The Dark Rift: The Supernatural Grail Quest Zombie Apocalypse (The Last Artifact Trilogy Book 1) (26 page)

Dr. Gabriel Parker
- Relic hunter and archaeologist. Adoptive son of Professor Agardi Metrovich.

Dr. Natasha Rossi
- Artifact historian and theologian. Adoptive daughter of Father Franco Rossi.

Bishop Marcus di Lauro
- Head of the Vatican’s department of exorcisms and paranormal anomalies. Close family friend to Gabriel and Natasha.

Fra Bartolomeo
- Christian brother, and former school teacher. Old friend and assistant to Bishop Marcus di Lauro.

Suora Angelica
- Nun, and former school teacher. Old friend and assistant to Bishop Marcus di Lauro.

Professor Agardi Metrovich
- Historian, retired relic hunter, and psychiatrist. Adoptive father of Gabriel.

Father Franco Rossi
- Priest and Exorcist. Adoptive guardian of Natasha.

Isaac Rodchenko
- Brother of Christian Antov. Disowned from the Antov family as an adolescent. Father of the prophesied beast.

Peralta
- Gibraltarian smuggler, computer hacker, and engineer. Close friend of Amir and Bahadur.

Amir Mustafa
- Trusted assistant of Dr. Gabriel Parker.

Bahadur
Mustafa
- Former smuggling cartel Captain to Najiallah Nasrallah. Cousin of Amir Mustafa.

Scotty Roberts
- Smuggler and close friend of Bahadur and Amir. The brother of Major Richard Roberts.

Major Richard Roberts
- Aide-du-Camp to the Governor of Gibraltar. Brother of Scotty Roberts.

Sir William Bentley
- Governor of Gibraltar. Mentor of Major Richard Roberts.

Brother Bernardo
- Spanish monk in the service of
The Order of St. James the Just
.

Sir David
- Captain of the knights of
The Order of Saint James the Just
, and sworn protector of The Two.

Alulim and Ursula
- Leaders of
The Order of St. James the Just.

Sir Shackleton
- AKA:
Melchizedek
. The mysterious dog.

Christian Antov
- Recently appointed chairman of the Vanderhoff Group Steering Committee, Anti-Christ, and brother of Isaac Rodchenko.

Doctor Bennington
- Psychiatrist to Christian Antov.

Najiallah Nasrallah
- Moroccan drug lord and archeology aficionado.

Father Adrianus Vanderwerken
- AKA:
The Nautonnier
. Head priest of the shadow organization behind the Vanderhoff Group. Mentor to Isaac Rodchenko.

Prince Vladimir Rodchenko
- Vanderhoff Group Steering Committee member. Uncle to Christian Antov.

- That Appear In This Novel -

The Bilderberg Group Conspiracy
—revolves around a real life secret society that was founded in 1954. According to Wikipedia (and numerous other perfectly reputable internet sources) every year 100-120 of the world’s most powerful elite (including Presidents and Prime Ministers currently in office) get together in 5 star resorts and hold secret meetings about world governance. Theorists claim that the organization is part of a sinister shadow government that secretly rules the world. In the off chance that it’s all true, they are referred to here as the
Vanderhoff Group
(after all, there’s no need to piss anybody off, right?).

The New World Order Conspiracy
—revolves around a coming fascist world government that, according to many homemade YouTube documentaries, will be split into four unions: The European Union, The American Union, The Asian Union, and the African Union. It will all be headed up by a shadow government under the guise of the United Nations. People (or
Sheeple)
will be governed by martial law and advanced biometric technology in a dystopian environment.

The Zombie Apocalypse Conspiracy
—revolves around a secret, genetically engineered virus designed by the government to cull the world’s population by turning people into undead cannibals.

The Reptilian Race Conspiracy
—revolves around the existence of an elite race of multi-dimensional, demonic, shape-shifting reptilians that currently pose as our leaders. According to a prominent British writer, public speaker and former sports broadcaster, they have every intention of enslaving humanity.

The Evil Pope Conspiracy
—revolves around the purported Satanic roots of the Roman Catholic Church, and its history of manipulation of holy scripture so as to further its quest for world dominance, and the enslavement of all souls (by far the most likely of all the theories listed here).

The Bloodline of Christ Conspiracy
—revolves around a secret society (with sexy French chicks) whose ancestry can be traced back to a child that Jesus had with Mary Magdalene.

The Galactic Plane Conspiracy
—states that climate change is not the result of silly carbon emissions, but rather due to the fact that our entire solar system is moving into the galaxy’s super-dense equator. It expounds that this is a cyclical, astronomical event that always culminates in an extinction level cataclysm. Of course NASA knows all about this, but what good could possibly come from telling everyone?

Gilliam Ness is a writer and visual artist.

He lives in Toronto and Chania, Crete.

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