Paladin of Shadows: Difference between revisions

* [[...And Show It to You]]: [[Badass Grandma|Mother Lenka]], in ''Unto the Breach'', rips the heart out of a captured Chechen fighter, and bites into it, the last thing its former owner sees before dying.

* [[Autobots Rock Out]]:

** Mike occasionally uses music to help boost the morale of his allies.

* [[Author Tract]]: Mike's warped mental commentary on the politically correct history class he'd just had. Although, John Ringo admits he wrote the character to be as negative as possible.

* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: [http://johnringo.nitro.gen.nz/FAQ/PaladinofShadowsFAQ.aspx Ringo originally didn't even want to write the first book, but it was preventing him from writing anything else until he got it out. When he did so, he originally was not going to publish it under his own name, not even with his usual publisher, until his regular publisher read it and waved money under his nose. And Ringo had a mortgage to pay.]

* [[More Dakka]]: Plenty to be found throughout the series, but particularly demonstrated by the slaughter of the bunkers mentioned above, and the improved M-60s used at the end of the battle with the Chechens.

* [[Old Shame]]: ''Ghost'' was John Ringo clearing his head of ideas that he couldn't shake. His [http://hradzka.livejournal.com/199220.html gleeful participation] in the "OH JOHN RINGO NO" meme should show you what he thinks of it. [[Word of God]] says that the working title was ''The Wanker Piece'' before marketing forced him to drop it.

* [[Outside Ride]]: Mike, at the beginning of ''Ghost'', does this on the van that's being used to kidnap coeds.

** Mike, at one point, recites the Shakespeare quote that gave the book ''Unto the Breach'' its name.

** Mike is said to be listening to ''[[The Rolling Stones|Paint it Black]]'' at one point in ''A Deeper Blue'', with the relevant part of the song the opening quote of the prologue.

* [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]: A common item of contention in the series. And now {{spoiler|Mike}} has one, as well as a former Russian bio-weapons scientist.