This page contains a list of characters from my books. If you follow the links deeper, you will enter into the realm of my notes and my visions of these beings. You may prefer to keep them as you imagined them. However, if you dare, you are welcome to see them as they sprang from my mind.

... Perturbations Of The Reality Field

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Joe Pottinger
Role: Teen cab driver, accidental interstellar operativeFirst Appearance: Chapter 1Key Traits: Resourceful, impulsive, loyal, unexpectedly braveNotable Arcs:- Becomes Cassidy’s partner and pilot of the Escape through the Borderland- Acts as Earth’s first informal ambassador to multiple alien worlds- Survives repeated encounters with hostile species, pirates, and imperial forcesRepresentative Moment:“*No, but what choice do we have?*” (Ch.29)
Katie Ray
Role: Mathematical prodigy, emerging avatar of the Reality FieldFirst Appearance: Chapter 3Key Traits: Brilliant, imaginative, emotionally grounded, intuitiveNotable Arcs:- Publishes physics breakthroughs under a fake identity- Becomes central to the Wildthings’ plan to liberate the Cluster- Hosts alien visitors in her basement labRepresentative Moment:“*Paradox is conquered by expanding the system that contains it.*” (Ch.17)
Senator Huang
Role: Diplomat, strategist, leader of Earth’s secret coalitionFirst Appearance: Chapter 9Key Traits: Analytical, cautious, visionaryNotable Arcs:- Attempts to unify Earth’s governments before first contact- Forms the covert alliance with Joe, Cassidy, and Katie- Balances global politics with cosmic threatsRepresentative Moment:“*Great faith, great doubt, great effort.*” (Ch.13)
Yuri
Role: Wealthy Russian technologist, coalition hostFirst Appearance: Chapter 9Key Traits: Eccentric, brilliant, well-connectedNotable Arcs:**- Provides secure facilities for the coalition- Nearly kidnapped by alien infiltrators
Mrs. D
Role: Joe’s landlady, emotional anchorFirst Appearance: Chapter 5Key Traits: Kind, maternal, anxiousNotable Arcs: - Unwittingly shelters Joe during his early missions- Represents the “ordinary Earth” at risk
Miss McCabe
Role: Elderly neighborFirst Appearance: Chapter 13Traits: Nervous, easily startledFunction: Adds human-scale stakes and vulnerability
Peter Pottinger
Role: Joe’s brother, lunar engineerFirst Appearance: Chapter 21Key Traits: Practical, hardworking, skepticalNotable Arcs:- Survives the alien raid on New Philly- Becomes a prisoner aboard the Hunter-Gatherer
Julie, Labrie, Trevor Espinosa, Lucinda Khan
Role: Lunar colonists captured with PeterFunction: Represent humanity’s vulnerability and the stakes of interstellar conflictNotable Arcs:- Abducted by apemen and lizardmen- Branded and prepared for sale
Chad
Role: Katie’s bodyguardFirst Appearance: Chapter 17Traits: Stoic, protectiveFunction: Human counterbalance to alien visitors

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... A Trojan Horse Inside A Paper Moon

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... The Breeze, the Walker, and the Treeborn

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... Tales From the Edge of Existence

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