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Book cover of Vox
VoxChristina Dalcher

Characters in Vox

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Dr. Jean McClellan

    A cognitive neuroscientist and mother whose daily speech is capped at one hundred words, who is drawn back into her old research.

Antagonists

  • President Myers

    The president, elected with the backing of the Pure Movement.

Supporting characters

  • Patrick McClellan

    Jean's husband, who works as a science adviser to the president and whose passivity frustrates her.

  • Steven McClellan

    Jean's teenage son, who is drawn to the beliefs of the Pure Movement.

  • Sonia McClellan

    Jean's six-year-old daughter, whose future is Jean's central worry.

  • Jackie Juarez

    Jean's friend from graduate school and a longtime women's rights activist.

  • Lorenzo Rossi

    An Italian colleague on the lab project with whom Jean has a personal history.