-J. J. Overton-
Historical and Science Fiction Novels

The cast of the major characters in Leofwin's Hundred

 

Jeremiah Dearden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Jem belongs to an ancient Warwickshire family whose ancestral

                                                                        home, Dearden Hall is near Hampton in Arden in Warwickshire.                                                                                                  Tough on the outside, but has a soft spot on the inside.

Mitchell (Mitch) Doughty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Jem's long-time colleague. Loyalty is a hallmark of the friendship.

Julia Linden-Barthorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A professor of Archaeology and forensic science. She runs L-BarX,                                                                                              Linden Barthorpe Excavation. Fiesty, a black belt Godan, a fifth                                                                                                    dan Shotokan Karateka and lethal with it.

Bill Templestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ex special services. An old friend of Jem Dearden. 

Harry Stanway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A young electronics specialist. A brilliant 'out of the box' thinker.

Matt Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ex commander, RN. He's gone wild. His rule of law is a Bowie and                                                                                              throwing knives.

Sir Willoughby (Will) Pierpoint . . . . . . . . .  A co-founder of the SHaFT organisation. Now heads it up.

Arthur Doughty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The other founder member of SHaFT. A Geordie from

                                                                       County Durham.

Gil and Frieda Heskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Jem Dearden's estate manager and housekeeper.

Raegenhere . . . Reginald Arthur Heap . . .  . The major antagonist in the first book of The Grid Saga. He is a                                                                                                     psychopath, and is obsessive and dangerous .

Theodore Uberatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Raegenhere's second in command. He also has psychopathic                                                                                                          tendencies, and is irrational and unstable.

Anton Beggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .One of Uberatu's operatives. He is easily led.

Otto Fengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .One of Uberatu's operatives. Arrogant.

Tomahawk Shahn of Offchurch . . . . . . . . .   A pure bred wolf, of Alaskan black wolf parentage.

Rowan of Maldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Niece of Harold Godwinson, the Anglo-Saxon king.

Esma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The lady Rowen's friend since childhood, and her handmaid.

Earl Leofwin of Mercia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Who had the building constructed that eventually, and after

                                                                       additions, became known as Dearden Hall.

Aelfryth of Mercia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Originally Guennean of Ceredigion, (from the dark hills of Ceredigion)                                                                                        she is Leofwin's wife.

Professor Trent Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   He is the founder of GOELD, the Guild Of Extinct Language

                                                                       Decryption, based in London.

Doctor Tim Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head of Materials Dating at UCL.

 

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