beforehand. Collins doesn't get halfway to the door before he collapses from agonising pain and Cade puts him out of his misery]].

** In ''Deep State'', [[spoiler: when Wyman calls Zach back to Washington to resume his position as Cade's handler four years after [[ReassignedToAntarctica promoting him sideways]], Zach (who in addition to resenting Wyman for that, already hates the man and openly considers him responsible for [[spoiler: Curtis's death]]) bluntly [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt tells Wyman to go fuck himself]].]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: In his heyday, Konrad was a baron and has never forgotten that fact, leading him to look on present-day humans (particularly Americans) as naive children who've never seen or endured true hardship. It's also one of the reasons he despises Cade; Konrad believes his rank elevates him above Cade, and is angered that Cade doesn't know to respect his betters.

** In ''Deep State'', [[spoiler: when Wyman calls Zach back to Washington to resume his position as Cade's handler four years after [[ReassignedToAntarctica promoting him sideways]], Zach (who in addition to resenting Wyman for that, already hates the man and openly considers him responsible for Curtis's death) bluntly [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt tells Wyman to go fuck himself]].]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In ''The President's Vampire'', [[spoiler: when one of the research team suggests Konrad might be behind the Snakehead virus outbreak, Zach dismisses the idea, explaining that Konrad would never have anything to do with Innsmouth (the original source of the virus]]) because he considers that sort of thing beneath him. Zach also adds that if Konrad were behind such a thing, it would have his signature all over it, because [[ItsPersonal he'd want Cade to know he was responsible]].
** Konrad himself expresses this as the reason why he refused Hitler's order to have his flu virus varient used as a bio-weapon against England during World War II, as he was concerned with the virus's potential to spread out of check.

* IGaveMyWord: A subverted example from ''Red, White and Blood'': [[spoiler: after getting the intel they need out of the leader of a white supremacist gang whose members, at the behest of Helen Holt, are about to launch a terrorist attack on a Curtis campaign rally, the gang leader reminds them that Cade promised to let him go...at which point Cade replies that he told the guy [[LoopholeAbuse he was free to walk out of there]], which much to Zach's amusement and the thug's horror, he is no longer physically capable of doing, Cade having broken most of his bones beforehand. The guy doesn't get halfway before he collapses from agonising pain and Cade puts him out of his misery]].

* IntroOnlyPointOfView: ''Blood Oath'' starts with POV of a random soldier who witnesses a fight between Cade and a bunch of werewolves, then returns to Iraq and is never seen again.

-->''He was no longer human. And in that moment, at least, he was glad of it''.

** Konrad presents himself as a cultured, erudite and polite man [[NiceToTheWaiter friendly to his staff and clients]], when in truth he's the original MadScientist and EvilutionaryBiologist with [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate a sense (or rather complete lack) of morality that would make Joseph Mengele look clean by comparison]], who has worked for the Nazis pioneering bioweapons and carrying out his research in the concentration camps, before moving on after the war to serve the Soviets, Islamic militants, the Shadow Company and just about any group who will allow him to continue his research, as well as being willing to murder prostitutes to extract what he needs to keep himself immortal from their bodies, and willfully murders and betrays people (including his allies) for reasons as petty as the fact he simply doesn't like them.

* TheyCalledMeMad: Johann, usually composed, has a brief moment when, watching the work of his HumanResources extractor, muses in his head, "and to think they called me mad!"

** A varient in ''Deep State'' [[spoiler: involves a mutant Cordyceps fungus taking over the population of a town in Wyoming surrounding a hidden nuclear missile silo to allow the fungus to make use of the missiles to wipe out humanity in order to save itself from extinction]].

# ''Dead State'' (novella)

** ''Dead State'' begins with [[spoiler: Zach being relieved of his position as Cade's handler and promoted sideways into a dead-end office job in Nebraska]].

So far, there are four books in the series:

** While Konrad is implied to have saved Reagan's life in 1981, it's indicated that the President never fully recovered from the ahort period of clinical brain death he endured and towards the end of his second term became quite zombie-like in behaviour.

* EvilIsPetty: During her time in the CIA, Holt ratted out her entire team to the Islamic extremists they were shadowing, resulting in their deaths, because she was insulted they were sidelining her because she was the junior member of the team. This got her noticed by the Shadow Company.

* ThisIsUnforgiveable: When Cade discovers [[spoiler: how the Shadow Company is manufacturing the Snakehead virus, namely by using abducted children as incubators, he turns to Bell, the Shadow Company agent he'd taken prisoner, serving as his reluctant access deeper into the facility, and asks her in a [[TranquilFury low and deadly voice]] if she knew what was going on. When Bell admits she did, she looks at Cade, gets the impression he seems to be resisting something...[[OhCrap and then realises with genuine terror that he is struggling against the urge to kill her]].]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In ''The President's Vampire'', [[spoiler: when one of the research team suggests Konrad might be behind the Snakehead virus outbreak, Zach dismisses the idea, explaining that Konrad would never have anything to do with Innsmouth (the original source of the virus]]) because he considers that sort of thing beneath him. Zach also adds that if Konrad were behind such a thing, it would have his signature all over it, because [[ItsPersonal he'd want Cade to know he was responsible]].]]

* PedestrianCrushesCar: Cade stops Company's car by standing in front of it and then punching it, sending it on the wall and crushing beyond saving. It's a small miracle that its passengers survived this.

* ThisIsUnforgiveable: When Cade discovers [[spoiler: how the Shadow Company is manufacturing the Snakehead virus, namely by using abducted children as incubators, he turns to Bell, the Shadow Company agent he'd taken prisoner to allow him serving as his reluctant acess deeper into the facility, and asks her in a [[TranquilFury low and deadly voice]] if she knew what was going on. When Bell admits she did, she looks at Cade, gets the impression he seems to be resisting something...[[OhCrap and then realises with genuine terror that he is geuninely struggling against the urge to kill her]].]]

-->'''Graves''': [[spoiler: [[ThisCannotBe No. You can't do this]]. ''([[MenacingStroll Cade advances on him]])'' [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections No. ''You can't do this! I have rights'']]!]]