spirit survive in a century that no longer has space for them? 2006–present: Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros novel series. The lead character and his brother are both half-Romani on their mother's side. 2007: Lisa Kleypas's novel Mine Till Midnight and its companion Seduce Me at Sunrise. Feature two half-Romani male protagonists. 2007: Nikki Poppen's The Romany Heiress. The heir to the Earl of Spelthorne is captivated by the arrival of a beautiful Roma shows up on his doorstep claiming to be his deceased parents' long lost daughter. 2007: Colum McCann's novel Zoli. Explores the life of a fictional Slovak Romani artist. 2007: Paulo Coelho's novel The Witch of Portobello. The character Athena's biological mother is Roma. 2007: In Sally Gardner's novel The Red Necklace, the main character Yann and his companion Têtu are Roma along with the antagonist Kalliovski. 2007: Deanna Raybourn's Lady Julia Grey series (Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Sanctuary, Silent on the Moor, Dark Road to Darjeeling, Dark Inquiry) feature Nicholas Brisbane as the protagonist. Brisbane is the son of a reprobate Scottish nobleman and a Roma woman with the power of sight. Throughout the series, a number of Roma characters feature prominently. 2007, 2008: Kate Wild's teenage/young adult novels FightGame and FireFight. Thrillers with a science fiction overtone featuring a young Roma protagonist called Freedom Smith. 2008: James Rollins' novel The Last Oracle. Cmdr. Gray Pierce must stop a rogue group in Russia from using autistic savant Romani descendants from being used as weapons. 2010: Sonia Meyer's novel Dosha, Flight of the Russian Gypsies. About Romani in the 1950s Soviet Union. 2010: Levi Pinfold's children's book The Django (2010), inspired by Romani musician Django Reinhardt 2011: Stef Penney's novel The Invisible Ones. Ray Lovell, a small-time PI of Roma descent, is hired to investigate the disappearance of a Romani woman, 7 years previously. 2013: Cazzarola! Anarchy, Romani, Love, Italy by Norman Nawrocki includes a Romani family and camp living in Rome, Italy. Talks about the persecution and discrimination the Romani face in Europe. 2015: Linda De Quincey's novel Roma: Charlie and Poppy. The tale of an orphaned Romany child who is adopted by an abusive mother and falls for his adoptive sister who lifts his spirits as he plans his escape. Plays and musicals Carmen, an 1875 opera by Georges Bizet. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall