living, alien probe constructed and deployed by Maker. Consists of 4 kilometer-wide flesh-coloured spheres. Mr. Crane - a two and a half meter tall psychotic (modified Golem Twenty-Five) android controlled by Arian Pelter Aiden - Teutonic Sparkind Golem Thirty android Cento - Mediterranean Sparkind Golem Thirty android Corlackis - Pelter underling, brother of Mennecken Mennecken - Pelter underling, brother of Corlackis Dusache - Pelter underling Svent - Pelter underling Sylac - Helps heal Stanton and Pelter after fight with Cormac Tull Veltz - Captain of the boat chartered by Arian Pelter to find the remains of his sister. Geneve - One of Veltz's crew. Carn - small monkeylike man, technician/engineer Chaline Scientist responsible for installing replacement Samarkand runcible Gant - Sparkind soldier who accompanies Cormac to the surface of Samarkand. Thorn - Sparkind soldier in the Samarkand landing party. External links Review 2001 novels 2001 science fiction novels 2001 debut novels Pan Books books