First, my wife pays no attention to my infatuation with widdershins, she just keeps recharging her Taser and hiding the keys to my desk leg chains in new places.
Now to some of your points:
1) Loupy is correct – there is now a chapel in Demidova Tower as shown in Demon Divine.
2) Who’s to say they haven’t? I don’t detail everything going on around them on purpose. It lets me bring it out in short stories or side books.
3) Again, if you’ve read Demon Divine you’ll find that some magical weapons are being created along with advanced Vorsook stuff. Not telling where the workshop(s) are… yet.
4) Stay tuned.
5) Loupy is also correct about the kitten, Talon. Have to wait for C.A.E.C.O. for details.
Gog,
Borough of Bones will detail more stuff. EM weapons have been employed, but like all tactics there are work arounds, plus an overbuilt urban area is rife with natural EM blockers and winter hiding spots. The Spiders adapted and forced adaptations on the rest of the drones. Power conservation, power sharing, alternative power sources (any solar panels in Manhattan?), etc. Zone Defense has whittled their numbers down from 25,000 to an estimated 15,000. Still a lot of deadly drones, still very bloody building-to-building combat. And there are other forces at work. ‘Nuff said. Stay tuned.