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Andray Dunnan

The man who murdered Trask's bride on their wedding day, now a rising Viking warlord whose Enterprise and Starhopper shadow every rumor Trask chases.

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Also known as Dunnan, Lord Dunnan, Gehenna Dunnan, Dunnan the Great, Admiral Dunnan

First appearance: I

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Obsessively in love with Elaine, financially troubled, and a source of tension at the wedding festivities.

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Dunnan is the wound at the center of Trask's story — a killer who escaped Gram and turned himself into a legend among the Space Vikings, gathering ships and reputations while Trask builds Tanith. He is never quite onstage in the early chapters, only reported: a blue crescent here, a green monster there, a feast on Melkarth where four crews drank together. That absence is the point: he is the enemy Trask must find in two hundred billion cubic light-years, and the hunt shapes every decision Trask makes.

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Lucas Trask
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Otto Harkaman
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Elaine
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Otto Harkaman
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Lucas Trask
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Elaine
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Elaine
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Lucas Trask
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Andray Dunnan is a bitter enemy of Lucas Trask, driven by jealousy and a desire to… How this plays out →
Otto Harkaman
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Lucas Trask
Andray Dunnan is a bitter enemy of Lucas Trask, driven by jealousy and a desire to undermine or destroy him.
Otto Harkaman
Andray Dunnan and Otto Harkaman are adversaries, with Andray frequently clashing with Otto due to their opposing loyalties and personal grudges.
Elaine
Andray Dunnan is obsessed with Elaine, manipulating and pursuing her with a possessive and destructive fixation.
Otto Harkaman
Andray Dunnan and Otto Harkaman are adversaries, with Andray frequently clashing with Otto due to their opposing loyalties and personal grudges.
Lucas Trask
Andray Dunnan is a bitter enemy of Lucas Trask, driven by jealousy and a desire to undermine or destroy him.
Elaine
Andray Dunnan is obsessed with Elaine, manipulating and pursuing her with a possessive and destructive fixation.
Elaine
Andray Dunnan is obsessed with Elaine, manipulating and pursuing her with a possessive and destructive fixation.
Lucas Trask
Andray Dunnan is a bitter enemy of Lucas Trask, driven by jealousy and a desire to undermine or destroy him.
Otto Harkaman
Andray Dunnan and Otto Harkaman are adversaries, with Andray frequently clashing with Otto due to their opposing loyalties and personal grudges.

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Andray Dunnan appears across 17 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

I
Obsessively in love with Elaine, financially troubled, and a source of tension at the wedding festivities.
III
Disrupts the wedding with paranoid accusations, claims Elaine loves him, and is forcibly removed by his henchman.
IV
The assassin who ambushes the wedding party, firing a submachine gun at Lucas and Elaine.
V
Responsible for Elaine's murder and Trask's injuries; escaped with the Enterprise.
VI
Reported to have been on Morglay and Curtana; Trask and Harkaman plan to intercept him.
VII
Expected to be on Tanith; Trask imagines his face in the screen, but Dunnan is not present.
The Partnership on Tanith
Referenced as the pirate who stole the Enterprise and killed Trask's wife, motivating Trask's hunt.
XI
Referenced by Trask as a contrast: Dunnan's madness is an excuse for murder, whereas Trask's actions lack that excuse.
XV
Reported raiding Chermosh and Jagannath, buying ammunition and life-support equipment, and growing a pointed beard.
XVI
Gathering strength by recruiting ships like the Yo-Yo and Bolide, and is aware of Trask's hunt.
The Terror-Raid on Tetragrammaton
Implied as the perpetrator of the terror-raid on Tetragrammaton, believed to be trying to terrorize Marduk.
XIX
Implied as the raider who ambushed Bentrik's ship; Trask suspects him of the attacks on Marduk.
XX
Mentioned as a threat; it is hoped he was destroyed but his fate is uncertain; he has hit over half of Marduk's trade planets.
XXIII
Suspected of ties with Zaspar Makann; mentioned as possible Prime Minister on Marduk.
XXV
Identified as Trask's original target; believed to be in alliance with Makann on Marduk; suspected base on Abaddon.
XXVI
His abandoned base on Abaddon is discovered; he is now commanding the People's Armed Forces on Marduk.
XXVII
Captured and brought before Trask, taunts him about Elaine, and is shot through the head by Trask.

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