Up from the Grave is the seventh novel in the Night Huntress series.
Cat and Bones discover a conspiracy involving the paranormal division's inhumane experimentation on vampires and ghouls.
Tropes:
- Divide and Conquer: Jason Madigan's benefactor, Richard Trove, wants to start a war between vampires and ghouls so that demons can reign supreme.
- The Chessmaster: Richard Trove makes Jason Madigan think he's supporting a super-soldier program, but is actually trying to manipulate two species into warring with each other, and creates a crossbreed of both species to that end with Madigan.
- The Man Behind the Man: Jason Madigan's elusive benefactor is former White House speaker Richard Trove.
- Medical Rape and Impregnate: The experimenters forcibly impregnate a human woman with Cat's DNA.
- Playing with Syringes: Jason Madigan and Richard Trove are behind various inhumane experiments on vampires and ghouls.
- Tyrant Takes the Helm: Jason Madigan initially seemed to be a merely unworthy successor to Don Williams as head of the paranormal unit. However, he turns out to be a sociopath who performs inhumane experiments.
