Hello! Due to popular demand, here’s a list of the main players in (the first draft of) the novel, to help you keep track of who’s who…
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
The skeleton crew of the luxury cruise ship The Symphony of the Stars
Captain Diana Singh
First Officer Mr Sinclair
Second Officer Ms Aku
Third Officer Mr Serrano
Chief Security Officer Mr Torrence
Chief Engineer Ms Arenson
Second Engineer Mr Chamberlain
Chief Technology Officer Mr Abara
Chief Medical Officer Dr Zivai
Chief Steward Mr Lebedev
Cruise Director Mr Martell
Deck Rating Ms LeGuin
Deck Rating Mr Ferrer
Deck Rating Mr Ellis
Marie, a (Synthetic Human) bartender
The crew of the pirate ship The Cheeky Albert
Salazar Sharp ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Captain
Jiang ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… First Mate
Evans ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A pilot
Lightfoot ……………………………….. The ship’s resident (self-proclaimed) computer genius
A.J. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Ship’s mechanic
Suarez ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Ship’s cook
Devereux …………………………………………………………………….. Expert codebreaker and picklock
Dr Jelani …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Ship’s medico
Richards ……………………………………………………………………….. Weapons and munitions expert
Fullbrook ………………………………………………………………………………………………… A crew member
Skarsgard ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. A crew member
Gotmund ………………………………………… An enormous and unusually violent crew member
Maggie, a fox ………………………………………………………………… Salazar’s pet and ship’s mascot