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A series of religious novels by [
== The series currently consists of six novels. ==▼
* ''Sophia House'' (2005)
* ''Father Elijah: An Apocalypse'' (1996)
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* [[Adult Fear]]: The government turning into a police state and trying to take away your kids, framing you for molesting them.
** Sending your kids off to school where they are raped by a [[Sadist Teacher]].
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* [[Apocalypse How]]: An unspecified level 1 cataclysm that depopulates the globe.
* [[Apocalypse of the Week]]: The premise of these books is the then-current idea that the world would end with the turn of the millennium.
* [[Ascend to
* [[Author Avatar]]: Just read some of O'Brien's non-fiction, which is partially autobiographical, and compare it to excerpts of ''Plague Journal''.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: Plenty of these in ''Plague Journal''. The eponymous journal contains rather lengthy and [[Anvilicious]] excerpts of writing by the [[Author Avatar]]. Some of these articles have appeared in [[Real Life]] magazines, under the author's byline.
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* [[Black and White Morality]]: Played straight and lampshaded.
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]: Where Binemin goes. A teacher there, Mr. Mc Kenna, is a sadistic pedophile.
* [[Bothering
* [[Brainwashed]]: What the teacher attempted to do to Jack Tobac's mother. Also, what Fr. Andrei and Fr. Potempko fear will happen to Arrow.
** This is what the cult did to Colin in the back-story of ''Eclipse of the Sun''.
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** Fr. Elijah and Fr. Ron seem to have these, though we don't see them come true in-story.
* [[Easy Evangelism]]: Averted, particularly with Anne and Colin.
* [[The End of the World
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Antichrist is simply known as the Antichrist or the President of the Europarliament.
** The Archbishop of Vancouver is also known simply by his title.
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: To cover up their planned intrigue, Fr. Elijah and Anna write fake love letters to each other. {{spoiler|When Anna is killed, these love letters are used as a motive in framing Fr. Elijah.}}
** In ''Plague Journal'', as a prank, Nathaniel leaves a deranged message on Doc's answering machine, firing a starter pistol to make it seem like he killed himself. [[It Makes Sense in Context]] {{spoiler|however, Nathaniel's phone is being tapped, and the [[Government Conspiracy]] uses this prank (which they pretend to take seriously) as evidence that he really is crazy.}}
* [[Nostalgia
** Not ''quite.'' He seems to hearken back to an age far before the 20th Century and modernity in general, in the "glory days" of "Roman Christendom."
* [[Omniglot]]: The Antichrist.
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* [[Precocious Crush]]: Zoë for Anthony, in ''Plague Journal''.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: The Nazi professor in ''Sophia House''.
* [[Raised
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Invoked in the foreword of ''Strangers and Sojourners''.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Maurice and Count Smokrev.}}
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* [[Satan]]: Of course, given the nature of these novels.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Nathaniel uses this in his writing. Teachers and readers lampshade and call him on this in ''Strangers and Sojourners'' and ''Plague Journal'', respectively.
* [[Shout
** Of course, given the genre, there are several to [[
* [[Son of a Whore]]: Mc Kenna.
* [[Strawman Political]]: Judging from what O'Brien pits his characters against, it's pretty clear his stance on many issues. Then again, there's a reason why some people call this a Catholic ''[[Left Behind]].''
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* [[Villain Ball]]: Perhaps the reason the [[Government Conspiracy]] so determined to stamp out an increasingly marginalized group of people?
** In addition, if, as Maurice implies, the drug commune and the [[Government Conspiracy]] are both on the same side, why does the Government Conspiracy wipe them out?
* [[Villain
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Maurice offers Nathaniel a position with the government in ''Strangers and Sojourners''. Later, in ''Eclipse of the Son''. Maurice states that, had Nathaniel accepted, he would have shared in the global conspiracy's power {{spoiler|instead of being liquidated by Maurice}}.
** The Antichrist gives a makes a straight version of this offer to Fr. Elijah. He refuses, of course.
* [[What Happened to
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Twice, Arrow's name is commented upon.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: The Antichrist and Maurice.
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