Moonheart

A fantasy story by Charles de Lint, set in Ottawa, Canada. It begins with Sara Kendall finding a mysterious bag bequeathed to the antique shop where she works. Soon she, the residents of Tamson House, and several members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are involved in a convoluted and magical story.


 * Action Girl: Arguably, all of the women in the final stand
 * Anyone Can Die
 * Came Back Strong: It's revealed Mal'ek'a has been killed two times before, and came back stronger.
 * Catch Phrase: Nom de tout!
 * Deflector Shield: Created by the House.
 * Duel to the Death: Although a bit of a twist on it.
 * Dwindling Party
 * Everything's Worse with Bears: Inverted with the totems, and subverted because wolverines are also called devil bears, which compose the Tragg'a partly.
 * Gag Penis: Some faeries and manitou.
 * Good People Have Good Sex
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Leave No Witnesses: Gannon and crew's plan
 * Magical Native American
 * Meaningful Name: Kieran's last name is Foy, which means raven
 * Merlin
 * No Body Left Behind:
 * Our Fairies Are Different
 * Our Monsters Are Different: The Tragg'a
 * Ravens and Crows
 * Survivor Guilt
 * Taken for Granite
 * Teleportation:
 * Time Travel
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting