# Andrea Duncan — Short Fiction character guide

> Andrea Duncan in Short Fiction by Henry Kuttner.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Duncan, Instinctively Duncan, Instinctively Andrea

**First appearance:** 0000-the-secret-of-kralitz

## Snapshot

A woman whose fatal encounter with the Plutonians transforms her from passenger to catalyst, driving Duncan toward a suicide mission of vengeance.

## Who they are

Andrea Duncan crosses the Lunar Line aboard the Maid of Mercury, a smiling participant in the traditional ceremony for first-time space travelers. When the Plutonians kill her during a mission gone wrong, her death becomes the hinge on which the story's revenge plot turns. Duncan carries her body in a spacesuit, wrenching free the intertron knob to prevent any Varra spy from using her remains.

## Relationships

### [Brent Olcott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_27_se/characters/brent_olcott)

_romantic_

Andrea and Brent are lovers entangled in a complicated, often secretive romantic affair.

### [Brent Olcott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_27_se/characters/brent_olcott)

_romantic_

Andrea and Brent are lovers entangled in a complicated, often secretive romantic affair.

### [Brent Olcott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_27_se/characters/brent_olcott)

_romantic_

Andrea and Brent are lovers entangled in a complicated, often secretive romantic affair.

## In the story

### [I: Hijacker from Hell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_27_se/chapters/i-hijacker-from-hell)

Duncan's wife; already aboard the Maid of Mercury as part of Olcott's plan; will smash the radio to aid the hijacking.

### [II: Invisible Pirate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_27_se/chapters/ii-invisible-pirate)

Aboard the 'Maid of Mercury,' she prepares to destroy the communication system to help her husband, Saul.

### [III: Destination—Death!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_27_se/chapters/iii-destination-death)

Reported dead, killed by Plutonians; her body is sent over in a spacesuit.

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