Peter Jaxon, a laborer Amy Bellafonte Harper, the Girl from Nowhere Lore DeVeer, an oiler.

Caleb Jaxon, adopted son of Peter Jaxon Sara Wilson, a physician Hollis Wilson, her husband; a librarian Kate Wilson, their daughter.

Sister Peg, a nun Lucius Greer, a mystic Michael Fisher, an explorer.

Jenny Apgar, a nurse Carlos and Sally Jimenez, expectant parents Grace Jimenez , their daughter.

Anthony Carter, a gardener Pim, a foundling.

Victoria Sanchez, president of the Texas Republic Gunnar Apgar, general of the Army Ford Chase, president's chief of staff The Maestro, an antiquarian Foto, a laborer.

Jock Alvado, a laborer Theo Jaxon, infant son of Caleb and Pim Jaxon.

Bill Speer, a gambler Elle and Merry ("Bug") Speer, daughters of Kate Wilson Speer and Bill Speer Meredith, partner of Victoria Sanchez.

Rand Horgan, a mechanic Byron "Patch" Szumanski, a mechanic Weir, a mechanic.

Fastau, a mechanic Dunk Withers, a criminal Phil and Dorien Tatum, famers.

Brian Elacqua, a physician George Pettibrew, a shopkeeper Gordon Eustace, a lawman Fry Robinson, his deputy.

Rudy, an Iowan The Possum Man's wife, an Iowan Rachel Wood, a suicide Haley and Riley Wood, her daughters Alexander Henneman, an officer.

Hannah, a teenage girl, daughter of Jenny Apgar.

A.V., Indo-Australian Republic.

Logan Miles, a scholar.

Nessa Tripp, a reporter Race Miles, a pilot, son of Logan and Olla Miles.

Kaye Miles, a teacher, wife of Race Miles.

Olla Miles, ex-wife of Logan Miles Bettina, a horticulturalist, partner of Olla Miles.

Noa and Cam Miles, twin sons of Race and Kaye Miles.

Melville Wilcox, an archaeologist.

Acknowledgments.

TK.

About the Author.

JUSTIN CRONIN is the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage, The Twelve, The City of Mirrors, Mary and O'Neil (which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize), and The Summer Guest. Other honors for his writing include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Whiting Writers' Award. A Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Rice University, he divides his time between Houston, Texas, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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