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=== Tropes used in this novel: ===
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Half the crowded cast ends up dying.
* [[Attack of the
* [[Blob Monster]]
* [[Bus Full of Innocents]]: The clone converts a whole subway train's worth of commuters.
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: Thomas and Wilhelm's description of the thing's creation goes a long way towards making it at least ''seem'' scientifically plausible. Also their knowledge of the inner workings of Chicago's infrastructure is staggering.
* [[Sinister Subway]]: The clone attacks two subway trains and converts everyone in them. Later, after the subway has flooded, Mark and the fire department's rescue team divers battle the clone down there ''underwater''.
* [[Slept Through the Apocalypse]]: Timothy O'Herlihy and his girlfriend Patricia had their radio turned off while they were at her place, missing most of the news broadcasts about the clone. Doubles as [[Late to
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Many, but Charles Hallingford, a shopper at Steinway's, takes the cake. {{spoiler|After going through all the trouble of very, very carefully getting a sample of clone tissue small enough to handle safely with his bare hands, he winds up absorbed by the main mass attempting to save a suit he was thinking about buying.}}
* [[The Windy City]]: Chicago is never actually identified, but several landmarks, street names, etc. and the city's proximity to Lake Michigan give it away.
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