Sex by Proxy: Due to a post-possession mental link, Sparrow gets to-very unwillingly-eavesdrop on Frances and Mick.Rape Discretion Shot: It's heavily implied that Beano rapes Sparrow, but whatever happens isn't described.Missing Time: That's where Sparrow realizes there's something strange happening.Grey and Grey Morality: The Big Bad Tom Worecski keeps his host alive, while Frances, while being one of the good guys, has already killed her current host. City with No Name: The setting is only referred to as The City, though there are enough locations specified to indicate that it used to be Minneapolis, where Bull was living at the time.The Atoner: Frances, to the point of being a Death Seeker.Anyone Can Die: About half of the characters are killed off, in chronicle order: Cass, Dana, Mick, Tom and Dusty.Angst Coma: Happens to Sparrow after being tortured by Beano.No one mentions what happens to the other half of the world though. After the End: The western hemisphere has been largely destroyed by a nuclear war.
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