YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT...
THE TEAM
DR SANDY EDGEVARNT
Dr Edgevarnt is a well respected member of the international scientific community, from a good family, and known to the British military as an expert nuclear physicist with experience in postwar German scientific analysis and personnel. He is currently employed by the scientific arm of the DoSC as a Lead Scientist in the Scientific & Weapons Support Program. He has gained a reputation for applying his intellectual skills to support Mission Teams whilst remaining calm under pressure. He has not been a field operative for some years.
COL. FREDERICK ‘ FRANK’ BORMAN II
United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, rancher, and NASA astronaut since 1962 (‘Next Nine’). In 1966, he set a fourteen-day spaceflight endurance record as commander of Gemini 7. Served on the NASA review board (Apollo 1 fire). Captain Apollo 8 December 1968. Recently married to Dr Ginger Borman, Frank is one of the few people alive to have seen the dark side of the moon.
DR KIRAN KAUR
Dr Kaur qualified as a doctor and specialised as a radiologist – but soon she started to see things that couldn’t be explained on standard x-rays... Fascinated, or maybe obsessed, she started running experiments, developing her own equipment and researching the possibilities of seeing beyond the known visual spectrum and at this point she is one of the world’s foremost imaging specialists.
After certain aspects of her research led her into the dangerous world of modern cults, she called on Dr Jon Hayes and they now often work as a team.
DR GINGER BORMAN
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Chemical Neuroscientist Ginger grew up in Britain, before completing her doctorate at Stanford. Currently working under Sidney Gottlieb and as a specialist researcher at Stanford, she has an interest in the potential for psychic development using psychedelics and other chemical compounds.
Recently married to Col. Frank Borman, Ginger is active in social circles in both the US and UK and looking forward to enjoying their honeymoon trip to Britain!
DR JON HAYES
Berkley psychiatrist Jon Hayes is an expert in the interplay between drugs and perceptions of reality. When not drinking coffee on campus with his students, discussing the nature of truth and reality, or consulting for MI5, he investigates dangerous cults, and is often approached to free and deprogram individuals who have become caught up in them, along with his partner Dr Kiran Kaur. His recent publications have focused on microdosing of psychotropic drugs.
JON NARL
Jón Njáll Nodensson, known professionally as Jon Narl, is an Icelandic actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and director. In a career spanning 20 years, he is most known for capturing the scenes that Hollywood says are impossible. A meticulous planner with an eye for the camera, he consistently delivers death defying stunts and seamless shots and has walked away on several occasions from stunts that onlookers were sure would lead to his death.
DEVON TRENT
One of the most keenly honed minds in the world... Devon Trent is an intuitive expert in psychology and human behaviour. His intuition, observation, and skills in reading body language and micro-expressions appear to others as near mind-reading. And he can apply the same skills to blend in and manipulate others as adeptly.
In recent years he has devoted much of his time to delving into mind-expanding explorations including Eastern philosophies, occult practices, and modern parapsychological theories.
MARIE-ANNE de VILLIERS
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Marie-Anne de Villiers is a respected French actress famed for her ability to play any role. Already an experienced stage actress, Marie-Anne’s breakthrough film was the tragic 1957 melodrama La fille au chapeau rouge, a story of a lovelorn woman tormented by
her past under Nazi occupation. Marie-Anne’s own youthful experiences as a member of the
French Résistance enabled her to bring a fierce authenticity to her depiction of the tragically fated Sóphie. Coming from an old French aristocratic family enables her to move with ease in high society across Europe.
JEREMY DeFREITAS
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‘The fastest man in the world’ – DeFreitas is a high profile racing car driver, who famously made a name for himself by driving for an entire half day and night long stint at the Le Mans 24 hour race. A well known socialite and raconteur with a playboy reputation, his parties are known to be as lavish as they are exclusive, quite often with unusual themes.
NINA MATCHABELLI
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Anglo-Russian beauty Nina claims to come from an uninterrupted line of witches and has a practical spell for every occasion. She was the darling of the London magical party scene – where her tarot readings were highly sought after – before her marriage to Cultural Ambassador, Roman Matchabelli. Now she moves in diplomatic circles with regular trips to Moscow with her husband.
ROMAN MATCHABELLI
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Descended from White Russians who fled to England during the revolution, Roman is a wealthy and slightly eccentric Cultural Ambassador to Moscow. After reading Slavic Studies at Cambridge, he met his wife, Nina on the London occult scene, before joining the Diplomatic Service, where he oversees postgraduate student cultural exchanges.
BILLY ‘THE FRIAR’ WHITE
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East London explosives expert, The Friar, likes a gamble in all any form, from a friendly game of cards to taking chances that others consider suicidal. In the last few years he has gambled, wined and dined, travelled and blown up things that should, quite literally, be out of this world, all in the name of Queen and Country, while maintaining his links with London criminal society.
ROY ‘CHUBB’ LOCKE
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After years working at the Yale lock factory, rising to the level of designer, there isn’t a lock Roy can’t open. A self-taught ‘nonstandard’
lock expert, he’s an expert in wands, crystals and divining as well as the more down-to-earth tools of the trade. It’s been a profitable career and Chubb likes to keep himself to himself and mostly work as a freelance professional on jobs that interest him.
MR BROCK
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After an early career as a roadie in the film and music industry, Brock is knowledgeable about, and good at sniffing out occult paraphernalia and collectables for the rock and film stars he worked for, as well as lining up ‘Sites of ritual significance’. Despite his rough appearance, he’s got links to the British library and museum and a contact in every shady pub in Britain and Brock is the man who can identify or get his hands on any unusual object you care to mention, if the price is right, and if he likes you.
THE GREAT KOZANI
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Born in Hungary, The Great Kozani was a well-known master of stage illusion, sleight of hand, misdirection and escapology. After his Las Vegas show ended early following the accidental decapitation of his female assistant on stage he left the professional circuit in 1960. Currently he’s working in Europe as a ‘paranormal investigator and exorcist’ under the name Reid Woodfield.
LADY HAZEL
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Wealthy aristocrat Frances Marjorie Hazlewood-Fox is a glamorous socialite, well known in national and international political circles and her list of contacts means she can easily assemble meetings, gatherings, dinners and lunches with the rich and famous movers and shakers. Lady Hazel is fascinated by and has a passion for jewellery, as well as being a crack shot and talented acrobat and has as a knack for spotting and following up on unusual occurrences... just don’t ask her to lead you, it’s not her style,
darling...