Accelerando
AccelerandoCharles Stross
Characters in Accelerando
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Amber Macx
Manfred's daughter, who takes centre stage in the middle three stories.
Manfred Macx
A self-styled venture altruist in early 21st-century Amsterdam who gives away ideas and drives the first three stories.
Sirhan al-Khurasani
Amber's son, the focus of the final three stories.
Antagonists
Pamela (Accelerando)
Manfred's partner and later ex-wife, who pursues him over back taxes.
Supporting characters
Aineko
Manfred's robotic cat, whose intelligence far exceeds what it first appears to be.
Sadeq Khurasani
An imam and engineer, father of Sirhan.
Bob Franklin (Accelerando)
A billionaire investor whose Franklin Collective shapes the early stories.