
-J. J. Overton-
Historical and Science Fiction Novels
Meet some of the people in The Grid Saga
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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