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Howard Lake

A relative of Vincent Lake, appearing in flashback or early chapters.

minor

Also known as Lake

First appearance: the survivors

Howard Lake shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

As a child, learns about the Gerns and sees a meteor; ten years later becomes leader of the colony.
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Story tension across the book.

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John Humbolt’s realization that their civilization has “reached and passed the zenith” and that “the inevitabl…

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