Rainbows End
Characters in Rainbows End
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Robert Gu
A celebrated poet and former English professor whose Alzheimer's has been reversed by new medicine, and who must learn a world of pervasive augmented reality.
Supporting characters
Miri Gu
Robert's thirteen-year-old granddaughter, a Fairmont High pupil who becomes his co-conspirator.
Juan Orozco
A fourteen-year-old Fairmont High pupil who acts as Robert's technical advisor in the augmented-reality world.
Winston Blount
A former UC San Diego dean, Robert's old rival and colleague, also retrained as a Fairmont High pupil.
Xiu Xiang
A former computer science professor now retraining at Fairmont High alongside Robert.
Alfred Vaz
Head of India's External Intelligence Agency, drawn into the hunt for a mind-control technology.
Alice Gong Gu
Robert's daughter-in-law and Miri's mother, a Colonel and Auditor in the U.S. Marines.
Robert Gu Jr.
Robert's son Bob, a Lieutenant Colonel and Officer of the Watch in the U.S. Marines, who takes his father into his home.