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* TokenGoodCop: Henry, and later Trish and Culverson, remain grounded, professional, hard-working cops even though human civilisation is JustBeforeTheEnd, while many of their coworkers are nervous wrecks or see no need to show much restraint and professionalism.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Part of the reason Henry is so suspicious is because of an odd bruise Zell got the day before he died, claiming to have fallen down the stairs. In the final chapter, while he's visiting the last insurance customer that Zell met with, she tells him to watch the stairs on his way out, as Zell fell down a broken step and hurt his face when he was leaving.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Part of the reason Henry is so suspicious is because of an odd bruise Zell got the day before he died, claiming to have fallen down the stairs. stairs when he could have really been beaten up. In the final chapter, Henry has succeeded in proving Zell was murdered, but learns that the reasons for his suspicions were wrong while he's visiting the last insurance customer that Zell met with, with: she tells him to watch the stairs on his way out, as Zell fell down a broken step and hurt his face when he was leaving.
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* ApocalypseHow: A big focus of the trilogy is how the knowledge of the coming apocalypse affects society before Maia actually hits. A Class 3b is on the way, but the world is already at a Class 1 by the start of the first book as people deal with their despair. It reaches a Class 2 by the end of ''Countdown City.'' This is especially evident in the third book.
* ColonyDrop: The ApocalypseHow of this particular Armageddon.
* CowboyCop: Detective [=McGully=] has some of this.
* ColonyDrop: The ApocalypseHow of this particular Armageddon.
* CowboyCop: Detective [=McGully=] has some of this.
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* ApocalypseHow: A big focus of the trilogy is how the knowledge of the coming apocalypse affects society before Maia actually hits. A Class 3b is on the way, but the world is already at a Class 1 by the start of the first book as people deal with their despair. It first reaches a Class 2 by the end of ''Countdown City.'' This is especially evident in By the third book.
time of "World Of Trouble" it is a high Class 2 with most of civilization either gone or few and far between.
* ColonyDrop: The ApocalypseHow of this particularArmageddon.
*Armageddon, a 6.5-kilometer asteroid nicknamed Maia, is about to hit the earth in just over six months.
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* FunctionalAddict: Detective [=McGully=] and [[spoiler: Naomi]].
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* FunctionalAddict: Detective [=McGully=] [=McGully=], albeit his use is limited to legal substances such as cigars and marijuana (legalized in the pre-impact laws while increasing penalties for harder drugs). And [[spoiler: Naomi]].Naomi, who had a past addiction to heroin and ended up relapsing once it became clear that Maia was going to hit the Earth]].
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* SuicideByCop: J. T. Toussaint, a local handyman with drug ties, attacks Henry with a knife, getting shot to death by the other cops as a result.
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* SuicideByCop: J. T. Toussaint, a local handyman with drug ties, attacks Henry with the pointed end of a knife, model of the New Hampshire capital building made by his father, getting shot to death by the other cops as a result.
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* NoodleIncident: The exact events of the fourth of July are never recounted. Suffice to say, it was bad.
* RetailRiot: Riots of this type have already been implied even in the first book, where it is mentioned there was some minor rioting during Presidents Day as well as the aforementioned Fourth of July incident. However, [[spoiler: once the water runs out, there is a massive citywide riot that destroys most of the city of Concord.]]
* RetailRiot: Riots of this type have already been implied even in the first book, where it is mentioned there was some minor rioting during Presidents Day as well as the aforementioned Fourth of July incident. However, [[spoiler: once the water runs out, there is a massive citywide riot that destroys most of the city of Concord.]]
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* NoodleIncident: The exact events of the fourth of July are never recounted.recounted in much detail, although Palace mentions that his neighbor, Mr Moran, was murdered during them while trying to protect a truck driver that was delivering aid to a faculty for refugees from the area Maia was supposed to impact directly. Suffice to say, it was bad.
* RetailRiot: Riots of this type have already been implied even in the first book, whereit is mentioned there was some minor rioting during Presidents Day as well as and the aforementioned Fourth of July incident. However, [[spoiler: once the water runs out, there is a massive citywide riot that destroys most of the city of Concord.]]
* RetailRiot: Riots of this type have already been implied even in the first book, where
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* DoomedHometown: After [[spoiler: most of Concord burned down]] during the events of ''Countdown City,'' the final book takes place mostly in Rotary, Ohio, with Henry looking for Nico.
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* DoomedHometown: After [[spoiler: most of Concord burned down]] during the events of ''Countdown City,'' the final book takes place mostly in the fictional city of Rotary, Ohio, with Henry looking for Nico.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Detective Andreas]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Detective Andreas]]Andreas who throws himself in front of a out of service bus stolen by a group of joyriding teenagers after his mental health declines throughout the novel due to the events around Maia.]]
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* RetailRiot: Happens on a grand scale when the water is shut off. Also happens on the Fourth of July
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* RetailRiot: Happens on a grand scale when Riots of this type have already been implied even in the water first book, where it is shut off. Also happens on mentioned there was some minor rioting during Presidents Day as well as the aforementioned Fourth of July incident. However, [[spoiler: once the water runs out, there is a massive citywide riot that destroys most of the city of Concord.]]
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* ApocalypseHow: A big focus of the trilogy is how the knowledge of the coming apocalypse affects society before Maia actually hits. A Class 3b is on the way, but the world is already at a Class 1 by the start of the first book as people deal with their despair. It reaches a Class 2 by the end of ''Countdown City.''This is especially evident in the third book.
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* ApocalypseHow: A big focus of the trilogy is how the knowledge of the coming apocalypse affects society before Maia actually hits. A Class 3b is on the way, but the world is already at a Class 1 by the start of the first book as people deal with their despair. It reaches a Class 2 by the end of ''Countdown City.''This '' This is especially evident in the third book.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Palace finds out who killed his sister and makes peace with them, but him along with most of humanity, will die when Maia strikes the Earth the next day]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Palace finds out who killed his sister and makes peace with them, but him he, along with most of humanity, will die when Maia strikes the Earth the next day]]
