Quantum Redshift - Characters

Characters

  • Tara Vivas (age 24) - a former pop singer who turned to racing after ruining her music career in a drunken hovercar accident; three-time winner of American champions and current runner-up
  • Alicia Waverley (19) - daughter of a couple killed in the hovercar accident caused by Tara, who has vowed revenge; reigning American champion
  • Prince Yuri Galitz (40) - a Ukrainian businessman who claims to be descended from the Tsars of Russia
  • Vladimir Ubikov (52) - a neo-communist who dreams of reunifying the Soviet Union, and loathes Prince Yuri, whom he considers a fraud and criminal
  • Kumiko Nakaido (18) - the younger daughter of a Japanese racing legend, groomed to be his successor
  • Ami Nakaido (19) - Kumiko's older sister, who joined the yakuza after Kumiko was named her father's heir
  • Zaki Shaheen (33) - an Egyptian billionaire who owes his strength as a racer to a period where he was lost in the Egyptian desert
  • Pharaoh (42) - a mysterious man dressed a Pharaoh whose sole goal appears to defeat Zaki; later revealed to be Zaki's long-lost older brother
  • Jordan Reynolds (19) - a global racing sensation who used her celebrity to campaign against illegal "low" courses, leading to the indictment of Cassandra Foxton - mother of Kiri Foxton
  • Kiri Foxton (22) - holds a vendetta against Jordan after her mother was banned from racing for hosting illegal "low" races in the Australian Outback, which in turn prevented Kiri from competing in the Australian championship
  • Marcus Appleton (23) - former mechanic and ex-boyfriend of former British champion Jaya, who turned his hand to racing and won the British championship
  • Jaya Kushala (28) - former British champion, who has sworn revenge on Marcus for humiliating her
  • Leah Mathias (23) - introverted Austrian who races in memory of her lover, killed in a racing accident
  • Max Steinhauer (45) - veteran German racer, who accidentally killed Leah's lover in a racing accident, who has entered the World Championships in response to those who claim he is too old to race at such a high level
  • Ka Hekili - Hawaii billionaire, rumoured to be head of a massive cult/criminal empire
  • Kutoo (age unknown) - mysterious cyborg enhanced by nanotechnology who is somehow linked to Ka Hekili

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