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''Carrion Comfort'' is a 1989 fantasy/horror novel written by [[Dan Simmons]].

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* [[Affably Evil]]: Some of the [[Our Vampires Are Different|mind vampires]], particularly C. Arnold Barent.
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: Averted. Though the mind vampires are able to mind control virtually anyone, they don't use governments or try to change the world. {{spoiler|The Öberst wants that to change.}}
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Barent and the Oberst, both literally and figuratively.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Whenever the vampires fight each other.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The Pawns.
* [[Human Chess]]: To the death.
* [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You]]: Tony Harod with Maria Chen.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Subverted in the first 50 pages of the book. {{spoiler|[[It Gets Worse]].}}
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Melanie Fuller}}
* [[Kill'Em All]]: Well, not everyone, but close.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Plenty of those. And in Tony Harod's case, literally.
* [[Not So Different]]: The Oberst tries this on Saul. [[Shut UP, Hannibal|It doesn't work.]]
* [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide]]: All. The. Time.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Tony Harod.}}

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