The Two-Body Problem supporting characters

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)

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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)

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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

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. Identity notes mark connections the text does not establish.