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• Nora Dearly: Almost 17. Looks child like/small with pale skin, brown almond-shaped eyes, shoulder length black hair in ringlets. Attends St. Cyprian's all girl school. Loves to watch and learn things about war. Mother died when she was 9. Father died when she was 15. Lives with her Aunt Gene. New Victorian
• Bram Griswold: Full title is Captain Abraham Griswold. Zombie. Has been dead and in the army for 2 years. White skin, brown hair, and eyes that were blue but are now clouded over. Cares deeply about Nora. Originally a Punk.
• Victor Dearly: Deceased. Nora's father. A Doctor. New Victorian. Surgeon and infectious disease expert in the military. Became the head of the Department of Military Health. National hero. Salt and peper hair with brown eyes.
• Pamela Roe: Nora's best friend. AKA, Pamma. Idian heritage with average looks. Has black sweet eyes and long hair the color of chocolate. Attends St Cyprian's on scholarship. Father is a baker. New Victorian
• Vespertine Mink: A snobby mean girl Pamela and Nora go to school with. Arresting with a smoothly sculpted nose, high cheekbones, and big gray eyes.
• Coalhouse Gates: Zombie. Right eye missing. African descent with curly brown patchy hair. Punk.
• Chastity Sweet: AKA Chas. Zombie. Tom's girlfriend. Black eyes, tall, Colombian heritage. She has shaggy bleached blond hair. Skin has a blue cast to it. New Victorian.
• Renfield Merriweather III: Zombie. Looks scarecrow like with regal sharpe features and a mop of curly auburn hair. New Victorian.
• Genevive Ortega: AKA Aunt Gene. Victor's sister. Nora's guardian. Divorced from Mr. Ortega.
• Jorge Alencar: Aunt Gene's part time chauffer. Tall man in his fifties with leathery skin and receding gray hair.
• Matilda: Aunt Gene's butler. Ebony-skinned women.
• Mr. Ortega: Aunt Gene's ex husband. Investment banker.
• Aloysius Ayles: The Prime Minister. In his late 40s molasses-colored skin, black hair with matching mustache and goatee. New Victorian
• Lord Harvey Ayles: Aloysius father. Past Prime Minister. New Victorian
• Horatio Salvez: Docter. Nora's tutor. Assisted Victor with research. Skinny bearded man with a tender face. New Victorian
• Jeremiah Reed: Leader of the Punks
• Jack: Bram's best friend. Deseased.
• Lady Allister: Short, doughy women with tightly curled brown hair. Michael's mother. New Victorian.
• Michael Allister: 16 years old, sandy hair, well built with a weak chin. New Victorian.
• Tom Todd: Zombie. 5'4" but very strong, missing his nose, bald, and has dark eyes. Dating Chas. Punk
• Chastity Sweet: AKA Chas. Zombie. Tom's girlfriend. Black eyes, tall, Colombian heritage with shaggy bleached blond hair. Skin has a faint blue cast to it. Has a metal jaw. New Victorian.
• Charles Evola: Doctor. Young, tan with golden hair. Wears a brass-rimmed monocle on left eye. New Victorian.
• James Wolfe: Captain/Z Company Commander. Ginger beard and hair. Huge man at almost 7 feet tall. New Victorian.
• Richard Elpinoy: Doctor. Portly, dark-skinned man with white hair. New Victorian.
• Private Franco: Zombie
• Ben: Zombie. Modestly built with ashen black skin.
• Beryl Chase: Doctor. Curvy women in her 30's with strawberry blond hair, and green eyes the color of apples. New Victorian
• Baldwin Samedi: AKA Sam. Zombie. Doctor. Can remove head.
• Jacob Isley: Zombie. Chaplain
• Major Dorian Averne: Was in the Punks forty-second army. Currently the leader of The Grays.
• Henry Macumba: Zombie. Middle aged man with dark skin and dreadlocked hair.
• Malati Roe: Pamela's mother. Broad, strong women. New Victorian
• Geoffrey Roe: Pamela's father. Baker. New Victorian
• Isambard Roe: AKA Issy. Pam's brother. 14 years old, lean with straight brown hair, hazel eyes, and a large mole on his cheek. New Victorian
• Leslie Allistor: Michael's father. New Victorian
• Ebenezer Coughlin: A talented string player. New Victorian
• Adelaide: Bram's sister. Punk
• Emily: Bram's youngest sister. Punk
• Silvia Sweet: Zombie. Chas's mother. Petite, plump, nutmeg-colored lady with dark eyes. Uses a wheelchair. New Victorian.

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• “My jaw dropped, and I wouldn't have been too terribly shocked if it had actually fallen on the floor.”

  Bram Griswold

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• Punks: The rebels/against the new society

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Followed by Dearly, Beloved.

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1. Lia Habel (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror