The Human Condition

and the small village community nearby. His naivety distorts his understanding of what has happened to the rest of the world.

    DEAN MCFARLANE

    Is perhaps the youngest survivor. He joins the group in the university in the early part of THE CITY and is referred to in a conversation between two survivors; `You see that young lad who came in this morning?' Yvonne asked Sunita. `Poor little bugger. Could only have been six or seven years old. One of the others spotted him running down the ring road. Said his mum had died and he'd come into town to try and find his dad. Wouldn't be told that he was probably dead too...' Looked after by the group, we later hear that Dean has survived when, towards the end of PURIFICATION, he makes it onto the plane to Cormansey.

    PENELOPE STREET

    Does not appear in any of the novels. The tragic irony of her situation is that the furniture store where she is trapped is half-way down the road from the `Lamb and Lion' pub where Jackie Soames is the licensee. Penelope says `help might be just around the corner...'. She does not know how true that is...

    KATE JAMES

    Is a primary school teacher who appears in AUTUMN. Initially strong and positive, the pressure of events take their toll on Kate and although she wishes she could leave the Whitchurch Community Centre with Michael, Carl and Emma, her nerves give out and she stays. Kate's story also makes reference to STUART JEFFRIES and RALPH, two other characters from the first book.

    KILGORE

    Plays a major part in PURIFICATION after leaving the bunker with the survivors who flee as the military attempt to clear the bodies.

    ANNIE NELSON

    Is a survivor who escapes from the Whitchurch Community Centre in AUTUMN. Both Annie and her friend JESSICA SHORT (who Annie mentions here) are briefly spoken to by Michael in the original novel; "Clearly from opposite ends of the social spectrum, they seemed to be drawn to each other for no other reason than their similar ages. Money, position, possessions, friends and connections didn't count for anything anymore."

    JOHN CARLTON

    A young, frightened soldier trapped in the underground military shelter, Carlton's story includes references to `the battle'. This is the misguided attempt by the military to clear away the thousands of bodies that have gathered above the bunker in PURIFICATION. "`Some of the boys who went out last time,' he explained, `told the bosses that they managed to get rid of hundreds of those things up there. Rumour has it,' he continued, `that they're looking at trying to organise one massive push. Rumour has it we're all going above ground to torch the whole fucking lot of them.'"

    JACK BAXTER, DONNA YORKE & CLARE SMITH Are characters who first meet in THE CITY and subsequently make it through to the island of Cormansey at the end of PURIFICATION. Jack is a widower who finds Clare wandering through the city after her father has been killed by the infection. They remain close throughout the story. Donna Yorke also gravitates towards Clare, becoming something of a big sister to her.

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