Short Fiction · Character
Captain Gerilleau
A captain whose ordinary patrol becomes a slow, unnerving encounter with an enemy that does not negotiate, retreat, or even acknowledge him as a man.
supporting
Also known as Gerilleau
First appearance: The Empire of the Ants
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The Brazilian captain who leads a mission to investigate the ant threat.
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Captain Gerilleau commands a vessel in waters where something stranger than weather is moving, and his professional composure is tested by reports he cannot quite dismiss. He is a man of routine and rank, used to…
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- Deadly encounters and experiments
- Dynamos and dreams
- Protagonist
- Fantastical experiments and doors
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See Captain Gerilleau in The Empire of the Ants