Daniel Bianchi is 16 years old, living in Salmon Creek as a subject in Project Phoenix. He is one of the main characters in the Darkness Rising Series. His best friends are Maya Delaney and his girlfriend Serena, who drowned in The Gathering. He discovers that he an extinct supernatural, an Italian demon-hunter known as a Benandanti in The Calling. He can sense evil, has powers of persuasion, and a super sonic shout.