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A series of fantasy novels for young adults by author [[Hilari Bell]]. The books focus on the [[Odd Couple]] of Sir Michael, a [[Knight Errant]], and his squire, Fisk (a former conman). The two start out very much on the opposite ends of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] (guess who is at which end). They travel together through a made-up country that sounds remarkably like Western Europe at the tail-end of the medieval ages, where feudalism is losing hold and industry and the middle class are starting to take over. All this however just minus the Catholic Church (or really any religion of any kind) but with lots of magic around [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You|that can kill you]]!
The two leads mostly play [[Nancy Drew]] to several mysteries they happen to stumble upon in their travels. Michael is all for figuring them out and helping people, while Fisk just wants them to get through things alive and preferably not imprisoned.
Books already released:
* ''The Last Knight''
* ''Rogue's Home''
* ''Player's Ruse''
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* [[Adult Fear]]: There is a scientist gathering mentally impaired children and running magic experiments on them
* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: No matter what you did, if you can't meet the conditions set by whoever redeems you, you can be marked.
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* [[Amateur Sleuth]]: Though unlike most examples they seem to be able to be capable of not encountering crime ''everywhere'' they go.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Pretty much everything that happens to Michael while he's destroying magica plants to try and contact a savant who only comes when there's trouble.
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* [[Aura Vision]]: {{spoiler|Michael's ability to see magica in other objects.}}
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: In ''Rogue's Home''. Fisk is on good terms with the people there.
* [[Bad Liar]]: Michael, whenever he actually does lie. He does manage to fool people once or twice, but only rarely.
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: The unnamed planet they are on has two moons: the Creature Moon (it's gold) and the Green Moon ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|yep, it's green]]). They are both heavily tied to the dangerously chaotic magic (Creature animal, Green plants) that inhabits the place.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Fisk
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* [[Children Are Special]]: In a twisted version of the trope, only children are known to use full fledged magic because only the mentally impaired can be born with any magic in the first place, and they rarely, if ever, live to adulthood. {{spoiler|Since he obtained his magic artificially, Michael is an exception to this rule.}}
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Oh, Michael. When will you stop trying to save people who would gladly kill you?
* [[Clear Their Name]]: Fisk is called home in ''Rogue's Home'' to prove his brother-in-law is innocent.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: After asking around town about Hackle for a few days, the stable boy who just happens to be near by that Fisk just happens to point to when saying they may as well have asked him turns out to have the only person with information on Hackle.
* [[Contractual Immortality]]: If he didn't have this Michael would have died at least once per book.
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* [[I Am a Monster]]: Michael, after {{spoiler|using magic.}}
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: The main bad guy of ''Player's Ruse'' does this to a tied up and devastated Fisk after it looks like {{spoiler|Michael has been tossed off a cliff to his death.}}
* [[I Fought the Law and
* [[Implacable Man]]: Nothing will stop Michael from pursuing the villain.
* [[In Touch with His Feminine Side]]: After conning, Fisk's most marketable skill is needle work.
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* [[Leave No Witnesses]]: The wreckers kill anyone who sees them at work.
* [[Legally Dead]]: {{spoiler|Rosamund}}
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* [[Lord Error-Prone]]
* [[Love Triangle]]: Though Michael worries one will arise between him, Fisk, and Rosamund, it instead occurs with the actor Rudy his rival in love.
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* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Nettie's Ma. When Michael asks her for her name she takes offense.
* [[Unstoppable Mailman]]: The man who delivers a letter to Fisk at the beginning of ''Rogue's Home'' has been carrying it for months, and had to figure out a trick to track him and Michael down.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Where Rosamund keeps the key to her jewelry box.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: {{spoiler|Everyone praises Worthington for his generosity, including people whose family members he killed in cold blood.}}
* [[Waking Up Elsewhere]]: Michael and Fisk in the first book, when they get knocked out in the streets and come to on a boat.
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