For Isabella
Time is an arrow.
Isaac Newton
Time is a river.
Albert Einstein
Time is fluid and not linear in any way.
The Time Police
Time is a chunk and most of it is missing. I must have been off my face last night. Jesus, my head is killing me.
Luke Parrish
Roll Call
Time Police Personnel
Commander Hay
Beginning to realise Team 236 has its disadvantages as well as its advantages.
Captain Farenden
Keeping his boss on track. Mostly.
Major Callen
Now Head of the Hunter Division.
Officer North
Newly recruited Hunter.
Major Ellis
Surprisingly gunshot-free in this story.
Lt Grint
Is Hay now regretting giving him a second chance?
The Map Master
Possibly like Gollum, she’s forgotten her real name. Even her mum calls her Map Master.
Officer Connor
Quite normal.
The doctor
Surprisingly compassionate in the face of an officer’s personal disaster.
Officer Varma
Member of security team.
Other Time Police officers
Who come and go but rarely hang around long enough to say anything.
Team 236 – Team Weird
Trainee Farrell
Still not got his hair cut. Wounded again but this time by accident so that’s all right then.
Trainee Lockland
Still blushing at her own shadow. Now developing signs of schizophrenia as well. It never rains . . .
Trainee Parrish
Completely unchanged. You’d think recent experiences would have rendered him thoughtful, considerate and hard-working . . . but no.
Team 235
Just for once, they’re the screw-ups.
Trainee Hansen
Trainee Kohl
Trainee Rossi
St Mary’s Personnel
A bunch of feckless pod jockeys, none of whom you’d want to meet on a dark night. Or even on a sunny afternoon at a charming riverside pub. Which might or might not be suffering from a nasty case of St Mary’s-related E. coli. Or possibly salmonella. Whichever is the most serious, anyway.
Dr Maxwell
Matthew’s mum.
Chief Technical Officer Farrell
Matthew’s dad.
Dr Peterson
One of Matthew’s many uncles.
Miss Lingoss
One of Matthew’s many aunts.
Mikey