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Book cover of The Shattering Peace
The Shattering PeaceJohn ScalziOld Man's War, book 7

Characters in The Shattering Peace

11 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Gretchen Trujillo

    The Colonial Union's Head of Analysis for the Obin and the book's first-person narrator, sent on a secret mission to find a vanished colony.

    Also in The Last Colony, Zoe's Tale

Supporting characters

  • Ran

    Gretchen's Obin assistant and friend, who joins her on the mission.

  • Janine Chu-Ward

  • Manfred Trujillo

    Also in The Last Colony

  • Mateu Jordi

  • Magdy Metwalli

    A former Roanoke colonist living in Unity and Gretchen's ex-boyfriend.

    Also in The Last Colony, Zoe's Tale

  • Caspar Merrin

  • Kitty

    A Consu who talks with Gretchen and offers information about the colony in exchange for a task.

  • Bacon

    An injured, captured Consu who is hostile toward Kitty.

  • Arturo Lavagna

  • Ghen Horvni