Authors: Kevin J. Anderson
Eternity's Mind (72 page)
OK:
  compy owned by Xander Brindle.
OKIAH, KOTTO:
  renowned but eccentric Roamer scientist, designer of the failed Big Ring experiment, which tore open a hole in space.
OKRUN
:
  CDF Juggernaut commanded by Admiral Haroun.
ONTHOS:
  alien race, also called the Gardeners.
ORBITAL RESEARCH SPHERE (ORS):
  isolated medical research satellite orbiting Pergamus, where the deadliest disease specimens are tested.
OSIRA'H:
  daughter of Nira and Jora'h, bred to have unusual telepathic abilities.
OSQUIVEL:
  ringed gas giant, former site of Kellum shipyards.
PANNEBAKER, ALEC:
  one of Lee Iswander's deputies at the bloater-extraction fields.
PATTON, DILLON:
  weapons officer aboard the
Kutuzov.
PERGAMUS:
  secure medical research facility owned by Zoe Alakis.
PERONI, CESCA:
  former Roamer Speaker, wife of Jess Tamblyn; together they run the Academ school complex for Roamer children.
PETER, KING:
  ruler of the Confederation, married to Queen Estarra, with two children, Reynald and Arita.
PLUMAS:
  frozen moon with deep liquid oceans, former site of Tamblyn clan water industry, destroyed by the Shana Rei.
POL'UX:
  one of the misbreeds on Kuivahr.
POWER BLOCK:
  energy source made of a charged film folded and packed inside a container.
PRIME DESIGNATE:
  eldest noble-born son of the Mage-Imperator, and successor.
PRIMORDIAL OOZE:
  trade name of one of Del Kellum's distillations from Kuivahr.
PRISDIAMOND:
  rare precious gem found on several Confederation planets; a large vein of prisdiamonds on Vaconda provides all of Zoe Alakis's wealth.
PRISM PALACE:
  crystalline palace of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.
PRODIGAL SON
:
  Garrison Reeves's ship, formerly an Iswander Industries vessel.
QHARDIN:
  Conferation gas giant, site of new cloud-harvesting activities.
RAFANI
:
  CDF Juggernaut captained by Admiral Handies.
RAINDROP:
  Rlinda Kett's pet name for Prince Reynald.
RAKKEM:
  planet known for unregulated black-market medical services, shut down by the CDF as part of an agreement with Zoe Alakis.
REEVES, ELISA:
  wife of Garrison and mother of Seth, deputy of Lee Iswander. Also goes by her maiden name of Elisa Enturi.
REEVES, GARRISON:
  Roamer worker formerly at the Sheol lava-processing facility. He was married to Elisa; father of Seth. He is the son of clan head Olaf Reeves. Now in a relationship with Orli Covitz.
REEVES, OLAF:
  gruff clan leader of isolationist Roamers who died of a plague on the derelict Onthos city; father of Garrison Reeves.
REEVES, SETH:
  ten-year-old son of Garrison Reeves.
RELLEKER:
  Terran colony planet, former home of Orli Covitz's compy laboratory.
REMORA:
  small attack ship in the Confederation Defense Forces.
RENDEZVOUS:
  asteroid cluster, former center of Roamer government. Destroyed by the Earth Defense Forces, but clan Reeves attempted reconstruction for years.
REYNALD, PRINCE:
  son of King Peter and Queen Estarra, in line to be the Confederation's next King, suffers from a fatal debilitating disease caused by a rare Theron microfungus.
RICKS, SAM:
  current Speaker of the Roamer clans.
ROAMERS:
  loose confederation of independent humans, primary producers of ekti stardrive fuel.
ROBERTS, BRANSON:
  Rlinda Kett's favorite ex-husband, affectionately called BeBob, now dead.
ROD'H:
  older halfbreed son of Nira, fathered by the Dobro Designate as part of the secret breeding program; he was captured by the Shana Rei at the Onthos home system.
ROHANDAS, HOWARD:
  fellow student with Shareen Fitzkellum, works with her as a lab assistant to Kotto Okiah.
RUSKIN, BOWMAN:
  Roamer worker at Fireheart Station.
SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS:
  historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization.
SALIBA, SHARON:
  sensor technician aboard the
Kutuzov.
SAREIN:
  sister of Estarra and Celli, lived in self-imposed exile in the Wild, but was killed by the Onthos.
SELISE:
  Roamer clan.
SELISE, OMAR:
  clan leader working salvage at Relleker.
SEPTA:
  Ildiran battle group consisting of seven warliners.
SHANA REI:
  fearsome creatures of darkness, chaos incarnate, who wish to destroy all life.
SHEOL:
  lava planet, site of a disaster that wiped out operations led by Lee Iswander.
SHIZZ:
  Roamer expletive.
SKYMINE:
  ekti-harvesting facility in the clouds of a gas-giant planet, usually operated by Roamers.
SKYSPHERE:
  audience chamber of the Prism Palace.
SOLIMAR:
  green priest, married to Celli, who tends a terrarium dome in Fireheart Station.
SPEAKER:
  leader of the Roamer clans.
SPIRAL ARM:
  the section of the Milky Way Galaxy settled by the Ildiran Empire and Terran colonies.
STARFLOWER:
  rare, transient white vine orchid on Theroc.
SWIMMER:
  otterlike Ildiran kith that spend most of their time in the ocean.
TAIT, MATTHEW:
  tactical officer aboard the
Kutuzov.
TAL:
  military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.
TAMBLYN, JESS:
  one of the heads of Academ school, married to Cesca Peroni.
TAMBLYN, TASIA:
  administrator of Kett Shipping, married to Robb Brindle, father of Xander.
TAMO'L:
  one of Nira's halfbreed children, daughter of a lens kithman. She ran the sanctuary domes for misbreeds on the planet Kuivahr.
TAVISH:
  Roamer clan.
TELINK:
  instantaneous communication used by green priests via the worldtrees.
TERRAN HANSEATIC LEAGUE:
  former commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies, dissolved after the death of Chairman Basil Wenceslas at the end of the Elemental War.
THEROC:
  forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees, capital of the Confederation.
THERON:
  a native of Theroc.
THISM
:
  faint racial telepathic network, centered on the Mage-Imperator, that binds all Ildiran people.
THREE H'S:
  Admirals Handies, Harvard, and Haroun in the CDF.
TOM ROM:
  guardian and majordomo of Zoe Alakis.
TRANSPORTAL:
  Klikiss instantaneous transportation network.
UGRU:
  sluggish Ildiran combat beast.
ULIO, MARIA:
  founder of Ulio Station who left to wander space by herself, giving her entire fortune to Terry Handon.
ULIO STATION:
  large trading complex in open space, frequented by traders of all sorts, destroyed by the Shana Rei.
VACONDA:
  wilderness planet where Zoe Alakis lived for years before departing with Tom Rom.
VERDANI:
  organic-based sentience, manifested as the Theron worldforest.
VERNE
:
  cargo ship flown by Xander Brindle and Terry Handon.
VOIDPRIESTS:
  Kennebar's isolationist green priests, possessed by the shadows.
VORACIOUS CURIOSITY
:
  Rlinda Kett's private ship, now primarily flown by Tasia Tamblyn and Robb Brindle.
WARGLOBE:
  crystalline sphere used by hydrogues.
WARLINER:
  largest class of Ildiran battleship.
WENCESLAS, CHAIRMAN BASIL:
  former leader of the Terran Hanseatic League.
WENTALS:
  sentient water-based creatures, now mostly dormant.
WILD, THE:
  unexplored continent on Theroc.
WINGO, MERCER:
  first officer aboard the
Kutuzov.
WISSKOFF, ZACHARY:
  manager and maître d' of Rlinda Kett's Arbor restaurant.
WORLDFOREST:
  the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.
WORLDTREE:
  a separate tree in the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.
YAZRA'H:
  daughter of the Mage-Imperator, skilled warrior and bodyguard. She is the mentor of Muree'n.
YODER, DANDO:
  trader pilot who works for Kett Shipping.
ZAN'NH, ADAR:
  Ildiran military officer, eldest son of Mage-Imperator Jora'h, Adar of the Ildiran Solar Navy.
ZAQUEL:
  female green priest under whom Arita and Collin served as acolytes.
Â
TOR BOOKS BY
KEVIN J. ANDERSON
WITH BRIAN HERBERT
Â
Kevin J. Anderson
, author of the Saga of Seven Suns series, has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers' Choice Award. He set the Guinness-certified world record for the largest single-author book signing. You can sign up for email updates
here
.
Â
Thank you for buying this
Tom Doherty Associates ebook.
Â
To receive special offers, bonus content,
and info on new releases and other great reads,
sign up for our newsletters.
Â
