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Field Hunt

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">KEEP ONE HAND FREE · A READER’S FIELD HUNT</div>
Six clues. Three books. One habit: notice who keeps things running. Follow the links, find each answer and build a field notebook of the Evansphere’s ordinary working life.

This is a self-guided activity based on published introductions. You can play using the wiki alone; no purchase, account or timer is required. Shared character pages include appearances across the three books. The clues avoid major discoveries and endings.
<div class="ev-hunt" id="ev-field-hunt">
<div class="ev-hunt-progress">With JavaScript enabled, you can check answers and save progress on this browser. Otherwise, follow the clues and references below.</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="clock">
<h2>01 · Agree on a clock</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">39 Minutes</div>
<p>What is the name for the Martian day used in local routines?</p>
<p>[[Reader glossary|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Look at the first glossary entry.</p></div>
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<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="table">
<h2>02 · Notice what stays useful</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">39 Minutes</div>
<p>What retired object becomes a communal dining table in Port Alpha?</p>
<p>[[Port Alpha|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Read the Community section.</p></div>
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<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="teacher">
<h2>03 · Put people on the diagram</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Divide</div>
<p>Which teacher asks John to draw the systems that keep a home alive?</p>
<p>[[John Evans|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Look in In The Divide. Enter her surname or full teaching name.</p></div>
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<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="heat">
<h2>04 · Follow the warmth</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Divide</div>
<p>Which geothermal plant serves Olympus Prime and the other two habitats?</p>
<p>[[Olympus Prime|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>The opening sentence names the plant.</p></div>
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<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="grow">
<h2>05 · Name the work</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Two-Body Problem</div>
<p>What professional title does Caitlyn hold at the agricultural extension?</p>
<p>[[Caitlyn Evans|Follow the reference →]]</p>
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<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Look in In The Two-Body Problem.</p></div>
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<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="graft">
<h2>06 · Leave room to grow</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Two-Body Problem</div>
<p>What is the term for joining plant material so that it can grow together?</p>
<p>[[Reader glossary|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Find the entry between Botanist Prime and Quarantine.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-hunt-finish"><h2>The field notebook</h2><p>Complete the six clues to collect a personal Field Observer badge and a reading route through the ideas you have found. The badge is a keepsake on this browser, not an account award.</p></div>
</div>
== Compare notes ==
Which detail made the setting feel lived in? [{{fullurl:Talk:Field Hunt|action=edit&section=new}} Discuss the hunt]; use clue numbers in topic titles and mark answers in your message so other readers can choose when to see them. Keep unpublished story details out of the discussion.

== About this activity ==
This hunt is a reader activity, not an event within the novels or a new piece of story canon. Progress and the badge belong to this browser, with no public score or shared unlock. You can reset the notebook at any time. [[Explore|Explore more]] · [[Reader guide|Reading guide]]
[[Category:Reader guides]]

Field Hunt

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">KEEP ONE HAND FREE · A READER’S FIELD HUNT</div>
Six clues. Three books. One habit: notice who keeps things running. Follow the links, find each answer and build a field notebook of the Evansphere’s ordinary working life.

This is a self-guided activity based on published introductions. You can play using the wiki alone; no purchase, account or timer is required. Shared character pages include appearances across the three books. The clues avoid major discoveries and endings.
<div class="ev-hunt" id="ev-field-hunt">
<div class="ev-hunt-progress">With JavaScript enabled, you can check answers and save progress on this browser. Otherwise, follow the clues and open each answer below.</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="clock">
<h2>01 · Agree on a clock</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">39 Minutes</div>
<p>What is the name for the Martian day used in local routines?</p>
<p>[[Reader glossary|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Look at the first glossary entry.</p></div>
<div class="ev-solution"><h3>Answer</h3><p>Mday. A shared schedule starts with knowing which clock everyone is using.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="table">
<h2>02 · Notice what stays useful</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">39 Minutes</div>
<p>What retired object becomes a communal dining table in Port Alpha?</p>
<p>[[Port Alpha|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Read the Community section.</p></div>
<div class="ev-solution"><h3>Answer</h3><p>A retired pressure door. A working object can carry its history into everyday life.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="teacher">
<h2>03 · Put people on the diagram</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Divide</div>
<p>Which teacher asks John to draw the systems that keep a home alive?</p>
<p>[[John Evans|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Look in In The Divide. Enter her surname or full teaching name.</p></div>
<div class="ev-solution"><h3>Answer</h3><p>Ms. Ivers. A system diagram becomes more useful when it includes the people doing the work.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="heat">
<h2>04 · Follow the warmth</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Divide</div>
<p>Which geothermal plant serves Olympus Prime and the other two habitats?</p>
<p>[[Olympus Prime|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>The opening sentence names the plant.</p></div>
<div class="ev-solution"><h3>Answer</h3><p>Valles geothermal plant. Homes and growing spaces depend on a shared heat network.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="grow">
<h2>05 · Name the work</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Two-Body Problem</div>
<p>What professional title does Caitlyn hold at the agricultural extension?</p>
<p>[[Caitlyn Evans|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Look in In The Two-Body Problem.</p></div>
<div class="ev-solution"><h3>Answer</h3><p>Botanist Prime. Care combines practical expertise with responsibility for other people.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="graft">
<h2>06 · Leave room to grow</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Two-Body Problem</div>
<p>What is the term for joining plant material so that it can grow together?</p>
<p>[[Reader glossary|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<div class="ev-hint"><h3>Hint</h3><p>Find the entry between Botanist Prime and Quarantine.</p></div>
<div class="ev-solution"><h3>Answer</h3><p>Grafting. Patience and attention matter alongside the act of joining.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-hunt-finish"><h2>The field notebook</h2><p>Complete the six clues to collect a personal Field Observer badge and a reading route through the ideas you have found. The badge is a keepsake on this browser, not an account award.</p></div>
</div>
== Compare notes ==
Which detail made the setting feel lived in? [{{fullurl:Talk:Field Hunt|action=edit&section=new}} Discuss the hunt]; use clue numbers in topic titles and mark answers in your message so other readers can choose when to see them. Keep unpublished story details out of the discussion.

== About this activity ==
This hunt is a reader activity, not an event within the novels or a new piece of story canon. Progress and the badge belong to this browser, with no public score or shared unlock. You can reset the notebook at any time. [[Explore|Explore more]] · [[Reader guide|Reading guide]]
[[Category:Reader guides]]

MediaWiki:Sidebar

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Reader guide

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">START HERE · THREE PERSPECTIVES</div>
The Evansphere follows the Evans family and the people whose work keeps their communities alive. You can use this companion before reading, alongside a chapter, or to find a name you have forgotten.
== Where to begin ==
Start with ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'' for the opening introduction to the Evansphere. John’s journey connects Mars and Earth through engineering, reclamation and questions of trust.

Continue with ''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' for an earlier view of family life and the work of keeping Mars warm. ''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]'' shifts the centre to Caitlyn’s agricultural expertise and the boundary between protection and control.
== Publication sequence and story time ==
The three books covered here were introduced in the order John, Paul, Caitlyn. Their settings in story time run Paul, Caitlyn, John. Paul’s story takes place fifteen years before John’s; Caitlyn’s sits between them, with John and Jennifer in their teens.

This is orientation, not a detailed timeline. Following the publication sequence lets the later books add context to people you have already met. The wiki does not reconcile every character’s perspective into one definitive account.
== Look up a name without following a plot ==
* [[Characters]] groups the family and supporting cast by book.
* [[Places]] connects worlds, habitats and workplaces.
* [[Organizations]] identifies institutions and their responsibilities.
* [[Reader glossary]] explains recurring working terms.
* [[Everyday life]] introduces routines, homes and communities.
* [[Discussion questions]] offers questions without supplying the story’s answers.
== What this companion reveals ==
Entries cover introductions, settings, working roles and broad themes. Official back cover descriptions appear in full on the book pages and disclose their advertised premises. Shared character pages show appearances in all three covered books, so they can reveal that a person appears in another story.

Investigative findings, resolutions, hidden allegiances and unpublished developments are outside the introductory guide. Homepage excerpts are selected for atmosphere, ordinary work and character voice, rather than the outcomes of scenes. For the strictest reading experience, begin with the novel itself.
== Follow your curiosity ==
[[Explore]] offers reading paths by interest and unexpected introductory details. [[Field Hunt]] turns six ordinary details into a self-guided reader activity, with optional progress saved on your browser.

== Choose an edition ==
[[Books]] lists paperback and large print editions with direct Amazon links. Cover artwork and format labels help distinguish the choices. The story guides use chapter references where available because pagination can differ by format.
[[Evansphere Wiki:About|Sources and editorial approach]]
[[Category:Reader guides]]

Evansphere Wiki:About

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This is a reader’s companion to the Evansphere books by Chris Simmons.
== Scope ==
The current guide covers ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'' ''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' and ''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]''. It introduces characters, places, organizations and ideas while avoiding major discoveries, resolutions and later book plans. Official book descriptions are reproduced in full, so they contain the premise details disclosed by the publisher.
== Sources ==
Reference entries use the current approved manuscripts. Book and chapter labels distinguish an earlier appearance from a later one. Brief supporting roles are not expanded into invented biographies. The novels remain the authority for story details.
== Explore ==
[[Books]] · [[Characters]] · [[Places]] · [[Organizations]] · [[Themes]]
== Spoiler boundary ==
The guide stays with published introductions, ordinary working life and the advertised premises of the three books listed above. It does not explain investigative discoveries, endings, hidden affiliations or unpublished developments. Historical names with little introductory context remain brief entries.

Official Amazon descriptions are preserved in full on each book page. Shared character entries can reveal appearances across the covered books. Readers who prefer to know nothing in advance should start with the novels.
== Interpretation and identity ==
Theme discussions and questions offer ways of reading, not new facts about the fictional world. A repeated name does not establish that two people are related or identical. The [[:Category:Identity unresolved|Identity unresolved]] tag marks an explicit evidence gap.
== More ways to explore ==
[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Discussion questions]]
== Reader activities ==
[[Explore]] offers curated reading paths and introductory discoveries. [[Field Hunt]] is a self-guided six-clue activity based on the existing public companion and published openings. It adds no story canon. Optional progress is stored on the reader’s browser; it is not an account record or a community score.

Field Hunt

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">KEEP ONE HAND FREE · A READER’S FIELD HUNT</div>
Six clues. Three books. One habit: notice who keeps things running. Follow the links, find each answer and build a field notebook of the Evansphere’s ordinary working life.

This is a self-guided activity based on published introductions. You can play using the wiki alone; no purchase, account or timer is required. Shared character pages include appearances across the three books. The clues avoid major discoveries and endings.
<div class="ev-hunt" id="ev-field-hunt">
<div class="ev-hunt-progress">With JavaScript enabled, you can check answers and save progress on this browser. Otherwise, follow the clues and open each answer below.</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="clock">
<h2>01 · Agree on a clock</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">39 Minutes</div>
<p>What is the name for the Martian day used in local routines?</p>
<p>[[Reader glossary|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<details class="ev-hint"><summary>Show a hint</summary><p>Look at the first glossary entry.</p></details>
<details class="ev-solution"><summary>Reveal the answer</summary><p>Mday. A shared schedule starts with knowing which clock everyone is using.</p></details>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="table">
<h2>02 · Notice what stays useful</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">39 Minutes</div>
<p>What retired object becomes a communal dining table in Port Alpha?</p>
<p>[[Port Alpha|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<details class="ev-hint"><summary>Show a hint</summary><p>Read the Community section.</p></details>
<details class="ev-solution"><summary>Reveal the answer</summary><p>A retired pressure door. A working object can carry its history into everyday life.</p></details>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="teacher">
<h2>03 · Put people on the diagram</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Divide</div>
<p>Which teacher asks John to draw the systems that keep a home alive?</p>
<p>[[John Evans|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<details class="ev-hint"><summary>Show a hint</summary><p>Look in In The Divide. Enter her surname or full teaching name.</p></details>
<details class="ev-solution"><summary>Reveal the answer</summary><p>Ms. Ivers. A system diagram becomes more useful when it includes the people doing the work.</p></details>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="heat">
<h2>04 · Follow the warmth</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Divide</div>
<p>Which geothermal plant serves Olympus Prime and the other two habitats?</p>
<p>[[Olympus Prime|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<details class="ev-hint"><summary>Show a hint</summary><p>The opening sentence names the plant.</p></details>
<details class="ev-solution"><summary>Reveal the answer</summary><p>Valles geothermal plant. Homes and growing spaces depend on a shared heat network.</p></details>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="grow">
<h2>05 · Name the work</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Two-Body Problem</div>
<p>What professional title does Caitlyn hold at the agricultural extension?</p>
<p>[[Caitlyn Evans|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<details class="ev-hint"><summary>Show a hint</summary><p>Look in In The Two-Body Problem.</p></details>
<details class="ev-solution"><summary>Reveal the answer</summary><p>Botanist Prime. Care combines practical expertise with responsibility for other people.</p></details>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-clue" data-clue="graft">
<h2>06 · Leave room to grow</h2>
<div class="ev-play-meta">The Two-Body Problem</div>
<p>What is the term for joining plant material so that it can grow together?</p>
<p>[[Reader glossary|Follow the reference →]]</p>
<div class="ev-answer-slot"></div>
<details class="ev-hint"><summary>Show a hint</summary><p>Find the entry between Botanist Prime and Quarantine.</p></details>
<details class="ev-solution"><summary>Reveal the answer</summary><p>Grafting. Patience and attention matter alongside the act of joining.</p></details>
</div>
<div class="ev-play-card ev-hunt-finish"><h2>The field notebook</h2><p>Complete the six clues to collect a personal Field Observer badge and a reading route through the ideas you have found. The badge is a keepsake on this browser, not an account award.</p></div>
</div>
== Compare notes ==
Which detail made the setting feel lived in? [[Talk:Field Hunt|Discuss the hunt]]; use clue numbers in topic titles and mark answers in your message so other readers can choose when to see them. Keep unpublished story details out of the discussion.

== About this activity ==
This hunt is a reader activity, not an event within the novels or a new piece of story canon. Progress and the badge belong to this browser, with no public score or shared unlock. You can reset the notebook at any time. [[Explore|Explore more]] · [[Reader guide|Reading guide]]
[[Category:Reader guides]]

Explore

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">EXPLORE AT YOUR OWN PACE</div>
Choose a doorway into the three published Evansphere books. These routes introduce settings and themes; they do not predict which character you are or reveal the stories’ resolutions.
<div id="ev-path-chooser" class="ev-play-card">
<h2>What draws you into a story?</h2>
<p>Choose an interest to find a reading path. Every book has more than one side.</p>
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== Three reading paths ==
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<div class="ev-play-card"><h3>Evidence and exploration</h3>Begin with [[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]], then follow [[John Evans]], [[Port Alpha]] and [[Pacific Remnant Outpost]]. Engineering connects two worlds; trust shapes the work between them.</div>
<div class="ev-play-card"><h3>Home and responsibility</h3>Begin with [[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]], then follow [[Paul Evans]], [[Valles geothermal plant]] and [[Everyday life]]. Heat, family and duty meet around the household table.</div>
<div class="ev-play-card"><h3>Living systems and care</h3>Begin with [[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]], then follow [[Caitlyn Evans]], [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]] and [[Reader glossary]]. Growing food leaves room for questions about teaching and control.</div>
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<div id="ev-surprise" class="ev-play-card"><h2>Find an unexpected detail</h2><p>A small selection of introductory pages, chosen for atmosphere and ordinary life.</p><div class="ev-surprise-controls"></div><div class="ev-surprise-result" aria-live="polite"></div><p>[[Everyday life|Start with everyday life →]]</p></div>
<div class="ev-play-card"><h2>Keep one hand free</h2><p>Try the six-clue Field Hunt. Follow the books’ everyday details, check your answers and collect a personal field notebook.</p>[[Field Hunt|Begin the hunt →]]</div>
== Read together ==
Use [[Discussion questions]] for a book club or join the discussion links on character, place and theme pages. Agree how far everyone has read before sharing examples.

[[Reader guide|Where to begin]] · [[Books|Books and editions]] · [[Evansphere Wiki:About|Sources and spoiler boundaries]]
[[Category:Reader guides]]

Main Page

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<div class="ev-carousel" aria-label="Explore the Evansphere books">
<div class="ev-hero ev-slide" data-book="39 Minutes" data-person="John Evans"><div class="ev-cover">[[File:39-Minutes-Paperback-Cover.png|250px|link=39 Minutes|alt=John Evans: 39 Minutes by Chris Simmons]]</div>
<div class="ev-eyebrow">JOHN EVANS: 39 MINUTES · A READER'S COMPANION</div>
<div class="ev-title">Two worlds.<br/>One fragile future.</div>
<div class="ev-lead">Explore the opening Evansphere novel: the people, places, and systems of <i>John Evans: 39 Minutes</i> by Chris Simmons.</div>
<div class="ev-hero-links">[[Evansphere|Discover the universe →]]   [[39 Minutes|About the book →]]</div>
<div class="ev-motto">“Keep one hand free.”</div>
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<div class="ev-hero ev-slide ev-slide-paul" data-book="The Divide" data-person="Paul Evans"><div class="ev-cover">[[File:The-Divide-Paperback-Cover.png|250px|link=The Divide|alt=Paul Evans: The Divide by Chris Simmons]]</div>
<div class="ev-eyebrow">PAUL EVANS: THE DIVIDE · A READER'S COMPANION</div>
<div class="ev-title">Keeping Mars warm.<br/>Finding a way home.</div>
<div class="ev-lead">A heating crisis. Three habitats. A family waiting at the kitchen table. Explore the people and places of <i>Paul Evans: The Divide</i>.</div>
<div class="ev-hero-links">[[The Divide|About the book →]]   [[Paul Evans|Meet Paul Evans →]]</div>
<div class="ev-motto">Between duty and presence.</div>
</div>
<div class="ev-hero ev-slide ev-slide-caitlyn" data-book="The Two-Body Problem" data-person="Caitlyn Evans"><div class="ev-cover">[[File:Two-Body-Problem-Paperback-Cover.png|250px|link=The Two-Body Problem|alt=Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem by Chris Simmons]]</div>
<div class="ev-eyebrow">CAITLYN EVANS: THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM · A READER'S COMPANION</div>
<div class="ev-title">Keeping Mars fed.<br/>Leaving room to grow.</div>
<div class="ev-lead">An unfamiliar blight. A community depending on her. Explore the growing domes, people and principles of <i>Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem</i>.</div>
<div class="ev-hero-links">[[The Two-Body Problem|About the book →]]   [[Caitlyn Evans|Meet Caitlyn Evans →]]</div>
<div class="ev-motto">Protection is not control.</div>
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<div id="evanswiki-excerpt-slot"><blockquote>No one spoke about sacrifice. Mars did not survive by praising departure. It survived by recording who had left, what knowledge went with them, and who would carry their work until they returned.</blockquote><p>John Evans: 39 Minutes · Chapter One — The Shape of an Mday</p></div>
<div class="ev-feature"><div class="ev-eyebrow">YOUR READER’S COMPANION</div><h2>Start with the world, keep the discoveries.</h2>Find your reading path, learn the language of the habitats, or explore everyday life between Earth and Mars.<div class="ev-card-link">[[Reader guide|Where to begin →]]   [[Reader glossary|Glossary →]]   [[Everyday life|Life in the Evansphere →]]   [[Discussion questions|Questions to discuss →]]</div></div>
<div class="ev-feature"><div class="ev-eyebrow">FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY</div><h2>A reading path. A detail. A small adventure.</h2>Find a book through your interests, discover an unexpected corner of the setting, or follow six clues in the Field Hunt.<div class="ev-card-link">[[Explore|Find your path →]]   [[Field Hunt|Begin the Field Hunt →]]</div></div>
<div class="ev-section-label">START EXPLORING</div>
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<div class="ev-card"><div class="ev-number">01 / PEOPLE</div><h2>Those who carry the load</h2>Engineers, botanists, scouts, and the people who challenge them. Meet the Evans family and their wider world.<div class="ev-card-link">[[Characters|Meet the characters →]]</div></div>
<div class="ev-card"><div class="ev-number">02 / PLACES</div><h2>Between Earth and Mars</h2>Copper light beneath pressure glass. Black seas and salt-coated steel. Two worlds that still need each other.<div class="ev-card-link">[[Places|Explore the settings →]]</div></div>
<div class="ev-card"><div class="ev-number">03 / IDEAS</div><h2>Every system has a human cost</h2>Follow the principles behind the stories: preparedness, cooperation, care, and the right to refuse.<div class="ev-card-link">[[Themes|Discover the themes →]]</div></div>
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<div class="ev-feature"><div class="ev-eyebrow">BEGIN WITH JOHN EVANS</div><h2>39 Minutes</h2>A sustainable systems engineer from Mars joins the effort to restore Earth. Behind the work of repair lies a question that reaches both worlds: who controls the systems people need to survive?<div class="ev-card-link">[[39 Minutes|About the book →]]   [[John Evans|Meet John Evans →]]</div></div>
<div class="ev-bottom"><h2>A universe built through ordinary choices</h2>The Evansphere finds its stakes in practical work: water, food, energy, health, and the trust that lets people share responsibility. Competence matters. So does knowing when to ask for help.</div>
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<div class="ev-eyebrow">CHOOSE YOUR EDITION</div>
<h2>Get <i>39 Minutes</i> on Amazon</h2>
{{Book editions|title=John Evans: 39 Minutes|cover=39-Minutes|paperback=B0HLQCLB7X|largeprint=B0HLP1YH6K}}
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<div class="ev-amazon"><div class="ev-eyebrow">CHOOSE YOUR EDITION</div><h2>Get <i>The Divide</i> on Amazon</h2>{{Book editions|title=Paul Evans: The Divide|cover=The-Divide|paperback=B0HMMKYL2R|largeprint=B0HMQVW3TH}}</div>
<div class="ev-amazon"><div class="ev-eyebrow">CHOOSE YOUR EDITION</div><h2>Get <i>The Two-Body Problem</i> on Amazon</h2>{{Book editions|title=Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem|cover=Two-Body-Problem|paperback=B0HMQWX687|largeprint=B0HMR2VFYP}}</div>
<div class="ev-note">A reader’s companion to <i>John Evans: 39 Minutes</i>, <i>Paul Evans: The Divide</i> and <i>Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem</i>. These introductory pages avoid major plot resolutions; story details may still reveal parts of the setting. [[Evansphere Wiki:About|About this wiki]]</div>
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Chris Simmons

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Chris Simmons writes the [[Evansphere]], a science fiction series about a Martian family, the systems that sustain them, and the principles they find hardest to practise when something goes wrong.

His stories begin with things people need: warmth in a room, clean water, food on a table, a safe way home. Around those needs are people doing demanding work, making imperfect decisions and trying to remain available to the people they love.
== Work, experience and fiction ==
Chris brings experience in technology, operations and oil and gas safety to his writing. As a software developer and builder of practical tools, he is interested in the distance between a design that looks sound and a system that has to work in human hands.

That interest runs through the Evansphere. The equipment has a purpose, the work has consequences, and competence includes knowing when to stop, ask a question or listen to someone else. Physics and engineering shape the setting, while human behaviour determines what people do with the knowledge they have.

Responsibility is a recurring concern: who notices a problem, who has the authority to act, and who lives with the result. These questions belong as much to a family kitchen as to a control room.
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== The family behind the stories ==
His wife, Cathrine, and his family are at the heart of the books’ dedications. The Evans family lives on Mars, but its arguments about work, trust, pride and making time for one another are much closer to home.

The books give ordinary moments space alongside the larger problems: a school assignment, a cooling meal, a colleague’s question, a promise to be there. Those moments let the reader meet the people behind their professional roles.
== Explore the Evansphere ==
* ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'' introduces John’s journey from Mars to Earth and the work of restoring essential systems.
* ''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' follows the demands of keeping a community warm while being present for a family.
* ''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]'' brings food, care and the boundary between protection and control into focus.

The [[Reader guide]] offers a starting point. [[Books]] lists paperback and large print editions, and [[Discussion questions]] leaves room for readers to disagree about the ideas behind the stories.
== Other ventures… ==
[https://sltd.ca/ '''Starlit Digital →''']

Chris’s software work continues through Starlit Digital, an independent Canadian studio building practical tools for the people who use them. Its work includes Voci, a workspace for karaoke hosts, alongside tools for developers.

The connection with his fiction is straightforward: understand the work, pay attention to the person doing it, and take responsibility for how the system behaves. Visit [https://sltd.ca/ Starlit Digital] to explore that side of his work.

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== Summary ==
Chris Simmons in a suit and tie. Author-provided portrait published at his request. Copyright Chris Simmons.

Places

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Explore worlds, habitats and workplaces through the book you are reading. Choose one setting at a time, or see how the published stories share a world.

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== 39 Minutes ==
=== Mars ===
[[Mars]] is John’s home world, where enclosed habitats depend on maintained systems. [[Port Alpha]] introduces pressure boundaries, shared meals and the rhythms of an Mday. Ring Four, the Valles geothermal districts and the Hellas Basin are part of the Martian setting described in the book.
=== Earth ===
[[Earth]] is damaged, recovering and open to weather. Restoration work connects engineering with the people who depend on essential services.

The [[Pacific Remnant Outpost]] is the Alliance coastal base where engineering, health, transport and reclamation meet.

[[39 Minutes|About the book →]]

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== The Divide ==
=== Valles and the habitats ===
* [[Mars]]: the world of the Evans household and the heat network.
* [[Valles]]: the geothermal district associated with Paul’s work.
* [[Valles geothermal plant]]: Paul’s workplace and the source of heat for the habitats.
* [[Olympus Prime]]: homes and growing spaces with substantial heat demand.
* [[Renticuluous Alpha]]: a habitat with constrained circulation.
* [[Volallies Beta]]: an inhabited development still under construction.

[[The Divide systems|Explore heat delivery and the language of safe work →]]

[[The Divide|About the book →]]

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== The Two-Body Problem ==
=== The growing community ===
* [[Mars]]: the wider home of the agricultural community.
* [[Olympus Prime]]: the habitat surrounding Caitlyn’s working world.
* [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]]: growing domes, laboratories and family plots.
* [[Sector Seven]]: the older growing dome introduced in the opening chapter.

[[The Two-Body Problem systems|Explore cultivation, observation and quarantine →]]

[[The Two-Body Problem|About the book →]]

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== Using this directory ==
A location can have a different place in each book: a demand on a heat network in Paul’s story, for example, and a growing community in Caitlyn’s. The filter narrows this directory; linked articles may cover several books. No invented coordinates, distances or discovery routes are supplied.

[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Characters|Meet the characters →]]

Characters

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== 39 Minutes ==
=== The Evans family ===
* [[John Evans]]: sustainable systems engineer joining the effort to restore Earth.
* [[Paul Evans]]: John’s father, an engineer in the Valles geothermal districts.
* [[Caitlyn Evans]]: John’s mother and a Botanist Prime on Mars.
* [[Jennifer Evans]]: John’s sister, working as a scout in the Hellas Basin.
=== Colleagues and community ===
* [[Niko]]: part of John’s Port Alpha community and departure handover.
* [[George Knowles]]: structural integrity specialist.
* [[Dr. Elena Vasquez]]: physician working in repatriation medicine and containment.
* [[Captain Mira Lang]]: commander of the Pacific Remnant Outpost.
* [[Rupert Hollister]]: leader of Hollister Dynamics.

[[39 Minutes|About the book →]]

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== The Divide ==
=== Family and childhood ===
* [[Paul Evans]]: Outside Operations Lead at the Valles geothermal plant.
* [[Caitlyn Evans]]: botanical specialist, Paul’s wife and John and Jennifer’s mother.
* [[John Evans]] and [[Jennifer Evans]]: children in the earlier Evans household.
* [[Niko]], [[Ms. Ivers]], [[Rafi]], [[Sella Voss]] and [[Ellis]]: childhood, school and habitat life.
=== The plant and outside interests ===
* [[Anika]], [[Hawksworth]], [[Venn]] and [[Tessa Brandt]]: the plant and its working community.
* [[Tomas Vale]] and [[Joss Merritt]]: equipment proposals and commercial interests.
* [[The Divide supporting characters|Supporting cast directory]]: habitat representatives, operators, growers and other briefly named people.

[[The Divide|About the book →]]

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== The Two-Body Problem ==
=== Family and friends ===
* [[Caitlyn Evans]]: Botanist Prime at the centre of the agricultural story.
* [[Paul Evans]]: her husband, seen here through Caitlyn’s family life.
* [[John Evans]], [[Jennifer Evans]] and [[Niko]]: the younger community, now in their teenage years.
* [[Mara (agri track)]]: Jennifer’s friend, sharing practical skills.
=== The extension and its community ===
* [[Rian Okoro]], [[Hana]] and [[Lia]]: the growing team.
* [[Marta Anders]]: a grower working a family plot.
* [[Sable Ashford]] and [[Aldous Crane]]: corporate and council perspectives.
* [[Joss (agricultural extension)]]: visitor and communications work at the outer desk.
* [[The Two-Body Problem supporting characters|Supporting cast directory]]: council representatives, family growers and the younger community.

[[The Two-Body Problem|About the book →]]

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== Using this directory ==
Shared character pages label appearances by book. The filter narrows this directory; an article may include introductions from the other covered books. Supporting cast pages collect smaller roles without inventing biographies. [[:Category:Identity unresolved|Identity notes]] distinguish an established role from an unconfirmed connection.

[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Places|Explore places →]]

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These introductions identify the people around [[Caitlyn Evans]] without describing the outcomes of their scenes.

== Jonah Marek ==
A council member who takes part in the discussions about the agricultural response.

In the book: Chapter 3, 6.

== Priya ==
A council member attentive to labour demands and the time taken from growing.

In the book: Chapter 3, 6.

== Hesselink ==
The water representative at council discussions.

In the book: Chapter 3, 6.

== Soraya ==
A council representative from the families committee. Her questions connect food security with household experience.

In the book: Chapter 3.

== Tomas Anders ==
Marta’s son and Alina’s husband, working on the family plot.

In the book: Chapter 8.

== Ren Anders ==
Marta’s son, who works alongside the rest of the Anders family.

In the book: Chapter 8.

== Alina Anders ==
Tomas’s wife and a worker on the Anders family plot.

In the book: Chapter 8.

== Pell ==
A grower whose work brings him into contact with the extension’s quarantine boundaries.

In the book: Chapter 7.

== Dax Heller ==
A teenager in Jennifer’s social world.

In the book: Chapter 13.

== Mara (agri track) ==
[[Mara (agri track)|View character and identity note →]]

Jennifer’s friend from the agri track, who shares practical skills with her. No connection to other characters named Mara is established here.

In the book: Chapter 2.

== Joss (agricultural extension) ==
[[Joss (agricultural extension)|View character and identity note →]]

A worker at the extension’s outer desk who handles visitor and communications tasks. The text does not establish that this is Joss Merritt from The Divide.

In the book: Chapter 5, 6.

[[The Two-Body Problem]] · [[Characters]]
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== A community around the extension ==
The council, family plots and younger community bring different scales of experience to Caitlyn’s world. A representative speaks from a public role, while a grower’s work also belongs to a household and a teenager’s friendship has its own importance.

This directory provides names and immediate relationships. It leaves developments within those relationships to the novel. [[:Category:Identity unresolved|Identity notes]] mark connections the text does not establish.

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The Evansphere follows people whose useful strengths can become burdens. Family members, specialists, and local communities each bring their own perspective.
== The Evans family ==
* [[John Evans]] — sustainable systems engineer, Port Alpha.
* [[Paul Evans]] — engineer working across the Valles geothermal districts.
* [[Caitlyn Evans]] — Botanist Prime investigating agricultural discrepancies.
* [[Jennifer Evans]] — scout, Hellas Basin.
== Colleagues and institutions ==
* [[George Knowles]] — structural integrity specialist.
* [[Dr. Elena Vasquez]] — physician, Alliance Health Initiative.
* [[Captain Mira Lang]] — commander, Pacific Remnant Outpost.
* [[Rupert Hollister]] — leader of Hollister Dynamics.

[[Places|Explore their world →]]

== The Divide: earlier family and community ==
The same family appears at an earlier point in ''[[The Divide]]''. The introductions below avoid the outcome of Paul’s investigation.
* [[Anika]], [[Hawksworth]], [[Venn]] and [[Tessa Brandt]]: the plant and its working community.
* [[Niko]], [[Ms. Ivers]], [[Rafi]], [[Sella Voss]] and [[Ellis]]: childhood, school and the habitat.
* [[Tomas Vale]] and [[Joss Merritt]]: proposals, equipment and commercial interests.
* [[The Divide supporting characters|Supporting cast directory]]: habitat representatives, operators, growers, medical staff and historical names.

[[Organizations|Institutions and organizations]] · [[The Divide|About Paul’s book]]

== The Two-Body Problem: growing team and community ==
* [[Caitlyn Evans]] and the Evans family, with [[Niko]].
* [[Rian Okoro]], [[Hana]] and [[Lia]]: the extension’s working team.
* [[Sable Ashford]] and [[Aldous Crane]]: corporate and council perspectives.
* [[Marta Anders]] and [[The Two-Body Problem supporting characters|the supporting cast]]: family growers, council representatives and the younger community.

[[The Two-Body Problem|Explore Caitlyn’s book]]
== Following shared characters ==
Family members appear at different stages of life. Their individual pages label appearances by book so a childhood scene is not mistaken for an adult role. Work titles identify an introduction, not everything a person is or will become.

The supporting cast directories collect shorter roles with chapter references. [[:Category:Identity unresolved|Identity unresolved]] marks a specific unconfirmed connection, not a secret identity or a promise of a future reveal.
[[Reader guide]] · [[Everyday life]]

Category:Reader guides

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Introductions for exploring the Evansphere without following its plot resolutions. Begin with [[Reader guide]], then explore the [[Reader glossary]], [[Everyday life]] and [[Discussion questions]].
[[Evansphere Wiki:About|Scope and sources]]

Category:Themes

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Ideas and working systems explored in the books. See [[Themes]].

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:The Two-Body Problem

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Pages connected to [[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]].

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:The Divide

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Pages connected to [[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]].

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:Places

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Locations in the Evansphere. See [[Places]] for introductions by book.

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:Organizations

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Institutions and organizations in the Evansphere. See [[Organizations]].

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:Identity unresolved

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Entries with an unresolved identity or connection in the available book text. These notes distinguish what is established from what would be an inference. This tag does not mean that the character has no known role.

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.
A shared first name or surname is not enough to merge people. Each tagged article states what is established and which connection remains unconfirmed. This is an editorial evidence note, not a hint of a hidden identity.

Category:Characters

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People introduced in the Evansphere novels. See [[Characters]] for the guide by book.

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:Books

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The Evansphere novels covered by this reader’s companion. See [[Books]] for editions and purchase links.

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Category:39 Minutes

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Pages connected to [[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]].

These tags link related introductions rather than a sequence of plot events. See the [[Reader guide]] for reading order and the [[Reader glossary]] for recurring terms.

Evansphere Wiki:About

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This is a reader’s companion to the Evansphere books by Chris Simmons.
== Scope ==
The current guide covers ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'' ''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' and ''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]''. It introduces characters, places, organizations and ideas while avoiding major discoveries, resolutions and later book plans. Official book descriptions are reproduced in full, so they contain the premise details disclosed by the publisher.
== Sources ==
Reference entries use the current approved manuscripts. Book and chapter labels distinguish an earlier appearance from a later one. Brief supporting roles are not expanded into invented biographies. The novels remain the authority for story details.
== Explore ==
[[Books]] · [[Characters]] · [[Places]] · [[Organizations]] · [[Themes]]
== Spoiler boundary ==
The guide stays with published introductions, ordinary working life and the advertised premises of the three books listed above. It does not explain investigative discoveries, endings, hidden affiliations or unpublished developments. Historical names with little introductory context remain brief entries.

Official Amazon descriptions are preserved in full on each book page. Shared character entries can reveal appearances across the covered books. Readers who prefer to know nothing in advance should start with the novels.
== Interpretation and identity ==
Theme discussions and questions offer ways of reading, not new facts about the fictional world. A repeated name does not establish that two people are related or identical. The [[Category:Identity unresolved|Identity unresolved]] tag marks an explicit evidence gap.
== More ways to explore ==
[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Discussion questions]]

Discussion questions

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These questions begin with the books’ premises and everyday settings. They do not reveal decisions or endings, and they have no official answer key. When discussing them with other readers, agree how far everyone has read before using examples.
== John: evidence and trust ==
* When a report and a physical observation disagree, what would earn your confidence in either one?
* What does a good handover transfer besides information?
* Can a person’s competence make it harder to accept someone else’s help?
* How might growing up in a contained habitat affect the way someone experiences an open landscape?
== Paul: duty and presence ==
* What does a child’s drawing of a household system tell us that an engineering diagram cannot?
* How should the work of a night operator be recognised when most residents never see it?
* When work and family both make legitimate demands, what would a useful promise look like?
* Is responsibility something one person carries, or something a group has to make visible together?
== Caitlyn: care and boundaries ==
* How can a teacher help someone develop judgment without making every decision for them?
* What separates careful attention from an attempt to control an outcome?
* How should a council weigh practical expertise alongside the burdens felt by households?
* What does being witnessed in ordinary life offer someone who is already capable alone?
== Across the books ==
* Does “Keep one hand free” mean the same thing at work and at home?
* When does a useful standard support cooperation, and when can it get in the way?
* What changes when a familiar supporting character becomes the centre of a story?
* Which ordinary object or routine makes the setting feel most inhabited to you?

These are prompts for conversation rather than clues to later plots. [[Themes]] collects related reading lenses. [[Reader guide]] explains the companion’s scope.
[[Category:Reader guides]][[Category:Themes]]

Everyday life

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The Evansphere gives ordinary routines room on the page. Before a system becomes a crisis, someone has already lived with its sounds, cooked with its heat or learned the route past it.
== A home that runs in stages ==
The opening of [[The Divide]] introduces the Evans household through warmth in the floor, a changing air return and a pump moving water into a day tank. Porridge, a kettle and schoolwork occupy the same room as these background processes. Infrastructure is part of home, even when nobody is talking about it.
== Food as work and companionship ==
[[Caitlyn Evans|Caitlyn’s]] opening rounds move through misting lines, grafting benches and familiar growing rows. A basil leaf can belong to a working morning and to the soup planned for that evening. The extension’s large responsibility exists beside these small acts of care.

[[Marta Anders|Family plots]] offer another scale of food production: work that contributes to a cooperative and a household table. [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension|The extension]] is a community as well as a facility.
== Learning who keeps things running ==
[[Ms. Ivers|A classroom assignment]] asks children to draw the systems that keep their homes alive. Naming air, water, heat, food and power is only part of the task. Naming the people adds a different kind of understanding.

At work, learning continues through colleagues. [[Hana|Hana’s]] irrigation question and [[Anika|Anika’s]] insistence on inspection introduce expertise as something practised, shared and checked.
== Objects with working histories ==
In [[Port Alpha]], a retired pressure door becomes a communal table with its inspection stamps still visible. Such details connect usefulness with belonging. The object has changed jobs without losing the traces of its earlier one.
== Knowing a place through sound and touch ==
Machinery provides a familiar background to Martian life. A changed vibration or a missing sound can attract the attention of someone who knows a place well. On [[Earth]], wind, surf and biological growth introduce a different sensory environment.

These contrasts belong to how characters experience their surroundings. They are part of the world’s atmosphere, not a code that the reader needs to solve.
== Leaving work in another person’s care ==
John’s departure includes a handover. The process recognises that systems continue after one person leaves, and that understanding needs to travel with responsibility. Shared meals and practical preparations give the departure a community around it.

These introductions draw on the opening chapters of [[39 Minutes]], [[The Divide]] and [[The Two-Body Problem]]. [[Discussion questions]] explores the ideas they raise without describing later events.
[[Category:Reader guides]][[Category:Themes]]

Reader glossary

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These short definitions explain how the published books use their working vocabulary. They introduce concepts rather than clues or solutions.
== Mday ==
The Martian day used in local routines. It lasts roughly thirty nine minutes longer than an Earth day, affecting shifts, meals and communication schedules. [[Mars]] and [[Port Alpha]] introduce its place in ordinary life.
== Earth standard time ==
The time reference used alongside local Martian scheduling for communication and travel between worlds. The distinction matters whenever people or equipment need to agree on when something happens.
== Closed loop ==
A system that recovers and reuses resources rather than treating each use as the end of the supply. In the books, water, air and food production make resource accounting part of daily life on Mars. A loop still needs maintenance and outside inputs.
== Pressure boundary ==
A separation between spaces whose conditions must be controlled. Doors, seals and checks make these boundaries familiar parts of a Martian resident’s route through a habitat.
== Reclamation ==
The work of restoring usable infrastructure and supporting communities on Earth. The [[Solar Alliance|Alliance’s Reclamation Initiative]] brings together engineering, health and other forms of practical expertise.
== Heat reserve ==
Energy available to the heat system. It does not by itself describe how much heat can reach a particular household. [[The Divide systems]] distinguishes reserve from delivery.
== Distribution and bottleneck ==
Distribution is the movement of a resource to where it is needed. A bottleneck constrains that movement. [[Renticuluous Alpha]] introduces the importance of circulation in Paul’s setting.
== Drawdown ==
In [[The Divide]], the agricultural extension’s demand on the shared heat network. Growing food and warming homes depend on connected infrastructure.
== Botanist Prime ==
[[Caitlyn Evans|Caitlyn’s]] professional role at the [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]]. It combines cultivation expertise with responsibility for the wider growing operation.
== Grafting ==
Joining plant material so that it can grow together. In Caitlyn’s opening routines, grafting also provides a language for patience, attention and the limits of intervention.
== Quarantine ==
Controlling movement across a boundary to manage a possible biological threat. In Caitlyn’s story, boundaries affect workers and households as well as crops. See [[The Two-Body Problem systems]].
== Telemetry ==
Measurements reported from equipment or a system. The books distinguish a reported value from direct observation and ask how records can be checked.
== Handover ==
Passing work and responsibility to another person. John’s departure preparations emphasise understanding what is being maintained, not simply transferring a file.
== Operating limit ==
A defined condition within which work is intended to remain safe. Knowing a limit also means knowing when to stop, check and seek another person’s judgment.
[[Reader guide]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Themes]]
[[Category:Reader guides]][[Category:Themes]]

Reader guide

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The Evansphere follows the Evans family and the people whose work keeps their communities alive. You can use this companion before reading, alongside a chapter, or to find a name you have forgotten.
== Where to begin ==
Start with ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'' for the opening introduction to the Evansphere. John’s journey connects Mars and Earth through engineering, reclamation and questions of trust.

Continue with ''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' for an earlier view of family life and the work of keeping Mars warm. ''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]'' shifts the centre to Caitlyn’s agricultural expertise and the boundary between protection and control.
== Publication sequence and story time ==
The three books covered here were introduced in the order John, Paul, Caitlyn. Their settings in story time run Paul, Caitlyn, John. Paul’s story takes place fifteen years before John’s; Caitlyn’s sits between them, with John and Jennifer in their teens.

This is orientation, not a detailed timeline. Following the publication sequence lets the later books add context to people you have already met. The wiki does not reconcile every character’s perspective into one definitive account.
== Look up a name without following a plot ==
* [[Characters]] groups the family and supporting cast by book.
* [[Places]] connects worlds, habitats and workplaces.
* [[Organizations]] identifies institutions and their responsibilities.
* [[Reader glossary]] explains recurring working terms.
* [[Everyday life]] introduces routines, homes and communities.
* [[Discussion questions]] offers questions without supplying the story’s answers.
== What this companion reveals ==
Entries cover introductions, settings, working roles and broad themes. Official back cover descriptions appear in full on the book pages and disclose their advertised premises. Shared character pages show appearances in all three covered books, so they can reveal that a person appears in another story.

Investigative findings, resolutions, hidden allegiances and unpublished developments are outside the introductory guide. Homepage excerpts are selected for atmosphere, ordinary work and character voice, rather than the outcomes of scenes. For the strictest reading experience, begin with the novel itself.
== Choose an edition ==
[[Books]] lists paperback and large print editions with direct Amazon links. Cover artwork and format labels help distinguish the choices. The story guides use chapter references where available because pagination can differ by format.
[[Evansphere Wiki:About|Sources and editorial approach]]
[[Category:Reader guides]]

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PLACE · THE DIVIDE</div>
Volallies Beta is a developing Martian habitat served by the [[Valles geothermal plant]].

== Setting ==
Construction work and occupied spaces coexist here. Equipment supplied by [[Hollister Dynamics]] brings questions about both technical performance and the conditions of its use. Perron speaks for the site.

== In the book ==
The opening chapters establish the Valles network; Chapter 5 introduces the habitat representatives.

== Explore further ==
* [[Joss Merritt]]
* [[The Divide supporting characters]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Places]]

[[Category:Places]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== Building while people live there ==
A developing habitat brings together the needs of present residents and work intended for future use. That combination gives its representative a different perspective from those speaking for older parts of the network.

The introduction of supplied equipment also connects the site with [[Hollister Dynamics]]. The guide identifies that relationship without describing failures, agreements or the outcome of the heating crisis.

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · THE DIVIDE</div>
Venn is the night lead at the [[Valles geothermal plant]].

== Work and responsibility ==
He coordinates the night crew’s rounds and operational decisions. The plant continues through changes of shift, making his work part of the book’s attention to competence beyond any one individual.

== In the book ==
Introduced in Chapter 8.

== Explore further ==
* [[Anika]]
* [[Tessa Brandt]]
* [[Paul Evans]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Characters]]

[[Category:Characters]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== Work across a shift change ==
A plant has to continue operating when one person leaves and another takes over. Rounds, logs and clear responsibility connect one shift’s observations with the next shift’s decisions.

This entry identifies the night lead in [[The Divide]]. It does not assume that another appearance of the same name elsewhere identifies this person. [[Tessa Brandt]] provides another introduction to the network’s night work.

Valles geothermal plant

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PLACE · THE DIVIDE</div>
The Valles geothermal plant supplies heat to Martian habitats and is [[Paul Evans|Paul’s]] workplace.

== Setting ==
The plant is a physical network of production loops, housings, valves and distribution routes. [[Anika]], [[Venn]] and the other crews inspect and operate it. Its available energy and its ability to deliver that energy are different questions.

== In the book ==
The opening chapters establish the Valles network; Chapter 5 introduces the habitat representatives.

== Explore further ==
* [[Olympus Prime]]
* [[Renticuluous Alpha]]
* [[Volallies Beta]]
* [[The Divide systems]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Places]]

[[Category:Places]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== The feel of the workplace ==
The opening visit describes steam columns, large housings and the vibration felt through boots. Inside, cooling metal and confined inspection spaces make the plant a physical workplace rather than a collection of readings.

Its people work at different scales. [[Anika]] inspects equipment, [[Venn]] coordinates night work and [[Hawksworth]] receives reports for Habitat Operations. Following them helps explain why the plant depends on shared expertise.

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PLACE · THE DIVIDE</div>
Valles is the Martian geothermal district associated with [[Paul Evans|Paul’s]] engineering work.

== Setting ==
The district connects the family history seen in ''[[39 Minutes]]'' with the plant and habitat network at the centre of ''[[The Divide]]''. This guide uses the novel’s named locations without assigning invented coordinates or distances.

== In the book ==
The opening chapters establish the Valles network; Chapter 5 introduces the habitat representatives.

== Explore further ==
* [[Mars]]
* [[Valles geothermal plant]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Places]]

[[Category:Places]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== District and workplace ==
The district page and the [[Valles geothermal plant|plant page]] serve different purposes. Valles locates Paul’s professional world within the Martian setting; the plant entry introduces the workplace and its relationship to the habitats.

The three habitat pages make that connection easier to follow. [[Olympus Prime]], [[Renticuluous Alpha]] and [[Volallies Beta]] each bring a different demand to a shared heat network.

Tomas Vale

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · THE DIVIDE</div>
Tomas Vale brings an equipment proposal to the [[Valles geothermal plant]] during the heating crisis.

== Role in the setting ==
His offer introduces questions about specifications, obligations and the terms attached to outside assistance. The details and consequences are left to the novel.

== In the book ==
Introduced in Chapter 7.

== Explore further ==
* [[Paul Evans]]
* [[Hollister Dynamics]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Characters]]

[[Category:Characters]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== Equipment and expectations ==
An offer of outside equipment enters a workplace with existing standards, immediate needs and people accountable for its operation. Those conditions shape how a proposal can be assessed.

Tomas’s role introduces this part of Paul’s professional world. [[Joss Merritt]] and [[Hollister Dynamics]] provide related commercial context; the guide leaves the specific terms, decisions and consequences to the book.

Themes

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== Keep one hand free ==
Leave enough physical, emotional, and moral capacity to respond, accept help, and choose. Preparedness belongs to communities and institutions as well as individuals.
== Stop one failure from becoming five ==
Good engineering looks beyond the immediate fault. So does responsibility: the consequences of one choice can spread through a team, a family, or a public system.
== Self-sufficiency without isolation ==
Being capable does not mean doing everything alone. The stories explore cooperation that preserves the ability to question, refuse, and leave.
== Care with boundaries ==
Protection must remain accountable to the people affected. Scientific caution, uncertainty, and the uneven burdens of emergency decisions all matter.
== Humility before complex systems ==
Characters make mistakes, need specialists, and revise their beliefs. Technology requires maintenance and judgment; competence includes recognizing limits.
== Evidence and physical reality ==
Plants, structures, and mechanical gauges carry evidence that a clean digital report can conceal. John and his colleagues compare records with the systems those records claim to describe.

[[Characters|Explore these ideas through the characters →]]

== In The Divide ==
''[[The Divide]]'' brings duty and presence, trust in colleagues, evidence and accountability into the Evans family’s earlier life. “Keep one hand free” connects preparedness at work with being available to others. [[The Divide systems|Heat delivery and operating limits]] make those ideas concrete.

== In The Two-Body Problem ==
''[[The Two-Body Problem]]'' explores protection and control, competence and companionship, and the patience required to care for living things. [[Caitlyn Evans|Caitlyn’s]] growing work and family life approach these ideas together. See the [[The Two-Body Problem systems|working language guide]].
== Reading without a prescribed answer ==
A useful principle can be difficult to apply when two real obligations compete. Duty to a crew and presence at home, protection of crops and the burden on growers, or reliable standards and local judgment need not produce easy choices.

These headings are reading lenses, not an answer key. The [[Discussion questions]] page invites comparisons without disclosing decisions or endings. Readers can disagree about a character’s argument while recognising the need behind it.

The Two-Body Problem systems

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A guide to the working language of ''[[The Two-Body Problem]]''. These are elements of the fictional setting, not real crop treatment instructions.
== Botanist Prime ==
[[Caitlyn Evans|Caitlyn’s]] role combines practical cultivation with responsibility for the [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension|extension]]. The title gives formal weight to decisions that affect both plants and people.
== Observation and sampling ==
Leaf patterns, irrigation records and laboratory samples provide different kinds of evidence. [[Lia]], [[Hana]] and [[Rian Okoro]] connect observations in the rows with the wider response.
== Quarantine boundaries ==
The extension uses marked zones, logs and controlled movement. A line on a floor affects how people work and live as well as how a crop threat is managed.
== Cultivation and grafting ==
Caitlyn’s daily work includes propagation, grafting, watering and close attention to individual plants. These ordinary tasks give the story its language of care, patience and limits.
== Protection and control ==
The book’s central question concerns the boundary between protecting living things and controlling them. [[Olympus Prime council|Council decisions]], company advice and family relationships bring different pressures to that question.

[[The Divide systems|Heat and habitat systems in The Divide]] · [[Themes]] · [[The Two-Body Problem]]
[[Category:Themes]][[Category:The Two-Body Problem]]

== Routine before emergency ==
The opening chapter gives readers a baseline: misting, irrigation checks, grafting and rounds. A familiar routine makes an unfamiliar observation meaningful without immediately explaining its cause.

The same distinction applies to a record and a conclusion. A log preserves something to examine; it does not by itself settle what it means. The [[Reader glossary]] collects this vocabulary across all three books.

The Two-Body Problem supporting characters

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These introductions identify the people around [[Caitlyn Evans]] without describing the outcomes of their scenes.

== Jonah Marek ==
A council member who takes part in the discussions about the agricultural response.

In the book: Chapter 3, 6.

== Priya ==
A council member attentive to labour demands and the time taken from growing.

In the book: Chapter 3, 6.

== Hesselink ==
The water representative at council discussions.

In the book: Chapter 3, 6.

== Soraya ==
A council representative from the families committee. Her questions connect food security with household experience.

In the book: Chapter 3.

== Tomas Anders ==
Marta’s son and Alina’s husband, working on the family plot.

In the book: Chapter 8.

== Ren Anders ==
Marta’s son, who works alongside the rest of the Anders family.

In the book: Chapter 8.

== Alina Anders ==
Tomas’s wife and a worker on the Anders family plot.

In the book: Chapter 8.

== Pell ==
A grower whose work brings him into contact with the extension’s quarantine boundaries.

In the book: Chapter 7.

== Dax Heller ==
A teenager in Jennifer’s social world.

In the book: Chapter 13.

== Mara (agri track) ==
[[Mara (agri track)|View character and identity note →]]

Jennifer’s friend from the agri track, who shares practical skills with her. No connection to other characters named Mara is established here.

In the book: Chapter 2.

== Joss (agricultural extension) ==
[[Joss (agricultural extension)|View character and identity note →]]

A worker at the extension’s outer desk who handles visitor and communications tasks. The text does not establish that this is Joss Merritt from The Divide.

In the book: Chapter 5, 6.

[[The Two-Body Problem]] · [[Characters]]
[[Category:Characters]][[Category:The Two-Body Problem]]

== A community around the extension ==
The council, family plots and younger community bring different scales of experience to Caitlyn’s world. A representative speaks from a public role, while a grower’s work also belongs to a household and a teenager’s friendship has its own importance.

This directory provides names and immediate relationships. It leaves developments within those relationships to the novel. [[Category:Identity unresolved|Identity notes]] mark connections the text does not establish.

The Two-Body Problem

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CAITLYN EVANS · THE EVANSPHERE</div>
''Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem'' by Chris Simmons follows [[Caitlyn Evans]], Botanist Prime of the [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]], as an unfamiliar blight puts food, trust and personal boundaries under pressure.
== Back-cover description ==
Caitlyn Evans keeps Mars fed.

As Botanist Prime of the Olympus Prime agricultural extension, she grows eighty percent of the food on the planet. When a blight appears in Sector Seven, aggressive and unfamiliar, she takes command of the quarantine. She holds life and death authority over who is isolated, whose crops burn, which sectors seal.

But containment is not the same as control. As corporate pressure mounts through a polished young liaison and the council demands harsher measures, Caitlyn must draw every boundary twice: once around the blight, and once around herself. Protection is not control. She has spent her life learning the difference. Now she has to prove it.

The Two-Body Problem is the story of a woman who is fully capable alone and something is missing anyway. Not a weakness. A mass absent from the orbit. Five years after the apart years, with her marriage stronger than ever and her children half grown, Caitlyn faces the hardest decision of her career and learns what it means to hold steady without gripping tight.

Some systems look complete until you remove the second mass. Then the orbit decays.

<div class="ev-source-copy">[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMQWX687 Complete description from the Amazon paperback listing] · Checked 14 October 2026</div>
== People to know ==
* <strong>The family:</strong> [[Caitlyn Evans]], [[Paul Evans]], [[John Evans]], [[Jennifer Evans]] and their frequent visitor [[Niko]].
* <strong>The growing team:</strong> [[Rian Okoro]], [[Hana]] and [[Lia]].
* <strong>The community:</strong> [[Marta Anders]] and [[The Two-Body Problem supporting characters|the supporting cast]].
* <strong>Institutions and influence:</strong> [[Sable Ashford]], [[Aldous Crane]], the [[Olympus Prime council|council]] and [[Hollister Dynamics]].
== Places and working life ==
The [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension|extension]] supplies the colony through growing domes, laboratories and family plots. [[Sector Seven]] is part of this everyday working landscape. The [[The Two-Body Problem systems|systems guide]] introduces the language of cultivation, quarantine and responsibility without revealing how the crisis develops or ends.
== Connections across the books ==
Where ''[[The Divide]]'' approaches the Evans household through Paul's work, this book puts Caitlyn's expertise and experience at the centre. [[Olympus Prime]] connects the heat needed to sustain a habitat with the food grown inside it. John, Jennifer and Niko are older than in Paul's story, but this is still before the adult world of ''[[39 Minutes]]''.

Each shared character page labels its appearances by book. This guide leaves discoveries, allegiances and outcomes to the novel.
== Choose your edition ==
{{Book editions|title=Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem|cover=Two-Body-Problem|paperback=B0HMQWX687|largeprint=B0HMR2VFYP}}
[[Books|All books and editions]] · [[Themes]]
[[Category:Books]][[Category:The Two-Body Problem]]

== The ordinary life around the crisis ==
Caitlyn’s morning rounds introduce the extension through familiar work: checking grafts, watching irrigation, answering a colleague’s question and carrying a little basil home for soup. Food production is a profession, a community and part of the texture of her family life.

Teaching is another part of that work. The growing team has its own observations and judgment. Reading their exchanges alongside the council discussions shows the different demands placed on practical expertise and public authority.

[[Reader guide|Reading guide]] · [[Reader glossary|Glossary]] · [[Discussion questions|Discussion questions]]

The Divide systems

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">SYSTEMS · THE DIVIDE</div>
A short guide to the working language of ''[[The Divide]]''. These are descriptions of the fictional setting, not instructions for operating real equipment.
== Heat reserve and heat delivery ==
A reserve measures energy available to the system. Delivery depends on routes, flow and demand. A colony total cannot describe the temperature of every household.
== The Drawdown ==
The agricultural extension at [[Olympus Prime]] draws heat from the shared network. Growing food and heating homes are connected demands.
== The Bottleneck ==
The Bottleneck constrains circulation toward [[Renticuluous Alpha|Renticuluous Alpha’s]] far districts. Its significance is introduced with the three habitats.
== Isolation and stop rules ==
The [[Valles geothermal plant|Valles crews]] use defined conditions for stopping, checking and restarting work. [[Anika]] and [[Paul Evans]] must distinguish a plausible plan from evidence that a system is safe to use.
== Records and responsibility ==
Drawings, logs and signatures preserve decisions. The novel asks what it means to take responsibility for the gap between a record and the physical system it describes.

[[Themes]] · [[The Divide]] · [[Places]]
[[Category:Themes]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== Reading a system at several scales ==
The opening household diagram names air, water, heat, food and power. The plant view adds production and distribution; the habitat view asks whether those services reach the people who need them. Moving between these scales is a useful way to follow the technical language.

The diagrams in the story also carry human assumptions. A name beside a loop can express trust as well as responsibility. [[Everyday life]] explores this connection to school and family.

The Divide supporting characters

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PEOPLE · THE DIVIDE</div>
The habitats depend on more people than any one family or shift. These short introductions identify supporting figures without recounting their scenes or outcomes.

== Sella Voss ==
A classmate who also includes her parent in her home systems drawing.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 1, 3.

== Rafi ==
John’s classmate; his questions bring the people behind a system into view.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 1, 3.

== Director Tam ==
The Olympus Prime representative responsible for planning around household heat needs.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 5.

== Chief Lorn ==
The Renticuluous Alpha representative concerned with circulation and the far districts.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 5.

== Perron ==
The Volallies Beta representative, attentive to the people living amid construction.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 5.

== Dara ==
A member of the agricultural night crew who consults Caitlyn about irrigation timing.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 1.

== Petra ==
An experienced root tank worker in Caitlyn’s botanical community.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 7.

== Osa ==
A thermal systems technician on loan from habitat maintenance.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 7.

== Sari ==
A young technician who logs valve positions and carries out manifold rounds.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 8.

== Okafor ==
The District 9 depot master. No family relationship to other people sharing this surname is established here.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 11.

== Pavel ==
A Valles panel operator.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.

== Sanne ==
A member of the operations team responsible for logging.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.

== Noor ==
An operator on the Olympus Prime side of the network.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.

== Deedee Roxas ==
A clinic nurse.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.

== Sera ==
A member of the maintenance crew.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 25.

== Sarella ==
A contact at the domes with whom Paul discusses the winter rotation.

Introduced or identified in Chapter 27.

== Historical names ==
Mara Okafor, Jonas Lindqvist, Rui Duarte and Aiko Tanaka are names mentioned in the novel’s historical material. The circumstances in which they are encountered are left to the book. No additional biography or kinship is inferred.

[[Characters|All characters]] · [[The Divide]]
[[Category:Characters]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== Finding a small role ==
The names below are grouped in one guide so a briefly named worker or classmate remains easy to find. Search aliases lead directly to their sections. A short entry reflects the amount of introductory information available, not the importance of the person’s work.

Together, the classmates, habitat representatives and operators show the communities around the Evans household. These entries identify roles rather than summarising scenes. Similar names do not establish family connections.

The Divide

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PAUL EVANS · THE EVANSPHERE</div>
''Paul Evans: The Divide'' by Chris Simmons follows [[Paul Evans]], Outside Operations Lead at the [[Valles geothermal plant]], through a heating crisis on [[Mars]]. It returns to an earlier period in the Evans family's life, before ''[[39 Minutes]]''.
== Back-cover description ==
Paul Evans keeps Mars warm.

As Outside Operations Lead at the Valles geothermal plant, he is the man who makes sure everyone gets home. The heat reserve reads sufficient. The numbers say the colony is safe.

But the habitats are freezing.

The numbers lie. Energy exists but cannot reach the rooms that need it. And while Paul traces the failure through three habitats, a corporate trap, and his own signed compromise, his ten-year-old son is at home drawing diagrams of a father who is never there.

The Divide is the story of a man walking the line between the plant in emergency red and the lamplit kitchen. Between the crews who need him and the family he is losing. Between duty and presence.

A promise is not kept on the day you make it. It is kept on the days nobody is watching.

Paul Evans: The Divide is the second book of the Evansphere, fifteen years before John Evans: 39 Minutes.

<div class="ev-source-copy">[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMMKYL2R Complete description from the Amazon paperback listing] · Checked 14 October 2026</div>
== People to know ==
* <strong>The family:</strong> [[Paul Evans]], [[Caitlyn Evans]], [[John Evans]] and [[Jennifer Evans]].
* <strong>The plant:</strong> [[Anika]], [[Hawksworth]], [[Venn]] and [[Tessa Brandt]].
* <strong>The wider community:</strong> [[Niko]], [[Ms. Ivers]], [[Ellis]] and [[The Divide supporting characters|the supporting cast]].
* <strong>Outside interests:</strong> [[Tomas Vale]], [[Joss Merritt]] and [[Hollister Dynamics]].
== Places and systems ==
Three habitats depend on the Valles heat network: [[Olympus Prime]], [[Renticuluous Alpha]] and [[Volallies Beta]]. Their different demands make a colony total very different from warmth in a particular room. [[Habitat Operations]] connects standards and decisions with the people maintaining those systems.

[[The Divide systems|A short systems guide]] explains the Drawdown, the Bottleneck, heat reserves and the language of safe work without describing the solution.
== Connections across the books ==
Readers of ''[[39 Minutes]]'' will recognise the Evans family, [[Mars]], [[Hollister Dynamics]], and the principle “Keep one hand free.” Here, the focus is on Paul, the crews around him, and the family life behind that principle. Each character's page separates this earlier setting from their appearance in John's story.

This guide leaves the investigation, discoveries, decisions and ending for the novel.
== Choose your edition ==
{{Book editions|title=Paul Evans: The Divide|cover=The-Divide|paperback=B0HMMKYL2R|largeprint=B0HMQVW3TH}}
[[Books|All books and editions]] · [[Themes]]
[[Category:Books]][[Category:The Divide]]

== The household and the workplace ==
The opening school assignment asks which systems keep a home alive and who looks after them. It gives the reader a small, personal version of the much larger heat network Paul serves. Names on a child’s diagram and names on an operating record both make responsibility visible.

The novel moves between domestic routines and industrial work. Following those changes of setting is a useful way to read Paul: the importance of his job and the importance of his family can be true at the same time.

[[Reader guide|Reading guide]] · [[Reader glossary|Glossary]] · [[Discussion questions|Discussion questions]]

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">ORGANIZATION · THE DIVIDE</div>
Tharsis Ecological Systems is associated with the earlier Greenwake remediation work on [[Mars]].

== Historical context ==
The company belongs to the industrial history encountered in [[The Divide]]. This entry identifies the organization without recounting its part in the narrative.

== In the book ==
Named in Chapter 18.

== Explore further ==
* [[Greenwake]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Organizations]]

[[Category:Organizations]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== A bounded historical entry ==
This page helps identify a name encountered in [[The Divide]]. The historical context is kept brief so readers can look up the name without encountering the investigation around it.

For the current inhabited setting, [[Mars]] and [[The Divide systems]] introduce the relationship between industrial systems and everyday needs. [[Greenwake]] remains a similarly brief historical reference.

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · THE DIVIDE</div>
Tessa Brandt is a night operator who checks trunk valves on the heat network.

== Work and recognition ==
Her work connects [[Valles geothermal plant|plant operations]] with John’s school assignment about the systems that keep a home alive. She represents the people whose ordinary rounds can disappear behind a tidy diagram.

== In the book ==
Named in Chapter 3.

== Explore further ==
* [[John Evans]]
* [[Venn]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Characters]]

[[Category:Characters]][[Category:The Divide]]

<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== The people behind a household loop ==
Checking trunk valves is part of the continuing work that lets a household experience heat as something ordinary. Tessa’s name gives that work a person rather than leaving it as an anonymous line on a diagram.

Her place in the classroom discussion connects [[Ms. Ivers|Ms. Ivers’s]] assignment with the wider operations community. [[Venn]] introduces another aspect of the work that continues through the night.

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The Solar Alliance is a successor coalition working to restore cooperation between communities and worlds. Its Reclamation Initiative supports infrastructure recovery on [[Earth]].
== Cooperation under pressure ==
The Alliance is necessary, but vulnerable to factional politics, centralization, and emergency overreach. Its institutions are shaped by the choices of the people working within them.
== Related people and places ==
* [[John Evans]]
* [[Dr. Elena Vasquez]]
* [[Captain Mira Lang]]
* [[Pacific Remnant Outpost]]
[[Category:Organizations]]

<div class="ev-source">Reader’s companion to <i>[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</i>, introducing the published story.</div>

== Cooperation as practical work ==
Reclamation needs people with different specialties to work across communities and institutions. Engineering, public health and transport all contribute to a recovery effort, and each brings its own responsibilities.

The [[Pacific Remnant Outpost]] offers a local introduction to that larger project. The guide describes the Alliance through its published role and people without cataloguing later political decisions or prescribing how readers should judge it.

[[Category:39 Minutes]]

Sector Seven

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PLACE · THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM</div>
Sector Seven is an older growing dome in the [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]].

== Role in the story ==
Its patched glass, ageing frame and tomato rows are part of the familiar landscape Caitlyn walks each morning. Unusual yellowing brings her attention to the dome at the beginning of the novel.

== In the book ==
Introduced in Chapter 1.

== Explore further ==
* [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]]
* [[Lia]]
* [[Caitlyn Evans]]
* [[The Two-Body Problem]]

[[Category:Places]][[Category:The Two-Body Problem]]

== Part of a familiar route ==
Caitlyn’s rounds establish Sector Seven within a larger sequence of growing spaces. Its older frame and patched glass give it a particular texture, while the rows and their care remain part of the extension’s everyday work.

The introductory crop symptoms are part of the book’s advertised premise. This entry stops there: causes, spread and decisions belong to the novel. See [[The Two-Body Problem systems]] for general working terms.

Sable Ashford

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM</div>
Sable Ashford is the young [[Hollister Dynamics]] liaison sent to observe the agricultural crisis.

== Role in the story ==
Her composed manner and careful attention to procedure bring the company into Caitlyn’s working world. Her presence also attracts the attention of the younger Evans family members.

== In the book ==
Introduced in Chapter 5.

== Explore further ==
* [[Hollister Dynamics]]
* [[Caitlyn Evans]]
* [[Jennifer Evans]]
* [[The Two-Body Problem]]

[[Category:Characters]][[Category:The Two-Body Problem]]

== Professional presence ==
A liaison enters a workplace with a role defined partly by the organization she represents. Sable’s attention to procedure places corporate language beside Caitlyn’s practical knowledge of the extension.

Her introduction also shows how professional confidence can be noticed differently by different people in the same community. This page identifies that starting position without interpreting her private loyalties or describing later relationships.

Rupert Hollister

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · Leader · Hollister Dynamics</div>
Rupert leads [[Hollister Dynamics]], a corporation operating across infrastructure, security, licensing, and strategic supply.

== Character and perspective ==
His public argument is that centralized control can prevent civilizational collapse. The stories test that claim against the cost of dependence and the ability of communities to inspect, repair, or leave the systems they rely on. He remains persuasive because his arguments contain uncomfortable truths.

== A recurring idea ==
Stability, at what cost?

== Explore further ==
* [[Characters|Character directory]]
* [[39 Minutes]]
* [[Themes]]

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<div class="ev-source">Reader’s companion to <i>[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</i>, introducing the published story.</div>

== Reading an argument about stability ==
The dependence of whole communities on water, power and transport gives arguments about control real stakes. Rupert’s stated position can be read alongside the needs of the people who use those systems and the specialists asked to maintain them.

The [[Hollister Dynamics]] page follows the company’s presence across the published books. It identifies contexts and representatives without turning them into a forecast of Rupert’s decisions.

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Rian Okoro

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM</div>
Rian Okoro is [[Caitlyn Evans|Caitlyn’s]] second at the [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]].

== Role in the story ==
His laboratory work turns observations from the growing rows into samples, cultures and records that the team can examine together. His steady practical manner supports Caitlyn’s field experience.

== In the book ==
Chapter 3 introduces his laboratory role.

== Explore further ==
* [[Caitlyn Evans]]
* [[Hana]]
* [[Lia]]
* [[The Two-Body Problem]]

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== Connecting field and laboratory ==
A leaf in a growing row and a sample in a laboratory offer different ways of examining the same concern. Rian’s place in the team connects those settings through careful handling and shared records.

His role complements Caitlyn’s familiarity with the extension and the observations of [[Hana]] and [[Lia]]. The guide introduces that working relationship without reporting test results or the investigation’s conclusions.

Renticuluous Alpha

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">PLACE · THE DIVIDE</div>
Renticuluous Alpha is a Martian habitat connected to the [[Valles geothermal plant|Valles heat network]].

== Setting ==
Its circulation is constrained by the Bottleneck. Warmth reaching a central point does not necessarily reach the rooms at the far end of the network. Chief Lorn represents its concerns.

== In the book ==
The opening chapters establish the Valles network; Chapter 5 introduces the habitat representatives.

== Explore further ==
* [[The Divide systems]]
* [[The Divide supporting characters]]
* [[Olympus Prime]]
* [[The Divide]]
* [[Places]]

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<div class="ev-source">Based on <i>[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]</i>. Introductory reference only; major discoveries and outcomes are omitted.</div>

== Reading the network from its far end ==
Renticuluous Alpha helps distinguish a system total from a local experience. Energy available elsewhere in the network is not the same thing as warmth delivered to a particular room.

Its representative’s concerns sit beside those of [[Olympus Prime]] and [[Volallies Beta]]. Reading the three habitat entries together introduces the competing demands around Paul’s work without describing his response to them.