Characters By Chapter
Christina Hale
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| CH | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | Charlie | Jason's son. | |
| Daniela | Jason's wife. A painter. aka: Dani Varcas. | ||
| Ryan | Holder | Jason's college buddy. A neuroscientist. Won the Pavia Prize. | |
| Jason Ashley | Dessen | Narrator. Protagonist. Atomic Physicist. A teacher. | |
| The EL - A dark place, street. | |||
| 2 | Leighton | Vance | Chief Executive and Medical Officer. Jason's colleague and friend. |
| Amanda | Lucas | Jason's therapist. A psychiatrist. | |
| Chad | Hodge | An employee at Velocity Laboratories. | |
| 3 | Randolph | Attending physician at Mercy Hospital. | |
| Barbara | Nurse. | ||
| 5 | Juliane | Springer | Randolph's colleague. |
| Ralph | The guy who picked up when Jason tried dialing his wife's number. | ||
| Randall | Dessen | Jason's father. | |
| Ellie | Dessen | Jason's mother. | |
| Michael | Dessen | Jason's brother. | |
| Steve | Konkoly | Producer. | |
| 8 | Matthew | Snell | The first guy who used the box. |
| 10 | Nadia | The girl who was with Mike. | |
| Mike | The driver who helped Jason out. | ||
| 13 | Gary | The man who was working at the gun shop. | |
| Nick | Restaurant Manager. | ||
| Officer | Hammond | Police officer. | |
| 14 | Joel | Charlie's friend. | |
| Angela | Charlie's girlfriend. |
