(i) Poul Anderson's restrained treatment of the Knights Templar in "Death And The Knight": see Occult Orders and The Knights Templar.
(ii) Although the demons (are said to) win Armageddon at the end of James Blish's Black Easter, they do not rampage through the world in the sequel. In fact, the magicians must investigate what - or Who? - is restraining them. (The demonic fortress of Dis rises to the Earth's surface in Death Valley but stays there; the Strategic Air Command must attack it.)
(iii) In SM Stirling's Shadows Of Annihilation, the by now familiar protagonists unknowingly approach each other but there is no hurry about it. We expect a showdown but can be and are given many colorful details of this alternative historical world first.
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Kaor, Paul!
And we see a similar restraint in Anderson's two OPERATION books. The Adversary's schemes are foiled, but he is not prevented from being able to do harm by other means. And the US gains the ability to INVADE Hell, but does not believe it could conquer it.
Ad astra! Sean
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