Moonheart

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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.

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The book contains examples of:

• 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: [spoiler: Puwadji]
• Our Fairies Are Different
• Our Monsters Are Different: The Tragg'a
• Ravens And Wrens
• Survivor Guilt
• Taken for Granite
• Teleportation:
• Time Travel
• Voluntary Shapeshifting