▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁war ▁Chris ▁was ▁an ▁intro vert ed , ▁but ▁well ▁liked ▁boy . ▁Chris ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁not ▁taken ▁prisoner ▁when ▁enemy ▁forces ▁seized ▁Wir ra we e . ▁The ▁group ▁encounter ▁him ▁soon ▁after ▁returning ▁from ▁Hell ▁and ▁he ▁dec ides ▁to ▁join ▁with ▁them . ▁Although ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁genius ▁by ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁friends , ▁Chris ▁is ▁unable ▁to ▁apply ▁that ▁genius ▁to ▁the ▁group ' s ▁current ▁situation . ▁As ▁the ▁war ▁we ars ▁on ▁he ▁withdraw s ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁into ▁his ▁own ▁head , ▁into ▁his ▁world ▁of ▁ill ic it ▁subst ances , ▁de pression ▁and ▁poetry . ▁ ▁O thers ▁Major ▁Har vey A ▁former ▁school ▁deput y ▁principal ▁who ▁was ▁once ▁in ▁the ▁Army ▁Reserve , ▁Har vey ▁is ▁introduced ▁as ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁Har vey ' s ▁Hero es , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁adult ▁part is ans . ▁It ▁is ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁Har vey ▁was ▁working ▁with ▁the ▁inv aders ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Har vey ' s ▁Hero es ▁organisation ▁was ▁established ▁to ▁deliver ▁would - be ▁resistance ▁f igh ters ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁inv aders . ▁As ▁such ▁he ▁plays ▁as ▁a ▁primary ▁ant agon ist ▁to ▁the ▁group . ▁ ▁Colonel ▁Fin ley An ▁officer ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Army ' s ▁Int elligence ▁Corps . ▁Fin ley ▁super vised ▁the ▁group ' s ▁recovery ▁and ▁well - be ing ▁during ▁their ▁time ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁and ▁later ▁becomes ▁their ▁de ▁fact