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2	[[caption-width-right:250:[[WhoYouGonnaCall Who You Gonna Call?]]]]
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4	''The Books of the Order'' are a series of {{Fantasy}} novels written by UsefulNotes/NewZealand author and podcaster Creator/PipBallantine. They are, in order:
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6	* ''Geist'' (2010)
7	* ''Spectyr'' (2011)
8	* ''Wrayth'' (2012)
9	* ''Harbinger'' (2013)
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11	The Books are set in the land of Arkaym, where the Order of the Deacons are the only line of defence between citizens of the Empire and the [[OurGhostsAreDifferent "geists", dangerous spirits that draw power from the Otherside]]. The first book introduces Deacon Sorcha Faris, one of the many Actives capable of using their Gauntlets to combat geists. In BuddyCopShow fashion, Sorcha is partnered up with the newly-minted Sensitive Deacon Merrick Chambers, and later they run across "Pretender" Raed Rossin, a pirate captain and heir of the family who ruled Arkaym before the current Emperor took over. The three find themselves having to face off against a dangerous geist incursion and save Arkaym from destruction -- and that's just the first book.
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13	!!''Geist'' provides examples of the following tropes:
14	%%* BadassBookworm: Merrick.
15	%%* BadassNormal: Raed [[spoiler:until the end]].
16	%%* BloodMagic: It can be used to summon geists.
17	* BrokenBridge: A sudden glacier movement prevents Raed's ship from leaving Ulrich once its arrived, leaving him, his crew, Sorcha and Merrick stranded.
18	* BuddyCopShow: Sorcha is a cigar-smoking, FamedInStory Active and legend among the Deacons. Merrick is a fresh-faced by-the-book Sensitive. They're partnered up. You can guess where this goes.
19	%%* TheCaptain: Raed. This gets him exactly no credit from Sorcha and Merrick [[spoiler:at first]].
20	%%* CoolAirship
21	* CouldntFindAPen: In ''Geist'', the protagonist's sidekick discovers a rune written with blood while looking for a missing person. Apparently the blood wouldn't have been strictly needed, so it was a case of the missing person not being able to get a pen.
22	%%* EldritchAbomination: Murashev.
23	* GovernmentInExile: After Raed's father and much of his court fled the capital following the Emperor's coup, they believed that they -- and subsequently Raed -- were this trope. [[IJustWantToBeNormal Raed knows better]].
24	%%* HulkingOut: You wouldn't like the Rossin.
25	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Raed has very little interest in becoming the ruler of Arkaym as he was supposed to [[spoiler:and longs to be free of the Rossin's curse]].
26	* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Raed's curse causes him to transform into a Rossin when disturbed by traces of the Otherside.
27	%%* TheManBehindTheMan
28	%%* MindLinkMates: [[spoiler:Sorcha and Raed]].
29	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The geists are spirits created by people when they die. They can become creatures or possess people. They draw power from the Otherside. Geistlords are absurdly-powerful geists that ''live'' in the Otherside and would become [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] if they ever escaped to the real world. They can also create [[OurZombiesAreDifferent "unliving"]].
30	* PsychicLink: The Bond between parters of the Order is this, allowing a limited sharing of abilities and consciousness. The strength of Sorcha and Merrick's powers causes a much stronger Bond in a shorter space of time than usual. [[spoiler:When Sorcha Bonds with Raed, the link becomes three-way.]]
31	%%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Nynnia]]
32	%%* RoyalBlood: Necessary for the spell that the villains are trying to cast.
33	%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Prince Raed Rossin.
34	%%* StarCrossedLovers: Sorcha and Raed, by the end.
35	* WhoYouGonnaCall: The Order of the Deacons, for all your geist-busting needs.

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