Short Science Fiction · Character
Grant Russell
The Hard-Luck Man of the Swamp, a Venus prospector carrying stolen stones and a daughter's dream of strawberries through a pass ruled by spies and fences.
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Also known as Russell
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Protagonist who crosses the Great Swamp and finds echindul stones; plans to sell them for a better life with his daughter.
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Grant Russell has spent three years on Venus chasing the stake that will let him reclaim his daughter Beth from a welfare home, and now he finally has something worth protecting. But The Pass is a trap of informers and…
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- Professional
- Friendship
- Other
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- Protagonist
- Non-human or alien actors
- Minor and background characters
- Central human protagonists
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Relegar
professional · ambivalent
Grant serves as a human agent or liaison to the alien Relegar, navigating complex… How this plays out →
- Netse
friendship · positive
- The Uranian
professional · ambivalent
- Beth
romantic · positive
- Nellie
friendship · positive
- Relegar
professional · ambivalent
Grant serves as a human agent or liaison to the alien Relegar, navigating complex… How this plays out →
- Netse
friendship · positive
- Netse
friendship · positive
- Nellie
friendship · positive
- Nellie
friendship · positive
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