Protagonist

• Rosalyn Shaye is the protagonist in this book series, which includes

  • Mission Fake Epiphany

  • Beggar of the Deep

  • Shaye versus Xavier

• Born 1955, Rosalyn is 21 years of age in MFE, and 29 in SvX

• Blonde, Caucasian of slim build, who loves Paul Xavier, coffee and Mediterranean food

• Professional English tutor, writer and business woman

• Living in Zagreb, Croatia, on a temporary resident visa since 1975

• Her friend/neighbour, Lilly Somek, is a spy working for Bernard Sumora (antagonist)

• Her fiancé is Paul Xavier, a British agent at the British Consulate since 1974

• Rosalyn is a strong, independent feminist who loves people & life. She is openly Catholic, although Yugoslavia is under a communist regime

• Her tendency to be rebellious leads her also to be a vigilante. When she suspects that her friends are in danger, after a spate of what seems to be paranoid delusions, her life is threatened. Her complaints are not taken seriously by the police inspector. Rosalyn is set on a life changing journey, in which she discovers how her friends have been abducted by dangerous smugglers.

• Rosalyn disguises herself on occasion within the book series, her aliases include the following characters:

  • A Catholic nun in full habit in MFE

  • A young man in a large suite, as friend of Natalina Triestov in BOD

  • Neven the clumsy & naive young man in SvX

  • An insurance broker at the art gallery in SvX

  • Her Royal Highness Alphelia Zulusboniface, an African princess from Limpopo in SvX

  • Livia Esthawaye, as revealed in The Day of Baikal Xavier (in progress)

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Protagonist

• Paul Xavier is the second protagonist in this book series, which includes

  • Mission Fake Epiphany

  • Beggar of the Deep

  • Shaye versus Xavier

• Born 1950; British, 26 years of age in MFE, and 34 in SvX

• Tall blonde, Caucasian, English with Croatian mother. An ex-army officer, man of action, loves yachting, cognac and Rosalyn Shaye who is playing hard to get

• Paul is a British secret agent, living on a diplomatic visa in Yugoslavia since 1974

• He is a supporter of feminism with no religious hang ups, although his best friend is a catholic priest, he has visions of an arch angel and he wants to marry Rosalyn

• His tendency to be reckless leads him to a powerful smuggler and lands him in gaol more than once. He is an incurable optimist who discovers that his real match is someone closer to home.

• Paul disguises himself, dresses in drag and has many aliases within the first trilogy such as the following characters:

  • Lord Ronald Kensington - during the heist in MFE
  • Natalina Trieste - a drag queen in BOD

  • Dr Lord Joel Spooner, genealogist and philosopher in SvX

  • Fr Ludo (Fr Lyudwig Ivanhov) a Russian Orthodox priest in SvX

  • Scott Dally, as revealed in The Day of Baikal Xavier (in progress)

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Protagonist

• Rosko Krystoffe-Xavier is the protagonist in two of the books in this series:

  • Betrayal of the Paragon Cross

  • Hoax of the Gabra Shi

• Born 2064, Rosko is 23 years of age in BPC, and 25 in HGS

• Dark hair, green eyes, Paragon prince with an athletic constitution, who loves Gretchen Tousard, cyber-physical gym and flying helicopters

• His eyes glow green in the dark and they change colour when he falls in love with the right mating partner

• Rosko is able to remain underwater for 20 minutes before he enters into an aquatic state of hibernation. He glows bright blue underwater. He can remain in this aquatic state indefinitely, and makes a full recovery when he dries out

• Rosko is aided by a double heart. His Spirullian heart produces oxygen while under water and beats at a different rhythm within his human heart

• His title is the Prince of the Paragon Cross, son of King Daniel Krystoffe-Xavier

• He lives in Paragonia, S. Africa, until the civil war breaks out in 2084. His mother is African and his father is son of Baikal Xavier, the Prince of the Paragon Cross

• Rosko is very close to his cousin Derek Schoemakker. They grew up together, living as brothers in the same household after Derek's parents were killed in a mining accident

• Rosko is a military type, a Brigadier in the Paragon Secret Army. He actively pursues justice for his people but does not fully understand religion. He is opposed to his fiancée's Catholicism, which has been outlawed with all other religions in Paragonia, which sets a barrier between them for quite some time

• His tendency to be rebellious leads him also to be a vigilante. When his family and friends are in danger, and are exiled from Paragonia, he is plunged into a perilous journey during which he meets the Gabra Shi in the caves of Lupadilia. The Gabra Shi is a spirit who recognises Rosko as the saviour and sends him on a mission. His journey is life changing and takes him to Europe where he meets the monks in the mountains of Montenegro

• He finds Gretchen and meets Hillary Jefferson, an astronaut pilot who offers to help them rescue Eva from the moon Callisto, since she was abducted by Spirullians and sold into slavery.

• In HOGS Rosko rockets into outer space, lands on Jupiter's moons Europa and Callisto, in order to save the slaves of the Gabra Shi. He finds his grandfather Baikal Xavier, Prince of the Paragon Cross, and together they reclaim the Madonna's Cross.

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