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* AncientEvil: Records of [[EldritchAbomination the Umbral]] date back to King Solomon’s reign over ancient Judea.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Umbral, or Tenebrae, are a race of gods from “beyond the stars” who feed via HumanSacrifice and glut themselves on whole worlds. Their chief representative, Emicho Hadrian, looks mostly like a human but is simply assuming that form for convenience.
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* MeaningfulName: Emicho Hadrian takes his first name from Count Emicho and his last from Emperor Hadrian, both famous persecutors of Jews.
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Together and with a few other friends along the way, Alan and Erika descend into the dark depths of their unfair city, discovering a dark conspiracy of missing innocents and ancient evils. Their only hope in standing against the wickedness encroaching on their world is each other, and a little bit of faith.
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Alan Aldenberg is a down-on-his-luck detective. With dwindling fortunes and the worry his old friends in the Jewish mob will pay him a visit, the last thing he expects is a visit from his old flame.
But when the wrong Shalom brings Erika Nakamura back to his door, Alan learns that innocent people are missing all through New York. Agreeing to the job for the cash, Alan soon discovers a conspiracy reaching through the city's halls of power and not all of them are human. Joining forces with old friends, Alan faces a dark alliance of politicians, the mob, and abominable beings that transcend space and time.
With the fate of New York in the balance, Alan must be prepared for nightmares beyond human comprehension.
That may even make him face the long Shalom.
But when the wrong Shalom brings Erika Nakamura back to his door, Alan learns that innocent people are missing all through New York. Agreeing to the job for the cash, Alan soon discovers a conspiracy reaching through the city's halls of power and not all of them are human. Joining forces with old friends, Alan faces a dark alliance of politicians, the mob, and abominable beings that transcend space and time.
With the fate of New York in the balance, Alan must be prepared for nightmares beyond human comprehension.
That may even make him face the long Shalom.
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But when the wrong Shalom brings Erika Nakamura back to his door, Alan learns that innocent people are missing all through New York. Agreeing to the job for the cash, Alan soon discovers a conspiracy reaching through the city's halls
With the fate of New York in the balance, Alan must be prepared for nightmares beyond human comprehension.
That may even make him face the long Shalom.
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* AntiHero: Alan is certainly a decent person trying to do good, but he's also ruthless thanks to how the world has hardened him, and his past was even moreso. His allies, particularly Erika, are also willing to get their hands very dirty to accomplish their goals.
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* AntiHero: Alan is certainly a decent person trying to do good, but he's also ruthless thanks to how the world has hardened him, and his past was even moreso.more so. His allies, particularly Erika, are also willing to get their hands very dirty to accomplish their goals.
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* ActionGirl: Erika and Lenore are just as, if not ''moreso'', capable than their male compatriots in throwing down with the baddies and saving the day in the nick of time.
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* ActionGirl: Erika and Lenore are just as, if not ''moreso'', as capable than as their male compatriots compatriots, if not more, in throwing down with the baddies and saving the day in the nick of time.
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[[caption-width-right:333:It all started with the wrong shalom...Shalom...]]
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*ShoutOut: There's a picture of Alan's grandmother [[Literature/HungersAsOldAsThisLand Esther and her "roommate", who lived in the West]].
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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: ''Whatever'' Hadrian truly is, he's decidedly an ancient, dark being of malevolence. Yet he looks, for the most part, like a normal man in a charcoal suit, albeit one who is routinely acknowledged as looking ''wrong''.]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: ''Whatever'' Hadrian truly is, he's decidedly an ancient, {{ancient|Evil}}, dark being of malevolence. Yet he looks, for the most part, like a normal man in a charcoal suit, albeit one who is routinely acknowledged as looking ''wrong''.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: All of the main antagonists are horribly prejudiced against minorities, particularly Jews. [[spoiler: Hadrian is out to feast on them ''all'' to slake his bloodthirst.]]
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* WouldntHurtAChild: What caused Alan's falling out with Rothstein's gang. A child witnessed one of their hits, and Alan's compatriot Carlo unflinchingly trained his gun on the kid with no hesitation to kill him. This was such an evil act that Alan departed the mob for good.
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''The Long Shalom'' is a supernatural noir novel written by [[Tropers/{{Lightysnake}} Zachary Rosenberg]].
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''The Long Shalom'' is a supernatural noir novel written by [[Tropers/{{Lightysnake}} Zachary Rosenberg]].Rosenberg]].
Alan Aldenberg is a down-on-his-luck detective. With dwindling fortunes and the worry his old friends in the Jewish mob will pay him a visit, the last thing he expects is a visit from his old flame.
But when the wrong Shalom brings Erika Nakamura back to his door, Alan learns that innocent people are missing all through New York. Agreeing to the job for the cash, Alan soon discovers a conspiracy reaching through the city's halls of power and not all of them are human. Joining forces with old friends, Alan faces a dark alliance of politicians, the mob, and abominable beings that transcend space and time.
With the fate of New York in the balance, Alan must be prepared for nightmares beyond human comprehension.
That may even make him face the long Shalom.
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* AntiHero: Alan is certainly a decent person trying to do good, but he's also ruthless thanks to how the world has hardened him, and his past was even moreso. His allies, particularly Erika, are also willing to get their hands very dirty to accomplish their goals.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: ''Whatever'' Hadrian truly is, he's decidedly an ancient, dark being of malevolence. Yet he looks, for the most part, like a normal man in a charcoal suit, albeit one who is routinely acknowledged as looking ''wrong''.]]
* VillainsWantMercy: When one of the baddies is left brutalized and at the mercy of Alan's gang, he pathetically begs for his life and even sells out his allies to try to save his own skin. It doesn't work.
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Alan Aldenberg is a down-on-his-luck detective. With dwindling fortunes and the worry his old friends in the Jewish mob will pay him a visit, the last thing he expects is a visit from his old flame.
But when the wrong Shalom brings Erika Nakamura back to his door, Alan learns that innocent people are missing all through New York. Agreeing to the job for the cash, Alan soon discovers a conspiracy reaching through the city's halls of power and not all of them are human. Joining forces with old friends, Alan faces a dark alliance of politicians, the mob, and abominable beings that transcend space and time.
With the fate of New York in the balance, Alan must be prepared for nightmares beyond human comprehension.
That may even make him face the long Shalom.
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* AntiHero: Alan is certainly a decent person trying to do good, but he's also ruthless thanks to how the world has hardened him, and his past was even moreso. His allies, particularly Erika, are also willing to get their hands very dirty to accomplish their goals.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: ''Whatever'' Hadrian truly is, he's decidedly an ancient, dark being of malevolence. Yet he looks, for the most part, like a normal man in a charcoal suit, albeit one who is routinely acknowledged as looking ''wrong''.]]
* VillainsWantMercy: When one of the baddies is left brutalized and at the mercy of Alan's gang, he pathetically begs for his life and even sells out his allies to try to save his own skin. It doesn't work.
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''The Long Shalom'' is a supernatural noir novel written by [[Tropers/{{Lightysnake}} Zachary Rosenberg]].
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''The Long Shalom'' is a supernatural noir novel written by [[Tropers/{{Lightysnake}} Zachary Rosenberg]].
