History Literature / TheTomeOfBill

** Subverted with Floof a.k.a Fluffy who is an AppropriateAppellation.

* ''Get Bent'' (side story, 2018)
* ''Bigfoot Hunters'' (side story, 2018)
* ''Midnite's Daughter'' (side story, 2018)
* ''Lycan Moon'' (2018)

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGrowYonder: Christy starts to wonder what she ever saw in Tom [[spoiler: when he comes back from the dead.]]

* TheChosenMany: There have been many Freewills and Icons down through the ages. [[spoiler: It seems that Alexander is keeping all of the surviving Freewills captive.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Bill is not nearly as much of a [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero homophobic sexist]] {{Jerkass}} as he used to be. He acknowledges this about himself. He's still an asshole mind you.

The series is then continued in ''Bill of the Dead'' that forms a new series.

!!This series provides examples of:

A series written by Rick Gualtieri.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Bill and company destroy the Wellspring that results in magic leaving the world.
Witches and vampires cease to exist]][[spoiler: with the majority of undead reverting to their true ages or slightly less. Sally becomes a gorgeous middle aged woman,]][[spoiler: Bill remains in his twenty, and Gan is immune but aging. James and many others die but it results in the Alma calling off their war on humanity. Bill decides to date Sheila after this.]]

* ShoutOut: Numerous. Bill, Tom and Ed are gigantic nerds. Most prominently, [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] figures into Jeff's demise.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Actually, it doesn't. [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve It's all about faith]]. If a person believes whole-heartedly in the holiness of God and his symbols, then a cross would work just fine. But if they don't have enough faith, it won't do diddly. This effect can be applied to anything that a person has enough faith in, be it a cross or a ham sandwich; Tom imbues a [[{{Transformers}} first generation Optimus Prime]] doll...uh...''[[InsistentTerminology collectible]]'' with this effect. Additionally, there are the very rare people called Icons, whose faith ''in themselves'' is so great that they become a WalkingWasteland to the supernatural. Icons have a variety of unspecified powers.

Witches and vampires cease to exist with the majority of undead reverting to their true ages or slightly less. Sally becomes a gorgeous middle aged woman, Bill remains in his twenty, and Gan is immune but aging. James and many others die but it results in the Alma calling off their war on humanity. Bill decides to date Sheila after this.]]

Witches and vampires cease to exist with the majority of undead reverting to their true ages or slightly less. Sally becomes a gorgeous middle aged woman, Bill remains in his twenty, and Gan is immune but aging. James and many others die but it results in the Alma calling off their war on humanity. Bill decides to date Sally after this.]]

* ChurchMilitant: The Knights Templar show up in book 4.

* SmugSnake: Another trait vampires tend to cultivate. Also, Harry Decker, who's a wizard.
* StrongerWithAge: Vampires.

* ''Shining Fury'' (2016)

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* BadAss: All over the place. Most vampires of note are this in spades, but in particular:
** Alexander, leader of the First Coven. Two thousand year old vampire. Oh and also [[spoiler: Alexander the Great, one of history's greatest conquerors]].
** James. Six hundred some odd years old, one of the few people to have earned Bill's genuine respect simply by being badass rather than being a "Kill first, ask questions later" asshole. He [[spoiler: ascends to the First Coven]] at the end of "The Mourning Woods".
** Gansetseng. Three hundred year old PsychopathicManchild who happens to be a fan of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', who nonetheless thumbs her nose at the First Coven, proclaiming the superiority of her parentage and single-handedly rules over most of Asia. She's the granddaughter of ''UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan'', so BadAss is pretty much [[ItRunsInTheFamily runs in the family]] for her.
** [[spoiler: Vehron]], also known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer, the Render, the Hater of All Life]], [[DaywalkingVampire the Sun Strider]] and many other nicknames besides. Older than Alexander, he effortlessly shrugs off every assault Bill and others throw at him, including being pumped full of enough silver bullets to dust a dozen lesser vamps. He's got a long and storied history as one of the vampire nation's most powerful generals, personally credited with [[spoiler: killing two Icons]]. Oh yeah, and [[spoiler: ''he's a Freewill'']].

** Gansetseng. Three hundred year old PsychopathicManchild who happens to be a fan of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', who nonetheless thumbs her nose at the First Coven, proclaiming the superiority of her parentage and single-handedly rules over most of Asia. She's the granddaughter of ''UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan'', so BadAss is pretty much RunsInTheFamily for her.

** Gansetseng. Three hundred year old PsychopathicManchild who happens to be a fan of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', who nonetheless thumbs her nose at the First Coven, proclaiming the superiority of her parentage and single-handedly rules over most of Asia. She's the granddaughter of ''UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan'', so BadAss is pretty much InTheBlood for her.

** Gansetseng. Three hundred year old PsychopathicManchild who happens to be a fan of SpongebobSquarepants, who nonetheless thumbs her nose at the First Coven, proclaiming the superiority of her parentage and single-handedly rules over most of Asia. She's the granddaughter of ''UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan'', so BadAss is pretty much InTheBlood for her.

* ''Half A Prayer'' (TBA)

** [[spoiler: Vehron]], also known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer, the Render, the Hater of All Life]], [[DaywalkingVampire the Sun Strider]] and many other nicknames besides. Older than Alexander, he effortlessly shrugs off every assault Bill and others throw at him, including being pumped full of enough silver bullets to dust a dozen lesser vamps. He's got a long and storied history as one of the vampire nations most powerful generals, personally credited with [[spoiler: killing two Icons]]. Oh yeah, and [[spoiler: ''he's a Freewill'']].

* FullFrontalAssault: Turd

* HolyBurnsEvil: Actually, it doesn't. [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve It's all about faith]]. If a person believes whole-heartedly in the holiness of God and his symbols, then a cross would work just fine. But if they don't have enough faith, it won't do diddly. This effect can be applied to anything that a person has enough faith in, be it a cross or a ham sandwich; Tom imbues a [[{{Transformers}} first generation Optimus Prime]] doll...uh...''[[InsistentTerminology collectable]]'' with this effect. Additionally, there are the very rare people called Icons, whose faith ''in themselves'' is so great that they become a WalkingWasteland to the supernatural. Icons have a variety of unspecified powers.

** TheNoseKnows

* FailOSuckyname: Per Jeff's policy, all the vampires have such a name. Jeff is Night Razor and Bill is Dr Death and so on. Bill dispenses with this policy immediately after killing Jeff.

** Gansetseng. Three hundred year old PsychopathicManchild who happens to be a fan of SpongebobSquarepants, who nonetheless thumbs her nose at the First Coven, proclaiming the superiority of her parentage and single-handedly rules over most of Asia. She's the granddaughter of ''GenghisKhan'', so BadAss is pretty much InTheBlood for her.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: It's implied that all of the First Coven are this. There's Alexander [[spoiler: as in, Alexander the Great]] and The Khan (actually [[spoiler: Ogedei Khan, Genghis' son]]). "Joshua" is all but directly stated to actually be [[spoiler: Jesus]].

* NoodleIncident: Bill's weekly DungeonsAndDragons game. When Bill failed to show up (on account of having been killed and turned into a vampire) [[KillerGameMaster the GM]] had his character captured by "a tribe of sexually repressed ogres".

** Gansetseng. Three hundred year old PsychopathicManchild who happens to be a fan of SpongebobSquarepants, who nonetheless thumbs her nose at the First Coven, proclaiming the superiority of her parentage and single-handedly rules over most of Asia.

* ''Half A Prayer''

* RedBaron: [[spoiler: Vehron]], also known as the Destroyer, the Render, the Hater of All Life, [[DaywalkingVampire the Sun Strider]] and many other nicknames besides.