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.
... The Strange Reincarnation Of Lucinda Tarne
Primary Characters
Gerry Wong
A brilliant but isolated first-year student searching for connection through code.
Lucinda Tarne (Lucy)
A frontier girl whose fate echoes far beyond her own century.
Madame Flora
An antique fortune-telling automaton rebuilt for a new kind of intelligence.
18th-Century Characters
Karonghyonte
A Mohawk man whose bond with Lucy defies boundaries.
Father Pelletier
A stern priest convinced he knows the truth.
Major Boucher
A British officer whose authority shapes Lucy’s fate.
Lucy’s Grandfather
A frontier settler trying to protect what little he has.
Family & Home
Gerry’s Mother
A hardworking parent whose love anchors Gerry’s world.
Auntie Lu
Warm, outspoken, and spiritually attuned.
Chewie
The family dog who believes he’s the center of the universe.
The Gamers (The Shakespeareans)
Amun Singh
A calm, observant gamer with a disciplined mind.
Fred
A friendly, enthusiastic player who brings people together.
Wayne
A townie with hidden talents and unwavering loyalty.
Maria
The organizer who unknowingly launches a life-changing game.
Gracie
A goth gamer with sharp instincts and a guarded heart.
Madison
A prickly presence who softens only for a select few.
Devonn
A confident gamer with strong opinions and quick reflexes.
Margaret
A worldly player with a keen sense for strategy.
Pamela
A quiet observer who sees more than she says.
Ricardo
A bold competitor with revolutionary energy.
VIA Inc. Characters
Louis Highman
A tech prodigy whose ambition shapes the future of AI.
Dr. Tschanna Adebayo
A brilliant researcher exploring the boundaries of mind and machine.
Dr. Laurie
A practical engineer who keeps the hardware grounded.
Dr. Sugihara
A master of algorithms with a quiet intensity.
Dr. Cortez (Carlos)
A gamer-scientist who bridges two worlds.
Mai Li
A sharp, driven researcher with secrets of her own.
Alphonse & Daryl
The indispensable tech duo who know every corner of the building.
External Forces
FBI Agents
Investigators drawn into a mystery they barely understand.
Bang Shen / Mob Operatives
Unseen forces moving in the shadows of the Game.
University Characters
Professor Wulshnik
An AI pioneer eager to push his students into the future.
Professor Pinter
A sharp-minded mathematician with an eye for promising students.
Dr. Mayer
A literature professor who sees deeper truths in every story.
Professor Kollner
A thoughtful guide through the moral questions of classic fiction.
Other Students & Classmates
Gerry’s academic world includes a wide cast of fellow students who shape his early college experience:
- Miss Michaels — A devout student whose faith shapes every discussion.
- Debby, Logan, Miriam — “The Three Graces,” confident voices in seminar.
- Bill Crom — A good-natured athlete navigating a world of ideas.
- Phillipe — A poetic soul with dramatic flair.
- Miss Reese — A gentle future teacher with a gift for empathy.
- Stuart — A drifting classmate who never quite keeps up.
- Stella — The girl Gerry hopes to meet on his first night out.
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... Wonderball Apocalypse
Gerry Wong - the reincarnated young computer scientist
Lucinda Tarne - the young frontier girl
Louis Highman - the tech entrepreneur who made the mistake
Scully & Muldar - FBI agents looking for Gerry
Bobby Baklava & Fredo Corleone - not FBI agents, looking for Gerry
The Lueders - German family first to own the Wonderball
Dr. Adabayo - the spy working for Bang Shen
Some of those reincarnated as Wonderballs
Stepan Mikhailovich - a Russian peasant
Llewellyn Bobit - an English convict
Priscilla Gibson - a frontier grandmother
Siobhan Corker - an Irish boy
Saralynn - a frontier Mormon wife
Willie Carpenter - WWI ace who returns to become a spaceman
Timothy Leary - returns as himself, working in a garage
He Who Hunts - a stoneage hunter
Ishikawa Taiga - the Samurai warrior, now a tutor of a weakling kid
Rajendra Banarjee - a tech support agent for VIA
Mother Iolanda - a Romanian psychic
Mustafa Kamal - a jihadi wannabee
Bayanchur Khan - a warlord
Chodak - a young Budhist Boddhisatva
Bruce - an American trekker
Lao Zhou - a Daoist truck driver
Manager Zhang - a Confucian Chinese factory manager for Bang Shen
Agent Thomas - the special agent in charge of finding Gerry, dead or alive
Rev. Lothbrook - along with his Wonderball, Mary Ellen, the founder of the Church of Crystal Spirits
Dr. Janowski - a scientist trying to prove the Wonderballs are a hoax perpetrated by Gerry Wong
Freddie - a young boy who wants to build his own Wonderball
Athabasca Reynolds - the newscaster for ...
Diego Robitz - a robotics entrepreneur
Kat Kookaburra - the handle of the developer of Wonderball World website
Crusher, Jorge, and Julio - the cartel toughs operating the growfarm for Wonderballs
Sherriff - the Sherriff of Tonganoxie
Granny Lebeuf - the voodou Mambo
Philip Lebeuf - the voodou Oungan
The Shakespeareans
Wayne - runs an electronics repair shop and has the farm in Lburg
Pamela - has the sloop Rescue
Margaret - was hiking the Appalachina trail
Amun Singh - a Sikh, has a traveling video game truck
Devonn - works for Google, picks up Pamela, Amun, and Gerry in Memphis
Fred - working on his MBA at NYU
Ricardo - joined the Marines
Gracie and Madison - now married
Maria - teaching elementary ed in Brooklyn, now the head of the "family" that controls the gambling on the Game