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** Transformation Work, which is the rarest type of magic and said to crop up, globally, ''maybe'' once in a decade. While the exact limits and abilities aren't known because the power is so rare, their most notable ability is the ability to change living things into [[BalefulPolymorph other living things]] or into inanimate objects, killing them. They can also shapeshift themselves.
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** Transformation Work, which is the rarest type of magic and said to crop up, globally, ''maybe'' once in a decade. While the exact limits and abilities aren't known because the power is so rare, their most notable ability is the ability to change living things into [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation other living things]] or into inanimate objects, killing them. They can also shapeshift themselves.
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** In ''Red Glove'', Cassel is tasked by the feds to find a serial murderer connected to the Zacharov family. his friends Daneca and Sam join in the investigation, and while Cassel soon identifies the murderer of six of the victims, he spends the novel trying to discover the identity of the final and, in his pinion, [[ItsPersonal most important victim.]]
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** In ''Red Glove'', Cassel is tasked by the feds to find a serial murderer connected to the Zacharov family. his His friends Daneca and Sam join in the investigation, and while Cassel soon identifies the murderer of six of the victims, he spends the novel trying to discover the identity of the final and, in his pinion, opinion, [[ItsPersonal most important victim.]]
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* PowerAtAPrice: Every type of curse work has a "blowback" reaction. For example, when Death Workers kill someone, a random piece of their body rots off. when Emotion Workers manipulate someone's feelings, they become emotionally unstable themselves. When a Memory Worker alters someone's memories, they suffer from amnesia. When a Transformation Worker changes something or someone, they [[ShapeShifterSwanSong lose control of their physical form]]. The severity of the blowback's lasting effects depends on the Work being done, the individual Worker, and the frequency of how often they do it.
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* PowerAtAPrice: Every type of curse work has a "blowback" reaction. For example, when Death Workers kill someone, a random piece of their body rots off. when When Emotion Workers manipulate someone's feelings, they become emotionally unstable themselves. When a Memory Worker alters someone's memories, they suffer from amnesia. When a Transformation Worker changes something or someone, they [[ShapeShifterSwanSong lose control of their physical form]]. The severity of the blowback's lasting effects depends on the Work being done, the individual Worker, and the frequency of how often they do it.
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** Memory Work, which can [[laserGuidedAmnesia erase old memories]] and implant new memories.
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** Memory Work, which can [[laserGuidedAmnesia [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erase old memories]] and implant new memories.
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While Cassel assumes this was a resurgence of his childhood sleepwalking habits, the sudden attentiveness of his family, and the hushed conversations they're having about him leave him uncertain. Those, coupled with reoccurring dreams of a mysterious white cat, the memory of a murder he committed in his childhood, and the increasingly frequent sleepwalking lead him to investigate just what <em>is</em> happening in the families-- both his own, and Zacharov's.
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While Cassel assumes this was a resurgence of his childhood sleepwalking habits, the sudden attentiveness of his family, and the hushed conversations they're having about him leave him uncertain. Those, coupled with reoccurring dreams of a mysterious white cat, the memory of a murder he committed in his childhood, and the increasingly frequent sleepwalking lead him to investigate just what <em>is</em> ''is'' happening in the families-- both his own, and Zacharov's.
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A series of YA novels by Creator/HollyBlack. It includes ''White Cat''[[note]]loosely based off the fairy tale [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/whitecat.html "The White Cat"]][[/note]], ''Red Glove'' and ''Black Heart''. The audio book of ''White Cat'' is read by Creator/JesseEisenberg.
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Cassel's aloof older brothers, Barron and Philip, already work for the Zacharov crime family, as does their grandfather and their currently-incarcerated mother. Though raised in the life of crime right alongside his brothers, Cassel faces serious issues barring him from fully embracing the family business. The first of which is that he has no magic. He's not a Curse Worker.
He is, however, a murderer, and that leads to the second issue, because it's a murder that the head of the Zacharov family absolutely can''not'' find out about.
Instead, Cassel tries to eke out a life at Wallingford Preparatory, the private school his family managed to get him in to. There, he attempts to act like a ''normal'' person, mitigating ''most'' of his criminal impulses save for an illicit school betting pool he works on the side, and otherwise pretending that he has no connection to curse work or the criminal underworld that comes with it. It's an act that's ruined when he wakes up one night dangling from the dormitory roof, with no memory of how he got there.
While Cassel assumes this was a resurgence of his childhood sleepwalking habits, the sudden attentiveness of his family, and the hushed conversations they're having about him leave him uncertain. Those, coupled with reoccurring dreams of a mysterious white cat, the memory of a murder he committed in his childhood, and the increasingly frequent sleepwalking lead him to investigate just what <em>is</em> happening in the families-- both his own, and Zacharov's.
[[AC: The books in the series
# ''White
# ''Red Glove''
# ''Black
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%%* AbusiveParents: Shandra Sharpe.
%%* AloofBigBrother: To some extent, Cassel sees Phillip as this.
%%* AmateurSleuth: Cassel. Subverted in that [[spoiler:he is directly involved in most of the crimes himself.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Cassel and his family. Even ''they'' don't know what ethnicity they are.
* AnArmAndALeg: It's mentioned that in some areas outside the US, Workers sometimes have their arms cut off to prevent them from doing magic... though this doesn't stop Workers from learning how to use magic with their ''feet.''
%%* AnimalMotifs: Well, yeah.
* AntiMagic: Certain mineral amulets can prevent a worker from affecting the wearer. Unfortunately, they tend to be one-use only, which is why Cassel stocks up on three in advance.
%%* AssholeVictim: Many. [[spoiler:Cassel's forgotten assassination targets, the woman he frames for Phillip's murder, Phillip himself.]]
%%* BadAssFamily: Cassel's, naturally.
%%* BadPowersBadPeople: Unfortunately assumed by portions of the general public about workers. [[TheMafia They're right]], to some extent.
%%* AloofBigBrother: To some extent, Cassel sees Phillip as this.
%%* AmateurSleuth: Cassel. Subverted in that [[spoiler:he is directly involved in most of the crimes himself.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Cassel and his family. Even ''they'' don't know what ethnicity they are.
* AnArmAndALeg: It's mentioned that in some areas outside the US, Workers sometimes have their arms cut off to prevent them from doing magic... though this doesn't stop Workers from learning how to use magic with their ''feet.''
%%* AnimalMotifs: Well, yeah.
* AntiMagic: Certain mineral amulets can prevent a worker from affecting the wearer. Unfortunately, they tend to be one-use only, which is why Cassel stocks up on three in advance.
%%* AssholeVictim: Many. [[spoiler:Cassel's forgotten assassination targets, the woman he frames for Phillip's murder, Phillip himself.]]
%%* BadAssFamily: Cassel's, naturally.
%%* BadPowersBadPeople: Unfortunately assumed by portions of the general public about workers. [[TheMafia They're right]], to some extent.
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* AloofBigBrother:
%%* AmateurSleuth: Cassel. Subverted in
* AmateurSleuth: Cassel manages to get himself into trouble each book this way.
** In ''White Cat'', Cassel is certain someone has been meddling with his memories, and attempts to find out who and why. In the process, he discovers a plot to assassinate the head of the Zacharov family, a years-long kidnapping plot, and a number of unsolved murders.
** In ''Red Glove'', Cassel is tasked by the feds to find a serial murderer connected to the Zacharov family. his friends Daneca and Sam join in the investigation, and while Cassel soon identifies the murderer of six of the victims, he spends the novel trying to discover the identity of the final and, in his pinion, [[ItsPersonal most important victim.]]
** In ''Black Heart'', Cassel is tasked by Zacharov himself to find an object that has been stolen from him: the Resurrection Diamond, a gem that can supposedly render its wearer immortal.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Cassel and his family. Even ''they'' don't know what ethnicity they
* AnArmAndALeg: It's mentioned that in some areas outside the US, Workers sometimes have their
* AntiMagic: Certain mineral amulets can prevent a worker from affecting the wearer. Unfortunately, they tend to be one-use only,
* AntiMagicalFaction: Historically, curse workers have been severely abused, enslaved, and used for their talents. In the modern day, a significant portion of the population want to create a way to track and monitor workers. The federal government cracks down on
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* BeingEvilSucks: Growing up in the mob, being a con artist and [[spoiler:being a secret assassin]] have led to Cassel being ridden with self-loathing and paranoia.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Cassel's family well and truly qualifies. So does Lila's.
%%* BlackAndGrayMorality: Pretty much all the characters commit crimes at one point or another.
%%* BlackSheep: Cassel sees himself as this.
* BlessedWithSuck: All workers have [[PowerDegeneration blowback]] to varying extents, some of which can be crippling or even fatal. Having powers is as dangerous to the owner as it is to everyone else.
%%* BoardingSchool: Cassel attends one.
* CastFromHitPoints: Death work blowback withers a part of the worker's own body; physical work blowback makes the worker feel weak and sick.
%%* ChildhoodFriends: Cassel and Lila.
%%** UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Cassel. Sort of.
* ConMan: Both Cassel and his mother are skilled confidence tricksters, and though his mom's a lot better at it thanks to her gifts as an emotion worker, Cassel is still quite effective through mundane methods.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Cassel's family well and truly qualifies. So does Lila's.
%%* BlackAndGrayMorality: Pretty much all the characters commit crimes at one point or another.
%%* BlackSheep: Cassel sees himself as this.
* BlessedWithSuck: All workers have [[PowerDegeneration blowback]] to varying extents, some of which can be crippling or even fatal. Having powers is as dangerous to the owner as it is to everyone else.
%%* BoardingSchool: Cassel attends one.
* CastFromHitPoints: Death work blowback withers a part of the worker's own body; physical work blowback makes the worker feel weak and sick.
%%* ChildhoodFriends: Cassel and Lila.
%%** UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Cassel. Sort of.
* ConMan: Both Cassel and his mother are skilled confidence tricksters, and though his mom's a lot better at it thanks to her gifts as an emotion worker, Cassel is still quite effective through mundane methods.
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* BeingEvilSucks: Growing up in the mob, being a con artist artist, and [[spoiler:being a secret assassin]] have led to Cassel being ridden with self-loathing and paranoia.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Cassel's family wellparanoia. Him going to Wallingford Preparatory is his shot at trying to be normal, and truly qualifies. So does Lila's.
%%* BlackAndGrayMorality: Pretty much all the characters commit crimes at one point or another.he's completely blown away when Sam tells him that everyone could see though his act.
%%* * BigScrewedUpFamily:
** Cassel's named family includes two brothers who has been mentally and magically abusing him for years, a mother who ''also'' mentally and magically abused her sons, and his grandfather, a retired killer for the mob who is also the most ethical family member Cassel has, and the only one who seems to genuinely care about his well being without any ulterior motives.
** Lila's named family includes her father, the Kingpin of the Zacharov family, her mother who (mutually) despises her father's guts, and her cousin who [[spoiler: tried to murder her, wound up imprisoning her as a cat for years instead, and attempted to murder her father]].
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Nobody in this story is innocent, except for perhaps Cassel's Wallington school friends Daneca and Sam. Everyone in Cassel's life is a a criminal, most of them are also murderers, and all of them have some connection to a criminal empire or two. When the Yulikova of the Licensed Minority Division branch of the federal government tries to recruit him in the second and third books, the federal government is also shown to be wildly unethical, ineffective, and corrupt.
* BlackSheep: Due to his status as the only non-Worker in the household, Cassel sees himself asthis.
this. Even his childhood friendship with Lila is colored by his status, as her family and friends all consider him beneath her.
* BlessedWithSuck: Allworkers Workers have [[PowerDegeneration blowback]] to varying extents, some of which can be crippling or even fatal.fatal. Death Workers have random parts of their bodies rot away, Memory Workers lose their own memories, etc. Having powers is as dangerous to the owner as it is to everyone else.
%%* * BoardingSchool: Wallingford Preparatory is the private high school Cassel attends one.
attends, and much of his trouble comes from trying to balance his desire to appear normal and complete his education with his family's criminal and magical shenanigans.
* BoxedCrook: Yulikova's plan in ''Black Heart''. Cassel was already tenuously working with the federal Licensed Minority Division in exchange for protecting Barron and his mother, but that wasn't enough to please Yulikova's superiors. So they decide to [[spoiler: have Cassel murder Governor Patton, who due to the Fed's own incompetence has become a publicity nightmare and is actively ruining their political machinations to get Proposition 2 passed. They tell Cassel that they will ensure he isn't discovered, but their actual plan is to have him publicly caught, arrest and steal him away, strip him of his civil liberties now that he's officially a convict, and force him to be their weapon. At the same time, while Patton in life might be a nauseating embarrassment, if he was killed by a Worker, he would be martyred and Proposition 2 would receive the much needed public support.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: Deathwork Work blowback withers a part of the worker's Worker's own body; physical work Physical Work blowback makes the worker feel weak and sick.
%%* * ChildhoodFriends: Cassel and Lila.
%%**Lila have known each other since they were about nine years old, and had been thick as thieves.
** UnluckyChildhoodFriend:Cassel. Sort of.
Relatedly, Cassel has been carrying a torch for Lila since he was about nine years old. He's certain that she never returned his feelings, seeing as how she openly dated other young men, including his older brother.
* ConMan: Both Cassel and his mother are skilled confidence tricksters, and though his mom's a lot better at it thanks to her gifts as anemotion worker, Emotion Worker, Cassel is still quite effective through mundane methods.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Cassel's family well
%%* BlackAndGrayMorality: Pretty much all the characters commit crimes at one point or another.
** Cassel's named family includes two brothers who has been mentally and magically abusing him for years, a mother who ''also'' mentally and magically abused her sons, and his grandfather, a retired killer for the mob who is also the most ethical family member Cassel has, and the only one who seems to genuinely care about his well being without any ulterior motives.
** Lila's named family includes her father, the Kingpin of the Zacharov family, her mother who (mutually) despises her father's guts, and her cousin who [[spoiler: tried to murder her, wound up imprisoning her as a cat for years instead, and attempted to murder her father]].
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Nobody in this story is innocent, except for perhaps Cassel's Wallington school friends Daneca and Sam. Everyone in Cassel's life is a a criminal, most of them are also murderers, and all of them have some connection to a criminal empire or two. When the Yulikova of the Licensed Minority Division branch of the federal government tries to recruit him in the second and third books, the federal government is also shown to be wildly unethical, ineffective, and corrupt.
* BlackSheep: Due to his status as the only non-Worker in the household, Cassel sees himself as
* BlessedWithSuck: All
* BoxedCrook: Yulikova's plan in ''Black Heart''. Cassel was already tenuously working with the federal Licensed Minority Division in exchange for protecting Barron and his mother, but that wasn't enough to please Yulikova's superiors. So they decide to [[spoiler: have Cassel murder Governor Patton, who due to the Fed's own incompetence has become a publicity nightmare and is actively ruining their political machinations to get Proposition 2 passed. They tell Cassel that they will ensure he isn't discovered, but their actual plan is to have him publicly caught, arrest and steal him away, strip him of his civil liberties now that he's officially a convict, and force him to be their weapon. At the same time, while Patton in life might be a nauseating embarrassment, if he was killed by a Worker, he would be martyred and Proposition 2 would receive the much needed public support.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: Death
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** UnluckyChildhoodFriend:
* ConMan: Both Cassel and his mother are skilled confidence tricksters, and though his mom's a lot better at it thanks to her gifts as an
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* ConsummateLiar: Barron. [[spoiler: For good reason.]]
%%* DaddysLittleVillain: Lila to her father, depending on how you view their family.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Cassel, particularly towards authority figures.
%%* DaddysLittleVillain: Lila to her father, depending on how you view their family.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Cassel, particularly towards authority figures.
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* ConsummateLiar: Spoken word for word by Cassel regarding Barron. [[spoiler: For good reason.]]
%%*Cassel suspects Barron is a sociopath and pathological liar, who feels no compunction about altering the memories of those around him and replacing them with whatever he wants.
* CorruptionOfAMinor: One of Cassel's earliest memories is of his mom sending him into a house to steal paperwork. One of his fond memories of his father is being taught how to pick locks. Suffice to say, growing up with parents who are part of TheMafia doesn't leave a lot of room for childhood innocence.
* DaddysLittleVillain:Lila Lila, the heiress to the Zacharov crime family. She strives to be as cold and pragmatic as she can in order to demonstrate to her father, depending on how you view their family.
%%*father that she can handle the family business, and Zacharov is clearly a proud father.
* DeadpanSnarker:Cassel, particularly towards authority figures. Cassel can''not'' keep his mouth shut, a problem that has resulted in him being beaten by criminals, lawmen, and his family members alike. Extra points go to his smart mouth getting [[spoiler: Anton killed. Anton's plan to murder Zacharov had been discovered, Zacharov had him surrender, and the matter would have been dealt with, but Cassel made a smart comment, provoking Anton to try to murder him in front of everyone. Cassel's grandfather saved him by killing Anton.]]
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* CorruptionOfAMinor: One of Cassel's earliest memories is of his mom sending him into a house to steal paperwork. One of his fond memories of his father is being taught how to pick locks. Suffice to say, growing up with parents who are part of TheMafia doesn't leave a lot of room for childhood innocence.
* DaddysLittleVillain:
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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: People with magical powers are commonly called "curse workers" or simply "workers"; the {{Technobabble}} term is "hyperbathygammic" or "HBG". "Heebiejeebies" is a somewhat derogatory term derived from the latter. Archaic terms include "theurgists" and "dab hands".
%%* DysfunctionJunction: Cassel's family, due to both their criminal lifestyle and the effects of blowback.
* EmotionControl: Emotion working in a nutshell; on the upside, you have the ability to induce love, fear, hate, trust and all manner of other emotions in anyone you touch, but on the downside, the blowback gradually destroys your ability to regulate your own emotions.
* EmpathicHealer: Physical workers can heal injuries and cure or mitigate diseases, but the blowback makes them weak and sick.
* EquivalentExchange: The more you use your power, the more blowback affects you in a way directly related to your field of influence. For example, a luck worker that constantly decreases the luck of others will end up unlucky themselves; emotion workers lose control of their emotions; memory workers lose more of their memories for every memory they alter; death workers suffer necrosis for everyone they kill, and so on.
%%* DysfunctionJunction: Cassel's family, due to both their criminal lifestyle and the effects of blowback.
* EmotionControl: Emotion working in a nutshell; on the upside, you have the ability to induce love, fear, hate, trust and all manner of other emotions in anyone you touch, but on the downside, the blowback gradually destroys your ability to regulate your own emotions.
* EmpathicHealer: Physical workers can heal injuries and cure or mitigate diseases, but the blowback makes them weak and sick.
* EquivalentExchange: The more you use your power, the more blowback affects you in a way directly related to your field of influence. For example, a luck worker that constantly decreases the luck of others will end up unlucky themselves; emotion workers lose control of their emotions; memory workers lose more of their memories for every memory they alter; death workers suffer necrosis for everyone they kill, and so on.
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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: People with magical powers are commonly called "curse workers" "Curse Workers" or simply "workers"; "Workers"; the {{Technobabble}} term is "hyperbathygammic" or "HBG". "Heebiejeebies" is a somewhat derogatory term derived from the latter. Archaic terms include "theurgists" and "dab hands".
%%* DysfunctionJunction: Cassel's family, due to both their criminal lifestyle and the effects of blowback.
* EmotionControl: Emotion working Working in a nutshell; on the upside, you have the ability to induce love, fear, hate, trust and all manner of other emotions in anyone you touch, but on the downside, the blowback gradually destroys your ability to regulate your own emotions.
* EmpathicHealer: Physicalworkers Workers can heal injuries and cure or mitigate diseases, but the blowback makes them weak and sick.
* EquivalentExchange: The more you use your power, the more blowback affects you in a way directly related to your field of influence. For example, aluck worker Luck Worker that constantly decreases the luck of others will end up unlucky themselves; emotion workers lose control of their emotions; memory workers Memory Workers lose more of their memories for every memory they alter; death workers Death Workers suffer necrosis for everyone they kill, and so on.
* EmpathicHealer: Physical
* EquivalentExchange: The more you use your power, the more blowback affects you in a way directly related to your field of influence. For example, a
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%%* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Cassel's brothers seem to feel this way.
* FantasticRacism: The general public fears workers due to their power and the strong connection between magic and organized crime, to the point that everyone takes it as a given that the mandatory hyperbathygammic testing law, if passed, would lead to workers being denied jobs and housing.
* FantasticRacism: The general public fears workers due to their power and the strong connection between magic and organized crime, to the point that everyone takes it as a given that the mandatory hyperbathygammic testing law, if passed, would lead to workers being denied jobs and housing.
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* FirstEpisodeTwist: Cassel discovers that [[spoiler: he's a Transformation Worker]] two thirds of the way into the first book. From then on, his ability and the effort of dealing with it and people who desire it becomes the premise of the later two novels.
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* ForYourOwnGood: [[spoiler:Everyone who was involved in hiding Cassel's power and assassination history from him insists that they did it to protect him.]]
%%* TheFunInFuneral: In Red Glove.
%%* TheFunInFuneral: In Red Glove.
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* ForYourOwnGood: [[spoiler:Everyone Everyone who was involved in [[spoiler: hiding Cassel's power and assassination history from him him]] insists that they did it to protect him.]]
%%* TheFunInFuneral: In Red Glove.
%%* TheFunInFuneral: In Red Glove.
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* GrumpyOldMan: Cassel's grandfather spends a lot of his time drunkenly grumbling about how stupid young workers are.
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* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: One of the abilities Emotion Workers have. Cassel recalls his mother forcing him and his brothers to love each other whenever it looked like they weren't getting along.
* GrumpyOldMan: Cassel's grandfather spends a lot of his time drunkenly grumbling about how stupid youngworkers Workers are.
* GrumpyOldMan: Cassel's grandfather spends a lot of his time drunkenly grumbling about how stupid young
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%%* HiddenWire: [[spoiler:Cassel]] at the end of Red Glove.
%%* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Agent Yulikova]] suffers from it due to [[spoiler:heavy use of her physical working power]].
%%* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Agent Yulikova]] suffers from it due to [[spoiler:heavy use of her physical working power]].
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath:
* KillerCop: [[spoiler: Agent Jones]], much to Cassel's surprise. Cassel know ruining the plans of the LMD would anger them, but when the cop in question actually kidnaps him and takes him to a secluded place to be murdered, Cassel's in shock.
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%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Memory workers can inflict this.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: Dream working sounds perfectly benign, but it can easily be used to cause someone to sleepwalk off a roof.
%%* LogicalWeakness: Blowback is directly related to the type of power that causes it.
%%* MafiaPrincess: Lila.
%%* MagicIsEvil: According to some politicians and some members of the general public.
%%* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:''White Cat'' tells the story of Cassel's figuring out that he is a variation on this.]]
* LethalHarmlessPowers: Dream working sounds perfectly benign, but it can easily be used to cause someone to sleepwalk off a roof.
%%* LogicalWeakness: Blowback is directly related to the type of power that causes it.
%%* MafiaPrincess: Lila.
%%* MagicIsEvil: According to some politicians and some members of the general public.
%%* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:''White Cat'' tells the story of Cassel's figuring out that he is a variation on this.]]
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* LeftHanging:
** Cassel has known since the first book that "Philip Sharpe" is a fake name his father used. Near the end of ''Black heart'', Cassel finds out his father's real name: Philip Raeburn. A senator James Raeburn is mentioned early in the book as a politician Cassel sees on TV who is arguing against Prop 2. Cassel mentions that James Raeburn reminds him of his father. Any deeper connection between James Raeburn, Cassel's dad, or the family is never mentioned.
** The Resurrection Diamond is a semi-mythical charm that can
* LethalHarmlessPowers: Dream
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%%* MagicIsEvil: According
%%* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:''White Cat'' tells the story of Cassel's figuring out that he is a variation on this.]]
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%%* MyBelovedSmother: Shandra Sharpe.
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%%* ObliviousYoungerSibling: Cassel, due to [[spoiler:Barron editing his memory.]]
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--> I was such an insider that I never even knew it. I was inside of the insiders.
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* RuleOfSeven: Seven types of magic.
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* RuleOfSeven: Seven there are seven types of magic."Work".
** Luck Work, which is stated to be the most common at about 60% of the worker population. [[WindsOfDestinyChange This magic works good luck and bad luck.]]
** Dream Work, which gives people the ability to control dreams.
** Physical Work, which includes the ability to [[HealingHands heal]] or break someone's bones with the barest of skin contact.
** Emotion Work, which can [[EmotionControl manipulate other's emotions]]
** Memory Work, which can [[laserGuidedAmnesia erase old memories]] and implant new memories.
** Death Work, which is the TouchOfDeath.
** Transformation Work, which is the rarest type of magic and said to crop up, globally, ''maybe'' once in a decade. While the exact limits and abilities aren't known because the power is so rare, their most notable ability is the ability to change living things into [[BalefulPolymorph other living things]] or into inanimate objects, killing them. They can also shapeshift themselves.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: In Red Glove, Cassel is tagged by the federal government to find a serial murderer connected to the Zacharov crime family. Cassel begrudgingly accepts, partly because they're threatening his family, and partly because [[spoiler: six of the murders were ones he unwittingly committed, and the last one is the murder of his brother Philip. Because the Feds are enamored with connecting them all to one single murderer, Cassel fears they won't investigate Philip's murder properly.]]
** Luck Work, which is stated to be the most common at about 60% of the worker population. [[WindsOfDestinyChange This magic works good luck and bad luck.]]
** Dream Work, which gives people the ability to control dreams.
** Physical Work, which includes the ability to [[HealingHands heal]] or break someone's bones with the barest of skin contact.
** Emotion Work, which can [[EmotionControl manipulate other's emotions]]
** Memory Work, which can [[laserGuidedAmnesia erase old memories]] and implant new memories.
** Death Work, which is the TouchOfDeath.
** Transformation Work, which is the rarest type of magic and said to crop up, globally, ''maybe'' once in a decade. While the exact limits and abilities aren't known because the power is so rare, their most notable ability is the ability to change living things into [[BalefulPolymorph other living things]] or into inanimate objects, killing them. They can also shapeshift themselves.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: In Red Glove, Cassel is tagged by the federal government to find a serial murderer connected to the Zacharov crime family. Cassel begrudgingly accepts, partly because they're threatening his family, and partly because [[spoiler: six of the murders were ones he unwittingly committed, and the last one is the murder of his brother Philip. Because the Feds are enamored with connecting them all to one single murderer, Cassel fears they won't investigate Philip's murder properly.]]
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%%* SaveTheVillain: Cassel to [[spoiler:Barron and to some extent Phillip]] at the end of ''White Cat''.
%%** And for [[spoiler:Barron again]] at the end of Red Glove, considering he could have left him to the police.
%%* SaveTheVillain: Cassel to [[spoiler:Barron and to some extent Phillip]] at the end of ''White Cat''.
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%%* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Phillip]] at the start of Red Glove.
%%* SuperRegistrationAct: Detractors of the mandatory hyperbathygammic testing proposition see it as a prelude to this.
%%* SympatheticMurderer: Ultimately, [[spoiler:Cassel.]]
%%* SuperRegistrationAct: Detractors of the mandatory hyperbathygammic testing proposition see it as a prelude to this.
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** Cassel tells us in the first book that he murdered his best friend Lila when they were fourteen. The event is shown to be highly traumatic, especially since he has no idea ''why'' he would do that to her. All he remembers is laughing about it after as his brothers helped him clean up the body. [[spoiler: It turns out, Lila's death was fabricated; Cassel transformed her into a
%%* SympatheticMurderer: Ultimately, [[spoiler:Cassel.]]
** A straighter example is [[spoiler: the actual murders Cassel ''did'' commit due to Barron and Philip's manipulation. They had him transform their targets into inanimate objects, then altered his memory so he would be unaware of what they were doing. Barron laughs later, recounting how he had to manipulate Cassel's memory to convince him to do the murders in the first place, giving him false memories of being a violent killer.]]
** [[spoiler: Maura]] ran away from her abusive husband, only to have been found and contacted by the FBI. Her husband would have been an important and useful informant, but he would only proceed if the FBI found her and forced her to make contact with him. With both the Feds and the criminal families supporting him, the only way out she could think of to protect herself and her child was to kill her ex.
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* TrappedInVillainy: After learning about Cassel's ability, Zacharov is at first satisfied with showering him with expensive meals and cars to bribe him into working officially for the Family. After the events of ''White Cat'' and the roles Barron and Phillip played, Zacharov demands Cassel do work for him in exchange for their lives.
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%%* UrbanFantasy: The series. Magic is well and truly public knowledge.
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%%* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Nipped in the bud, as working is illegal despite the potential benefits of things like luck work.
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* TerminalTransformation: The rare [[TheTransmogrifier Transformation Workers]] have the power to turn living beings into almost anything with a touch. Victims who have been transformed into animals can be restored, but those who've been changed into inanimate objects are dead from the moment of their transformation. [[spoiler: It's for this reason that Barron and Phillip have brainwashed Cassel into serving as an assassin, as his powers allow him to kill anyone without leaving any kind of evidence.]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Cassel and Barron, in comparison with their older brother [[SpecialpersonNormalName Phillip]]. Justified in that their father named Phillip, while their mom had creative control of the others.
