CHARACTERS
MICHAEL VEY
My name is Michael Vey and the story I’m about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It’s my story.
To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey seems like an ordinary 14-year-old — he likes waffles and video games, hates homework and gets bullied at school. But Michael is anything but ordinary. He was born with special electrical powers.
When Michael’s best friends, Ostin Liss and cheerleader Taylor Ridley, make an accidental discovery, the trio learns that there are other children with electric powers — and that someone, or some thing, is hunting them.
After Michael’s mother is kidnapped, Michael will have to rely on his wits, powers and friends to combat the powerful Elgen and free his mother.
THE ORIGINAL ELECTROCLAN
Michael Vey
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to shock people through direct contact or conduction. Can also absorb other electric children’s powers.
Information:
Michael is the most powerful of all the electric children and leader of the Electroclan. He is currently studying international business at Boise State University as he prepares to someday take over as CEO of the Veytric Corporation (the former Elgen Corporation) from his father. Michael and Taylor are boyfriend–girlfriend. Many Tuvaluans still think of Michael as the lightning god Uira te Atua.
Taylor Ridley
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to scramble the electric synapses in the brain, causing temporary confusion. She can also read people’s minds, but only when touching them.
Information:
Taylor is Tara’s identical twin sister, and is one of the original three founding members of the Electroclan. She is also Michael’s girlfriend. She and Michael discovered each other’s powers at Meridian High School, which they were both attending. Taylor and her twin, Tara, are roommates and psychology majors at Arizona State University in Phoenix. In addition to Taylor’s ability to scramble and read minds, a new power has begun to emerge. She dreams of events before they happen.
Ostin Liss
NON-ELECTRIC
Power:
Not an electric child.
Information:
Ostin is very intelligent, with an IQ of 155, which puts him at the same level as the average Nobel Prize winner. He is one of the original three members of the Electroclan and Michael’s best friend. He is enrolled in advanced courses in math and physics at Caltech in Pasadena, California. McKenna is still his girlfriend.
Jack Vranes
NON-ELECTRIC
Power:
Not an electric child.
Information:
Jack spends a lot of time in the gym and is very strong. He is also excellent with cars. Originally one of Michael’s bullies, he joined the Electroclan after Michael bribed him to help Michael rescue his mother from Dr. Hatch. He has been hired by the Veytric Corporation (the former Elgen Corporation) as the assistant head of security. He is currently stationed in South America. The distance has caused a rift between him and Abigail, who is currently studying at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
Wade West
NON-ELECTRIC
Power:
Not an electric child.
Information:
Wade was Jack’s best friend and joined the Electroclan at the same time he did. Wade was killed in the jungles of Peru when he was surprised by an Elgen guard. Jack commissioned a monument for his friend, which was erected in the jungle at the place where Wade fell. Though the site is difficult to get to, Jack visits the monument every year to lay flowers.
THE GLOWS
Abigail
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to temporarily stop pain by electrically stimulating certain parts of the brain. She must be touching the person to do so.
Information:
Along with Ian and McKenna, Abigail was held captive by the Elgen for many years because she refused to follow Hatch. She joined the Electroclan after escaping from the Elgen Academy’s prison, known as
Purgatory. She is currently studying to become a CRNA at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
Bryan
ELECTRIC
Power:
The ability to create highly focused electricity that allows him to cut through objects.
Information:
Bryan is one of Hatch’s Glows, and one of two Glows still loyal to the former Elgen. Since the fall of the Elgen, Bryan’s whereabouts are unknown. He is believed to be with Kylee.
Cassy
ELECTRIC
Power:
An extremely powerful electric, Cassy has the ability to freeze muscles from a distance of more than two kilometers. She has the ability to cause mass heart attacks.
Information:
Cassy was rescued by the voice before the Elgen knew of her existence. She was raised and trained in Switzerland by the voice. She is currently working with Dr. Coonradt in Switzerland as a liaison between Veytric and the EU. She fell in love with Michael while battling the Elgen in Taiwan.
Grace
ELECTRIC
Power:
Grace acts as a “human flash drive” and is able to transfer and store large amounts of electronic data.
Information:
Grace was living with the Elgen but joined the Electroclan when they defeated Hatch at the Elgen Academy. She worked with the resistance but had not been on any missions with the Electroclan. After the fall of the Elgen she went to work with Carl Vey and Veytric.
Ian
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to see through electrolocation, which is the same way sharks and eels see through muddy or murky water.
Information:
Along with McKenna and Abigail, Ian was held captive by the Elgen for many years because he refused to follow Hatch. He joined the Electroclan after escaping from the Elgen Academy’s prison. He is currently leading an oceanic exploration team hunting for sunken treasure and shipwrecks. He has been featured on the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. He is currently working with famed producer Tim Horejs on a documentary called Atlantis Uncovered.
Kylee
ELECTRIC
Power:
Born with the ability to create electromagnetic power, she is basically a human magnet.
Information:
One of Hatch’s Glows, she spends most of her time shopping. Kylee and Bryan are the only Glows who remained loyal to Hatch after the battle of Hades. Along with Bryan, she is currently a fugitive. Whereabouts unknown.
McKenna
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to create light and heat. She can heat herself to more than three thousand kelvins.
Information:
Along with Ian and Abigail, McKenna was held captive by the Elgen for many years because she refused to follow Hatch. She joined the Electroclan after escaping from the Elgen Academy’s prison, known as Purgatory. McKenna is studying thermal engineering at Stanford University. McKenna and Ostin are still a “unit,” as Ostin calls it.
Nichelle
ELECTRIC
Power:
Nichelle acts as an electrical ground and can both detect and drain the powers of the other electric children. She can also enhance their powers, though not nearly as much as Tessa can.
Information:
Nichelle was Hatch’s main source of power over the rest of the electric children until he abandoned her during the battle at the Elgen Academy. Although everyone was nervous about it, the Electroclan recruited her to join them on their mission to save Jade Dragon, and she has become a loyal Electroclan member. She is currently living in Spokane, Washington, where she attends Gonzaga University.
Quentin
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to create isolated electromagnetic pulses, which lets him take out all electrical devices within twenty yards.
Information:
Quentin was the president of Hatch’s Glows. Before his defection, he was regarded by the Elgen as the second-in-command, just below Hatch. He is now a member of the Electroclan. After the fall of the Elgen, he moved to Florida, where he started several businesses, including a popular dance club called Q.
Tanner
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to interfere with airplanes’ electrical navigation systems and cause them to malfunction and crash. His powers are so advanced that he can do this from the ground.
Information:
After years of mistreatment by the Elgen, Tanner was rescued by the Electroclan from the Peruvian Starxource plant and was subsequently staying with the resistance so he had a chance to recover. Tanner died in the battle of Hades. There is a monument to him, and other fallen heroes, on the north end of the island.
Tara
ELECTRIC
Power:
Tara’s abilities are similar to her twin sister’s in that she can disrupt normal electronic brain functions. Through years of practicing and refining her powers, Tara has learned to focus on specific parts of the brain in order to create emotions such as fear or joy.
Information:
Tara is Taylor’s twin (they were adopted by different families after they were born) and lived with Hatch and the Elgen since she was six years old. Tara is now Taylor’s roommate at Arizona State University. Like her sister, she is studying psychology.
Tessa
ELECTRIC
Power:
Tessa’s abilities are the opposite of Nichelle’s main power — Tessa is able to enhance the powers of the other electric children.
Information:
Tessa escaped from the Elgen at the Starxource plant in Peru and lived in the Amazon jungle for six months with an indigenous tribe called the Amacarra. She joined the Electroclan after the tribe rescued Michael from the Elgen and brought them together. She is currently just enjoying her life, painting and working on a book about her adventures in the jungle living with the Amacarra tribe.
Torstyn
ELECTRIC
Power:
One of the more lethal of the electric children, Torstyn can create microwaves.
Information:
Torstyn is one of Hatch’s Glows and was instrumental to the Elgen in building the Peruvian Starxource plant. He is Quentin’s right-hand man. He was always a thrill-seeker and extremist and, with only his
powers, would hunt anacondas and jaguars in the jungles of Peru. After the end of the Elgen, he moved to Florida with Quentin, but his need for danger pushed him into undesirable company.
Zeus
ELECTRIC
Power:
Ability to “throw” electricity from his body.
Information:
Zeus (real name Frank) was kidnapped by the Elgen as a young child and lived for many years as one of Hatch’s Glows. He joined the Electroclan when they escaped from the Elgen Academy. Zeus is currently trying to decide what he wants to do with his life and is in no particular hurry to find out.
THE THREE ELITE ELGEN GUARD UNITS
Chasqui
Translated from the ancient Quechuan dialect, the word “chasqui” means “messenger of light.” The Chasqui are a special Elgen military order in Peru. Their roles are specifically connected to the Peruvian Starxource plant in Puerto Maldonado. Like the other elite Elgen units, they operate independently of the Elgen command.
Domguard
Also known as the “Order of the Amber Tunic.” The Domguard are a very powerful and secretive global force. They operate more as a cult than a corporate security force. Their intense, esoteric beliefs and their worship of the electric children make them the most dangerous of the Elite Guard.
Lung Li
The Lung Li (literally translated from Mandarin Chinese as “dragon power”) is a special Chinese Elgen military order. Their activities are limited to countries in the Eastern Hemisphere, including China, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
