History Literature / ShamanOfTheUndead

* DemonSlaying: Brittle's job in WON.

* IAmHumanitarian: Demons like eating people, which makes obvious why it's illegal to summon them.

-> ''Medium has a screwed life. Medium who doesn't want to be a medium, is screwed doubly. Medium with no vocation, but with aversion to spirits, is screwed up in all possible ways.''

* {{Masquerade}}

* DeadpanSnarker: Most notably Tekla, Okhamhaka and Readhead, although other characters have their moments as well.

* {{Geas}}: shaman of the undead must lead souls she dreamed of to the Land Of The Dead - otherwise she loses part of her soul and somebody else dies.

Ida Brzezińska is the BlackSheep in her family - the only child to powerful, influential family of wizards, [[TheCallPutMeOnHold she seems to possess no magical talent whatsoever]]. Tired with her parents' plots to send her to magical university and then marry her off to some Wizard-Council-influential magician whom she can bear properly magical children, Ida runs off to Wrocław to study psychology. Things get complicated when it turns out that she has, in fact, a gift - she's the "shaman of the undead", a person able to foresee somebody's death and obliged to [[Psychopomp lead said person's soul to the Land Of The Dead]]. Trained by her tongue-in-cheek old aunt Tekla, Ida foresees her first assignment and sets off to do the job... but the case is more complicated than it seems.

* {{Brainwashed}}: Any {{Muggle}} who has seen too much magic is subjected to this, with their memories of the events wiped out.

* {{Intangibility}}: ghosts' property, as well as Biter's when he's personifying Ida's dreams.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: they are either souls of dead people that hasn't come to the Land Of The Dead yet or came back at call, or souls that came (or were pushed) out of their still living bodies. They can be destroyed, tainted by black magic or turned into demons, and can shatter if tainted too much.

* ProphecyTwist: Ida ''did'' foresaw the sudden death of [[spoiler: Mikołaj]] and when [[spoiler:h]]e broke in her house and tried to kill her, all the time she was waiting for someone to come in and save the day. It turns out [[spoiler:she was the person who killed him]].

* TheCallPutMeOnHold: until she was 21, Ida didn't have any magical talents, which annoyed her parents (powerful wizards) endlessly.

* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Ida's parents attitude towards their only daughter. Ida was supposed to be "necessary minimum" to secure her family's political power, be obedient daughter, study magic and marry important wizard. She turns out to have no magical powers, be rebellious and wishing to study psychology on {{Muggle}} university. Parents are not happy and think she hides her powers from them so that they won't be albe to send her to magical school. They actually set multiple magical traps in their house, trying to prove they're right. They're wrong and Ida once had to wait almost a quarter suspended upside down before they arrived to free her.

-> ''Medium has a screwed life. Medium, that doesn't want to be a medium, is screwed doubly. Medium with no vocation, but with aversion to spirits, is screwed up in all possible ways.''

Ida Brzezińska is her family's BlackSheep - the only child to powerful, influential family of wizards, [[TheCallPutMeOnHold she seems to possess no magical talent whatsoever]]. Tired with her parents' plots to send her on magical university and marry her off to some Wizard-Council-influential magician so that she can bear him some magical children, Ida runs off to Wrocław to study psychology. Things get complicated when it turns out that she has, in fact, a gift - she's the "shaman of the undead", a person able to foresee somebody's death and obliged to lead said person's soul to the Land Of The Dead. Trained by her tongue-in-cheek old aunt Tekla, Ida foresees her first assignment and sets off to do the job... but the case is more complicated than it seems.

* AlchemyIsMagic: it is mentioned as one of divisions of magic.

* BigEater: "Brittle" Kruszyński. Ida once or twice complains as how he empties her whole fridge on every visit.
* BlessedWithSuck: So far, it seems like no good comes form being shaman of the undead.

* BondCreature: Variation of this occures with Ida and Bad Luck, although case of who has who is never resolved. Played straight with Biter, Ida's dreamcatcher, and zig-zagged with Joanna who's a harpy accompanying Ida everywhere because Ida should lead her to Land Of The Dead [[note]]She can't. Harpies are forever stuck in mortal world, so Ida will never get rid of Joanna[[/note]].

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Tekla. she]] died two years before the beginning of the story.

* DemonSlaying: It's Brittle's job in WON.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Ida foresees certain people's death, as well as important future events.

* FantasticAngst: Ida angsts over her parents who wants her to study on magical university and marry some influential wizard, despite girl lacking magical talent.

* {{Geas}}: shaman of the undead must lead souls she dreamed of to the Land Of The Dead - otherwisely she loses part of her soul and somebody else dies.

* HauntedHouse: most notably Tekla's house and apartment house Ida moved in.

* [[MagicIsAMonsterMagnet Magic Is A Ghost Magnet]]: due to the Inner Eye, the source of shaman's powers, visible to ghost as bright, white light.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Okhamhaka, the Indian boy-ghost who Tekla calls "probably the most powerful one she's ever met". How did he get to Wrocław, an ocean and half a continent from America, is left unexplained.

* BondCreature: Variation of this occures with Ida and Bad Luck, although case of who has who is never resolved.

* WizardsAndWitches: series premise.

* DemonSlaying: it's Brittle's job in WON.

* CreatorProvincialism: Except from few scenes at the beginning of the first book and one or two in the second, all story takes place in Wrocław.

[[caption-width-right:259:Ladies and gentelman, our unwilling heroine.]]

Ida Brzezińska is her family's BlackSheep - the only child to powerful, influential family of wizards, [[TheCallPutMeOnHold she seems to possess no magical talent whatsoever]]. Tired with her parents' plots to send her on magical university and marry her off to some Wizard-Council-influential magician so that she can bore him some magical children, Ida runs off to Wrocław to study psychology. Things get complicated when it turns out that she has, in fact, a gift - she's the "shaman of the undead", person able to foresee somebody's death and obliged to lead said person's soul to the Land Of The Dead. Trained by her tongue-in-cheek old aunt Tekla, Ida foresees her first assignment and sets off to do the job... but the case is more complicated than it seems.

* BlessedWithSuck: so far, it seems like no good comes form being shaman of the undead.
* BlueCollarWarlock: every wizard or witch in this universe.
* {{Brainwashed}}: any {{Muggle}} who has seen too much magic is subjected to this, with their memories of the events wiped out.
* CreatorProvincialism: except from few scenes at the beginning of the first book and one or two in the second, all story takes place in Wrocław.
* CurseEscapeClause: any immortal oath should have it.[[spoiler: Too sad Ida didn't know it when she made one...]]
* TheDarkArts: ol' fashioned black magic. Smells of ginger and pepper.

* InSeriesNickname: most agents of WON has those, as Polish tradition requires[[note]]In Poland it's quite popular to call workmates by nicknames derived from their surname, i.e. Simthson may be called Smith, Peterson - Petey etc. It usually indicates that they've been working together for quite a long time and are on friendly terms[[/note]]. Zofia is Readhead, Kruszyński - Brittle ("Kruchy" in Polish), Lena Wolf is Wolfie and so on.

* [[Necromancer Necromancers]]: WON treats them as necessary evil, as they use black magic, but opportunity to question the victim can be priceless.

Ida Brzezińska is her family's BlackSheep - the only child to powerful, influential family of wizards, [[TheCallPutMeOnHold she seems to possess no magical talent whatsoever]]. Tired with her parents' plots to send her on magical university and marry her off to some Wizard-Council-Influential magician so that she can bore him some magical children, Ida runs off to Wrocław to study psychology. Things get complicated when it turns out that she has, in fact, a gift - she's the "shaman of the undead", person able to foresee somebody's death and obliged to lead said person's soul to the Land Of The Dead. Trained by her tongue-in-cheek old aunt Tekla, Ida foresees her first assignment and sets off to do the job... but the case is more complicated than it seems.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: they are either souls of dead people that hasn't come to the Land Of The Dead yet or came back at call, or souls that came (or were pushed) out of their still living bodies. They can be destroyed, tainted by black magic or turned into demons, and can shatter if tainted too much.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Ida is this until she learns to conceal her Inner Eye.

* AddictionPower: Kwiatuszek's powers works only if she eats a lot of fat and unhealthy food.

* [[MagicIsMonsterMagnet Magic Is Ghost Magnet]]: due to the Inner Eye, the source of shaman's powers, visible to ghost as bright, white light.

* {{Geas}}: shaman of the undead must lead souls she dreamed of to the Land Of The Dead - otherwisely she loses part of her soul.

-> Medium has a screwed life. Medium, that doesn't want to be a medium, is screwed doubly. Medium with no vocation, but with aversion to spirits, is screwed up in all possible ways.
-> '''description in book's blurb'''

* ProphecyTwist: Ida ''did'' foresaw the sudden death of [[spoiler: Mikołaj]] and when [[spoiler:h]]e broke in her house and tried to kill him, all the time she was waiting for someone to come in and save the day. It turns out [[spoiler:she was the person who killed him]].

* InSeriesNickname: most agents of WON has those, as Polish tradition requires[[note:In Poland it's quite popular to call workmates by nicknames derived from their surname, i.e. Simthson may be called Smith, Peterson - Petey etc. It usually indicates that they've been working together for quite a long time and are on friendly terms]]. Zofia is Readhead, Kruszyński - Brittle ("Kruchy" in Polish), Lena Wolf is Wolfie and so on.

''Shaman of the undead'' is 21st-century series of UrbanFantasy books by Polish author Martyna Raduchowska, so far untranslated to any other languages. It tells the story of eponymous heroine in the modern-day southern Poland, where magical world hides from {{Muggle}} one.

Ida Brzezińska is her family's BlackSheep - the only child to powerful, influential family of wizards, [[TheCallPutMeOnHold she seems to possess no magical talent whatsoever]]. Tired with her parents' plots to send her on magical university and marry her off to some Wizard-Council-Influential magician so that she can bore him some magical children, Ida runs off to Wrocław to study psychology. Things get complicated when it turns out that she has, in fact, a gift - she's the "shaman of the undead", person able to foresee somebody's death and obliged to lead said person's soul to the Land Of The Dead. Trained by her tongue-in-cheek old aunt Tekla, Ida forsee her first assignment and sets off to do the job... but the case is more complicated than it seems.

Series currently has two parts, ''Shaman of the undead'' and its continuation, ''The Mirror Demon''.

''Shaman of the undead'' is series of UrbanFantasy books by Polish author Martyna Raduchowska, so far untranslated to any other languages. It tells the story of eponymous heroine in the modern-day southern Poland, where magical world hides from {{Muggle}} one.

''Shaman of the undead'' is series of UrbanFantasy books by Polish author Martyna Raduchowska, so far untranslated to any other languages.