The Paradise Novels

Born of Black and White, Eaten with worms, I'm a Saint, a Sinner, a Siren of the Word. The Circle knows me, the rest just wanna trip on Grace Juice, baby. Showdown at midnight. —Marsuvees Black

, also known as Project Showdown, is a series by Ted Dekker that consists of the books Showdown, Saint, and Sinner. It is apart of the larger Books of History Chronicles.

• Affably Evil: Marsuvees Black. The Englishman.
• Badass: Saint, an assassin and the protagonist of Saint. AKA Johny Drake. He was was kidnapped, brain washed, renamed, and trained to be the one of the deadliest assassins in the world..
  • Marsuvees Black and The Englishman.
• Badass Preacher: Johny in Sinner.
• Big Bad: Marsuvees Black.
• Catch Phrase: Marsuvees has a few, but his favorite has to be "Wanna trip, baby?"
• Evil Is Sexy: Marsuvees Black does his best act this way.
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Marsuvees Black. His hobbies include ripping out peoples eyes and taking them as his own.
  • Also, Saint and The Englishman. They're assassins.