Alliance: An Intersolar Alien Romance, Book 6

Character List

HUMANS:

a newly protected species in the Intersolar Union; uncanny resemblance to ancient venandi fertility gods

Roz-02: A human doll with Rosalind Turner’s living code downloaded

Rosalind Turner (24): Haitian-Dominican American; Clarissa’s former unitmate; Roz-02’s originator

Olivia Loxley Atarian (34): Israeli American; former profiler with the Los Angeles Police Dept, now ambassador of humankind; Thel Atarian’s vira or mate

Amelia Ahlberg (35): Swiss; physician in the human colony; Ezraji’s colleague and priya

Imani Renatex (32): Tanzanian; former poacher ranger; Vindilus’s vira or mate

Marcella Bianci (63): (Mar-chell-ah Bee-ahn-key); Italian; elderly woman that quickly becomes the colony’s matriarch

Clarissa (14): Australian; a teenage girl nearly killed by flowers in Vigilance; Rosy’s unitmate

VENANDI:

(veh-nahn-dee); tall and muscular, plated with an exoskeleton similar to ballistics rubber; wide shoulders and a wasp waist; crown of spires, unique to each individual, rises like malachite from the forehead and their coloring is determined by their clan heredity; meritocratic with a rigid militaristic hierarchy

Thelonius Atarian: (Thell-oh-knee-us Ah-tair-ee-an) covert elite operative; commander of the Palembre; Olivia’s vir or mate

Vindilus Renatex: (Vin-dill-us Ren-ah-tex) head of security in Renata; Pom Pom’s guardian and Imani’s vir or mate

Roka Lokurian: (Row-kah Low-cure-ee-an) covert elite operative; former commander of the Yafridi now in prison

Quiopha Gaulex: (Key-o-fah Gall-ex)

Misila Gaulex: (Mee-see-lah Gall-ex)

Safia Gaulex: (Sah-fee-ah Gall-ex)

SHILPAKAARI:

(shill-pah-car-ee); semi-aquatic and only slightly taller than the average human, with a mane of tentacles atop their heads; two thumbs on each hand; while women have two arms, the men have four, adapted for life on a homeworld with very little land and a very many trees; matriarchal and known for their superior crafts

Gilladh Sharef: (Gill-ed Shah-ref)

Aavar Medansh: (Ay-var Meh-dansh); chief pilot to the human colony; Bree Stewart’s coil

Pom Pom: adolescent girl with a leprous disease called labyrinthula; Vindilus’s adopted daughter

Hunar Fareshi: (Hyoo-nar Fah-reh-shee); chief engineer to the human colony; Bree’s boss

Ezraji Zarabi: (Ez-rah-jee Zah-rah-bee); medical delegate to the human colony; toxinologist (a researcher of the organisms that produce toxins); Amelia’s colleague and coil

Siat Xata: (Shee-awt Zah-tah); covert elite operative; commander of the Tidus

Jurek Zufi: (Jur-ek Zoo-fee); ambassador to the human colony from neighboring city Samridve

BIOGNOSTICS:

(bio-noss-ticks); hive-minded living machines; come in a variety of physiques that can be modified to suit the consciousness; each born with an origin code that defines their general life goals and affectations; live in Unity with each other, enforcing a strict code of morality

Jharim: (Zhah-reem); Olivia Atarian’s former bodyguard in Resilience, now held captive in Renata for treason

Roav: (Rove); Olivia Atarian’s former bodyguard in Resilience, now held captive in Renata for treason

Traveler: captain of the Mummer; the notorious leader of Gamma team, a dark ops group that operates in a morally dark grey area

HJARNA:

(hee-yarn-ah); evolved from pachyderms, with camel-like feet and blunted herbivorous teeth; incredibly intelligent with a bone fan that splays across the front of the head to protect the brain; exceptional ultraviolet eyesight with multiple pupils in each orb that allow them to focus on up to six subjects at once; superiority complex with a strong instinct towards scientific pursuit; highly social

Burdam Endar: (Burr-dum En-darr); the owner of the Paramour and leader of the human sex trafficking ring

Sule Tsam: (Soo-leh Sahm); offensive tech specialist on the Palembre; close friend of Decima Atarian

Veel Jiau: (Veel Jow); senior medical officer on the Palembre

ADVENANS:

(add-ven-ans); tall and lean; scaled, with tails that have adapted for flexibility, speed, and agility; tall ears atop their heads; viper-like fangs and long snouts; light-footed and prized for their superior senses as scouts, assassins, and hunters; form tight-knit guilds but lead elusive lifestyles

Novak Gaul: (Know-vack Gall); covert elite

Mijka Gaul: (Mee-kah Gall); a member of Novak’s guild that runs things behind the scenes

YIWREN:

(yee-run); the only other member mammal species in the ISU with a similar stature to humans, four fingers and toes with a fifth dewclaw on each, large hyena-esque ears and jaws, and deer-like antlers and eyes; their physical features change dramatically along a fluid prey-predator spectrum, depending on the needs of their survival; galactic refugees after the loss of their homeworld

Fásach Daen of Gaul: (Faw-sig); guild bruiser turned drug dealer; old friend of Vin’s

Lugh: (Loog)

BILONGS:

(Bill-longs); often misconstrued as a drake the size of a horse, with scythe-like claws and two-tonal fur; feared for their thousand-tooth grins, which unzip in a Y-shape down their necks and rattle eerily on the hunt; they can and will eat anything; known for being solitary and hostile

Sizzle: a member of Gamma team and crewmate aboard the Mummer; currently works security in Renata