King of Thorn/YMMV
- Crowning Moment of Awesome: "This... is... MY IMAGE!!"
- Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Marco comes back from the dead because he wants to protect Kasumi.
- "Believe in me, Kasumi..."
- Magnificent Bastard: Zeus
- Nightmare Fuel: Copious amounts of Gorn, Cruel and Unusual Death, characters being chased by one Super-Persistent Predator after another and sometimes Eaten Alive, plus Kasumi's nightmares and suicidal tendencies. Then there's Medusa itself causing all kinds of Body Horror. And this is all within the first book!