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While some people may worship a particular deity, the overwhelming attitude toward them is pragmatic, as deities are a concrete and real part of the environment, whether or not they are worshiped. Each region has its own deities, and urban planning which does not take the local deities into consideration could end with disaster, just like planning which ignores other major ecological factors. (Exactly that very nearly happens at the book's climax.)

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rdfs:label	The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump
rdfs:comment	While some people may worship a particular deity, the overwhelming attitude toward them is pragmatic, as deities are a concrete and real part of the environment, whether or not they are worshiped. Each region has its own deities, and urban planning which does not take the local deities into consideration could end with disaster, just like planning which ignores other major ecological factors. (Exactly that very nearly happens at the book's climax.)
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dcterms:subject	Works Set in the United States The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump Fantasy Stand-alone Books 1993 Works Works Set in the Present Works Set in the 1990s
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pub date	1993(xsd:integer)
Genre	Fantasy
Cover Artist	Stephen Hickman
ImageSize	150(xsd:integer)
Language	English
Publisher	Baen
ISBN	0(xsd:integer)
Location	United States
abstract	While some people may worship a particular deity, the overwhelming attitude toward them is pragmatic, as deities are a concrete and real part of the environment, whether or not they are worshiped. Each region has its own deities, and urban planning which does not take the local deities into consideration could end with disaster, just like planning which ignores other major ecological factors. (Exactly that very nearly happens at the book's climax.) Unlike the majority of fictional worlds where magic works, where the setting tends to be Archaic or Medieval, this one is set in a recognizable present-day United States analog, the Confederated Provinces, (specifically Angels City aka Los Angeles), with many present-day technologies and institutions having a magical equivalent (for example, the equivalent of the CIA is staffed by actual, literal spooks). The book also employs many of the conventions of the hard-boiled detective novel, transposed to this setting. The Toxic Spell Dump of the title, which plays a key role in the plot, refers to magic spells having toxic side-effects, like industrial processes in OTL, and needing to have a special dump where these effects would not harm the environment. The protagonist, EPA (Environmental Perfection Agency) agent David Fisher, starts on what seems a simple case but which soon becomes complicated and highly dangerous. Following clues to the toxic spell dump of the title, he discovers that the city is threatened by the imminent resurgence of a malevolent Mesoamerican god. The situation is saved due to the surprise appearance of the Lithuanian god Perkunas, who heeds the prayer of a Lithuanian American devotee and lends his assistance to defeat the bloodthirsty local god.

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