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But salvation is at hand, in the form of Jack 'Church' Churchill, an archeologist/writer from London, who thanks to the wonders of [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] metaphysics is responsible for the legend of Jack the Giant Killer, and is on a quest to break the spell, while avoiding an entity called the Spider.
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And {{spoiler|quite a few heroes do. Veitch}} even manages it four times, the final one wiping him from Existence. {{spoiler|Mallory and Caitlin}} also bite the dust after their [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Axe Crazy]]: The Morrigan. And then some.
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* [[Infant Immortality]]: Brutally subverted, especially in "The Queen of Sinister." Although it's established fairly early on that {{spoiler|Liam}} will die, everyone keeps building {{spoiler|Carlton}} up as the innocent who could help turn the tide against the plague. Then {{spoiler|Matt cuts his throat}}.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Church's observation in "The Burning Man" of: "You've got to be kidding me. Kung fu foxes?" Don't worry: it's [[Better Than It Sounds]].
* [[Mystical Plague]]: This occurs in ''The Queen of Sinister''. A mystical plague that kills human life essence itself (basically 100% fatal, and dissolves its victims flesh leaving them just a load of pus inside a bag of skin and since it comes from the otherworld there is no known vector, source, or cure for the disease) is the chosen tool for this book. Too bad for it that two of the early victims were the son and husband of a woman that is an unknowing mystical champion of humanity, and the plague which was supposed to destroy her wakes that mystical potential. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]].
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: The Dragons in these stories are literally the blood of reality. Pure Energy. They are even called Fabulous Beasts.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: {{spoiler|Jack (the younger one, not Church)}} as he has a destructive Wish Hex inside him.
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* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: well, more Screw The Rules I Have Magic Powers, but the sentiment stands.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Hal and Hunter, respectively. Shavi and Veitch also share a close friendship, not that Veitch would admit it easily.
* [[The World Is Not Ready]]: The government thinks that the public is not ready for the news that psychopathic shapeshifters and telepathic elementals are hunting each other through the rapidly-
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