By 2062, we’ve made a real mess of things. Though engineers, inventors, and business people alike scrambled to develop a solution before we were completely wiped out by an irradiated atmosphere, global warming reduced our inhabited space by half. The chosen solution became a temporary fix at best as it was burdened by the weight of unchecked population growth.
With our workplace neutered by the Genderless Act, frustration grew and we came to embrace trystrooms where anything goes, everything is enjoyed, and it’s all kept secret by the Privacy Act.
Today, innovation and businesses thrive in an environment where unemployment and poverty have been eliminated, due largely to the Government Reorganization and Realignment Effort. Business fostered by the GRRE enables one group of brilliant young designers to reclaim some of the ever-shrinking space—but bringing their concept to market exposes manipulation and corruption on a devastating, worldwide scale.
If you’re reading the book, this table will help you to keep track of who’s who and their role in the story.
| First name | Last name/name | Role |
| Adrian | Abeln | IT friend |
| Dustin | Adkins | Thug with rock; manager at PODS. |
| Carlo | Augostino | Inventor/designer of the original PODS. |
| Ballard & Ballard | Legal office behind Trystrooms patent and ARC company organization paperwork. | |
| Seth | Bartlett | One of three FlexiPod incubators. |
| Mitch | Barton | One of four Boston engineers who designed Armadillo and who interview narrator as the entrepreneur to write their business plan. |
| Rolando | Berns | Plaintiff in labor board dispute. |
| Elizabeth | Brewn | Author of FlexiPod business plan. |
| Daria | Candor | Narrator’s closest friend and an incubator who started her career in PR. |
| Jacob | Carr | One of four Boston engineers who designed Armadillo and who interview narrator as the entrepreneur to write their business plan. |
| Mary | Claire | Neighbor who invited narrator to PODS investor meeting in 1995. |
| Erin | Curry | POV director charged by employee with unfair treatment. |
| Luna | Diego | Young Peruvian girl with reverse aging disorder. |
| Renzo | Espinoza | Friend in Peru who introduces narrator to old man who used to work as a houseboy for Anne Mowrey. |
| Jason | Harrison | One of three FlexiPod incubators. |
| Tina | Hunter | Associate lobbyist for Debra Watson; Braden Sumner’s partner. |
| Richard | Lane | Thug; manager at PODS. |
| Whitney | Maldonado | One of four Boston engineers who designed Armadillo and who interview narrator as the entrepreneur to write their business plan. |
| Sergio | Manuel | Narrator’s Incan friend in Peru. |
| Alex | Mirabella | World renowned lobbyist instrumental in the passing of three separate updates to the Privacy Act, Genderless Act, GRRE, and Term Limits. |
| Kelly | Mitchell | New Science & Technology division manager. |
| Paul | Moore | Jack’s associate; owner of a PODS and pod-transportation line manufacturing plant. |
| Anne | Mowrey | Scientist who led the Global Warming Verification and Assessment Study commissioned by the United States. |
| Tom | Narrator’s accountant. | |
| Caleb | O’Connor | Scientist/inventor who designed canopies and was awarded contract for construction and management of subcontractors. |
| Jack | Pearson | Narrator’s oldest friend and a manager for hire with exceptional financial skills. |
| Kathleen | Poole | Operations manager of company that made filters for AIR. |
| Dieter | Reinhold | German scientist the Americans imported for germ warfare. Husband or mentor to Mowrey. |
| Timbre | Rhodes | Narrator’s friend of 65 years and go-to guy for technology; works for iSpeye. |
| Sonja | Rice | Labor board director in labor dispute hearing. |
| Marissa | Sanchez | One of three FlexiPod incubators. |
| Paolo | Schettini | A friend. |
| Ericka | Simpson | One of four Boston engineers who designed Armadillo and who interview narrator as the entrepreneur to write their business plan. |
| Jenna | Stamper | CEO safeAnimals. |
| Braden | Sumner | Businessman narrator meets in a Boston trystroom. |
| Martina | Teague | Friend who lives in Mountain Home; owns boxer named Roxie. |
| Jeffrey | Thomas | Operations Manager of PoV. |
| Dennis | Vaughn | Daria’s partner of 70 years. |
| Lela | Walker | Lead scientist who performs new study of environment. |
| Debra | Watson | Jack’s associate; a lobbyist for the transportation industry. |
| Rachel | Wilkins | Science & Technology division manager who initially mediated changes to the safety legislation. |
| Aaron | Wolff | Narrator’s attorney. |