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.
... Refuge for the Khymera
- **Major Characters**
- Martin Godfrey - Junior high math teacher, self published sci fi author, and the accidental human who becomes the first point of contact for the Khymera. Rational, anxious, imaginative, and ultimately heroic in ways he never expected.
- Nancy Sinclair - English teacher at Martin’s school. Practical, empathetic, grounded, and unexpectedly brave. She becomes Martin’s partner in survival and emotional anchor.
- Aki Koaloakai - A Khymeran scientist who initially pretends to be a princess. Curious, intelligent, evasive, and morally conflicted. Her arrival triggers the entire chain of events.
- Hoorookai - Aki’s husband, also a Khymeran scientist. Injured, irritable, proud, and deeply protective of his children. His arrival reveals the truth about the Khymeran war.
- **Secondary Characters**
- Sarah Connor - the main character of Martin's next book
- The Khymeran Children - Aki and Hoorookai’s offspring. Intelligent, frightened, and capable of limited English. Their disappearance and rescue drive the middle of the story.
- Sheldon, Mercedes, Brad, Danny, Larry - Martin’s “fan club” — a group of bright, nerdy, enthusiastic students who accidentally become involved in first contact. They provide humor, heart, and unexpected heroism.
- Angie & Larry (the gym teachers) - Comic antagonists in Martin’s school life. Represent the mundane social pressures that contrast with the cosmic stakes.
- Sal - Martin’s department chair. Supportive, oblivious to the alien drama, and a source of normalcy.
- The FBI / “Men in Black” - Agents who investigate the alien sightings and briefly raid Martin’s home. Their presence adds tension and realism.
- The Phack - The antagonistic species hunting the Khymera across the galaxy. Angelic in appearance, genocidal in behavior. Their arrival escalates the story into a full scale interstellar crisis.
- The Thinmen - Tall, technologically advanced inhabitants of Ossifay. Locked in their own war with the Phack. Their world becomes the setting for the climax.
- **Minor Characters**
- - **The face painter, ninja artist, and other vendors** at the sci fi convention
- **The Borg ticket taker**
- **The marching band**
- **The pizza place man, supermarket clerk, and townspeople**
- **The priest at St. Cabrini**
- **The homeless women near the church**
- **The Thinmen soldiers and civilians**
- **Various Khymeran refugees**
- **The opossum in Martin’s yard** (a small but memorable cameo)