Meet The Characters
Dying To Live (as they appear)
Tainted Beginnings
Cameron – (aka “Nandy” to his grandson) Grandfather to Lachlan, Kaikoura, NZ
Lachlan – (aka “Buds” to his grandfather) Grandson to Cameron, Kaikoura, NZ
Aerin – Born in Iran, moved to Iraq as an infant; then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia as a youngster; later settled in Kaikoura, NZ as a teenager. Younger sibling to older brothers, Tanid, by two years, and identical twins, Balic & Rami, by one year. Parents are Saroya & Ari. Aerin has many secrets . . .
al Din – Fanatical terrorist group unified worldwide under their caliph, Qeb al-Husri
Saroya – Aerin’s Mama
Tanid – Aerin’s oldest brother (two years older than Aerin)
Balic – Aerin’s middle brother; identical twin to Rami (one year older than Aerin)
Rami – Aerin’s middle brother; identical twin to Balic (one year older than Aerin)
Ari – Aerin’s Papa
Uncle Isaac – Aerin’s Uncle, Ari’s brother, Kaikoura, NZ
Auntie Clara – Aerin’s Aunt, Isaac’s wife, Kaikoura, NZ
Press The “Red Buttons”
Deek – Gridiron NFL player for the Nebraska Caribou, husband to Lourdes, ex-member of the Atlanta, Georgia gang, The Predators (rivals of The Skinheads), Lompoc tribe member
Lourdes – Wife to Deek
Terrence – Deceased brother of Deek
Wandra – Older sister to Lourdes
Robyn Stroud – Tanid’s high school girlfriend
Bogdan Kozlov – KGB spy, Moscow, Russia; Father to Sasha
Qeb al-Husri – Caliph of the brutal, fanatical terrorist group, al Din
Mu’mad – (Formal name, Muhammad), son to Maktan; born in Syria and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia as an infant; alias Turkish name Zeren Killic
Maktan – Mother to Mu’mad; alias Turkish name Yonca Killic
Irshad – Acquaintance of Maktan’s from New Westminster
Sly – Lompoc tribe member with Deek
Chandra – Lompoc tribe member with Deek
Sasha – Daughter to Kozlov
Abbud al-Ypaaht – (aka “the Beast” and “the Anti-Christ”) Prophesised instigator of Worldwide War III; idol to Qeb al-Husri
Brittany – Aerin’s high school girlfriend
Death Beckons
Barry O’Malley – Prior inhabitant of Reaper Island; owner of the abandoned journals found by Deek and Sly
Pete Whibley – Neighbour of Isaac & Clara
Kendall – Aerin’s eldest cousin (two years older than Tanid), son of Isaac & Clara
Quentin – Aerin’s middle cousin (same age as Tanid), son of Isaac & Clara
Evan – Aerin’s youngest cousin (two years younger than Aerin), son of Isaac & Clara
All Blacks & Scrum – The Whibley’s border collies
Harrison Whibley – Pete’s & Victoria’s youngest son (one year younger than Aerin, one year older than Aerin’s cousin, Evan)
Victoria Whibley – Pete’s wife, mother to Harrison & Tucker
Tucker Whibley – Pete’s & Victoria’s eldest son (same age as the twins, Balic & Rami)
President Walker – President of the United States of America when Aerin moved to Kaikoura, NZ
Hope Swells
Joan of Arc, Lizzie Borden & Marie Antoinette – O’Malley’s beloved great white sharks; Joan of Arc, haunting doll eyes and always lurking several feet below the surface of the ocean; Lizzie Borden, dorsal fin terribly scarred as if someone had taken an axe to it; and Marie Antoinette, attacks vertically beheading her victims (or removing any outreached limb beyond a boat’s border)
Inferno Killer – Kaikoura serial killer
Constable Kyle Kittelty – Police Constable for Kaikoura territory
Dr. Zetterberg – Doctor overseeing the “Body Farm” at Kaikoura’s South Peninsula “Think Tank”
Ryu Byung Hyun – Nicknamed Little Lou by the hospital staff; Aerin’s cherished South Korean patient
Oswald – Captain of the Antarctica III submarine
Trigg Ellestad – Norwegian-born Prime Minister of Dutch Nederland
Officer Sullivan – Nicknamed “Sully,” one of Oswald’s crewmembers
Dawn Breaks
Ben Pickersgill – Inferno Killer’s seventh victim; Ben was a chronic abuser of women and helpless seal pups
Deidre Kittelty – Constable Kyle Kittelty’s wife
Tess – Lompoc tribe member with Deek
Justin – Aerin’s son
Hauku – Tanid’s later love (Maori descendant)
Hannah – Deceased wife of Oswald
Nathan – Deceased son of Oswald
Nina, Mickey & Zack – Citizens of Kaikoura, at a town meeting with Oswald
Clandestine Justice
Sean Ulmer – Prime Minister of Canada
Chance – Justin’s wife
Joseph R. Smith – (aka “The Christian” and “J.R.”) Rapist and murderer housed within Amsterdam, Nederland
Vera – Sly’s wife; earlier Lompoc tribe member with Deek
Gabriel – Sly & Vera’s grandson
Nikki – Tucker Whibley’s wife
Craig Whibley – Tucker and Nikki’s son
Beth – Maktan’s “infidel” best friend, Vancouver, CN
Baker – Constable with the Kaikoura police
Hailee Kittelty – Lachlan’s girlfriend, Kyle Kittelty’s granddaughter
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