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

The Paradise Novels, 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..
 * 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.