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.

Tropes used in The Paradise Novels include:

• 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.