Kazimir McFoster
Names: Kazimir McFosterKazimirKazMcFoster
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 5 (FOUR)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 5Kazimir is a seventeen-year-old McFoster clansman on his final groundwalk, a solo rite of passage proving he has mastered the wild.
- Ch 5Kazimir becomes infatuated with Justine, thinking of her as an angel, and asks her not to visit the Marie Celeste.
- Ch 5Kazimir has dark brown skin and wears an emerald and copper McFoster tartan kilt; his ancestors were saved by Bradley Johansson.
- Ch 5Kazimir is a devout, late-adolescent follower of the Guardians doctrine who believes a surviving alien exists on the old arkship; he adores Justine.
- Ch 5Kazimir flees into the jungle when the recovery convoy arrives, wearing Justine's bushranger hat.
- Ch 13Kazimir pines for Justine, an offworlder he spent only a couple of days with, and stares at Earth's star each night.
- Ch 13Kazimir is a young Guardian fighter from the McFoster clan, about to join a major raid on the Institute.
- Ch 13Kazimir promises Bruce he will bed Andria after the raid, though he is reluctant and still thinking of Justine.
- Ch 13A clan raider riding Kraken; seeing the arkship for the first time humbles him, and he is devastated when Bruce dies.
- Ch 13After Bruce's death, Kazimir kills an Institute soldier with Kraken's horn in revenge, but finds the victory hollow.
- Ch 14Kazimir is a grieving, hot-tempered young fighter who has become reckless since Bruce's death. He is haunted by the memory of Justine and a broken promise to Bruce about Andria McNowak.
- Ch 14Kazimir agrees to join Stig's team traveling to the Commonwealth, subject to training and Johansson's final approval.
- Ch 20Kazimir is a young man from the clans of Far Away who trained two years for the cause under Stig and others.
- Ch 20Kazimir is motivated by memory of Bruce and felt awed to meet Bradley Johansson, whom he had studied for years.
- Ch 20A new Guardians recruit from Far Away, sent to Earth to acquire high-tech items for Bradley's revenge project.
- Ch 20Secretly remembers a night with a girl on Mount Herculaneum and, breaking his resolve, searches for Justine Burnelli.
- Ch 22Kazimir hid in the safe house, helped Stig out of the water and told him the new Far Away cargo inspections probably ruin their plans.
- Ch 24Kazimir is Justine's former lover from low-gravity Far Away; he arrives at her party disguised as a waiter, now grown and muscular.
- Ch 24Kazimir is on Earth on a Guardian mission chosen by Bradley Johansson, and asks Justine to get cargo inspections lifted.
- Ch 24Kazimir refuses to desert his comrades, having watched his best friend die, and swears to return to Justine when it is over.
- Ch 26Kazimir is a young Guardian courier who carries a memory crystal of Martian data back from an Andes observatory to LA Galactic.
- Ch 26Kazimir loves Justine and risked breaking Guardian doctrine to visit her at the Tulip Mansion.
- Ch 26Kazimir is shot dead at LA Galactic by someone he recognises as his supposedly dead brother Bruce.
- Ch 26Kazimir, Justine's young lover, is found dead; as a Guardian he had no memorycell insert, so his death is permanent.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 2Kazimir was a young Guardians agent, shot dead by an ion pulse in the Carralvo terminal after being sent to an observatory in Peru to collect something.
- Ch 2Kazimir is carrying a memory crystal and is detained by armed people after Bruce's attack.
- Ch 2Kazimir was a Guardian courier killed by an ion shot; his autopsy confirmed it was really him, with no memorycell insert.
- Ch 2Footage suggests Kazimir knew his assassin and was delighted to see him, as if they were old friends.
- Ch 2Collected a copy of the Martian data from Cufflin and was later murdered.
- Ch 3Kazimir, a Guardian courier, was shot by childhood friend Bruce McFoster after secretly meeting Justine Burnelli, whom he met long ago on Far Away.
- Ch 4Kazimir is dead and the Martian data he carried was lost, which Stig regrets as the clans need it.
- Ch 5Kazimir was carrying data that the Guardians lost and still want to recover.
Connections
- member ofGuardians of Selfhood
- member ofMcFoster clan
- friend ofJustine Burnelli
- partner ofJustine BurnelliOne-night encounter; he adores her
- friend ofBruce McFostercloser than brothers, grew up together
- related toHarveytutor of
- related toKrakenrider of
- ally ofBradley Johansson
- related toStig McSobeltrained him
- ally ofAdam Elvin
- friend ofStig McSobelStig was his old tutor
- family ofBruce McFosterbrothers
- enemy ofBruce McFosterkills him
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 5Justine meets Kazimir
Kazimir, watching from hiding, is spotted by Justine and invited into her shelter. He tells her the clans' story of the Starflyer and Bradley Johansson, and they spend the day together.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Night together by the fire
Kazimir and Justine share champagne and food by a bonfire, then go into her tent and have sex.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Recovery convoy arrives
The convoy led by Cam Tong finds Justine's landing site, honking horns. Kazimir bolts into the jungle while the crew laughs; Estella teases Justine, and they depart.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Bruce surprises Kazimir on the dune
Bruce sneaks up on Kazimir stargazing, but Kazimir already has a knife at his stomach; they banter about Justine, Scott and the coming raid.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Raid preparations at Rock Dee
Clans arm and equip eighty fighters and Charlemagne warhorses. Harvey advises caution, and Bruce pressures Kazimir into promising to bed Andria after the raid.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Raiding party departs
An hour after nightfall the eighty fighters leave Rock Dee, descend StOmer's southern side into the lowlands, and by daybreak are hidden in the forest.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Ambush of the Institute supply convoy
Clan McSobels fire plasma at the convoy on Highway One, then mounted Charlemagne raiders charge down the ridge and use dump-webs to collapse force fields so missiles destroy trucks, against Institute soldiers and Land Rover Cruisers.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Death of Bruce McFoster
Bruce's warhorse is shredded by Cruiser gunfire and falls on him, killing him as Kazimir watches. Kazimir then kills a soldier in revenge.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Roll call after the raid
At the rendezvous in the forest, Scott McFoster calls the roll; Bruce is declared dead and memorialized, and Kazimir answers brokenly.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Bruce's memorial and Stig's offer
The McFoster village holds a memorial for Bruce. Afterward Stig recruits Kazimir for a Commonwealth mission to set up routes for items needed on Far Away, pending Johansson's approval.
- Book 1 · Ch 20Bradley meets Kazimir
On Santa Monica beach Bradley meets and approves Kazimir, telling him he may be asked to die for the cause, then hands him over to Adam Elvin.
- Book 1 · Ch 20Kazimir searches for Justine Burnelli
After planning his smuggling covers in Los Angeles, Kazimir recalls his night with Justine and asks his e-butler to look her up.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Target escapes through Venice marina
Paula's target jumps into the water at the marina; the police launch a large search, but Stig later reaches Kazimir's house exhausted.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Kazimir reunites with Justine
Kazimir, disguised as a waiter, returns Justine's old sunhat at her engagement party. They spend the night together; he reveals he is on a Guardian mission.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Justine and Kazimir argue
Justine begs Kazimir to quit the Guardians, denying the Starflyer. He asks her to lift cargo inspections, refuses to stop, and leaves, promising to return. Justine calls Alic Hogan.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Kazimir killed at LA Galactic
After returning with the Martian data, Kazimir recognises Bruce on the concourse and runs to him; Bruce shoots him dead while navy watchers and Justine look on.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Justine mourns Kazimir
Justine kneels by Kazimir's dead body. Paula Myo tells her the navy did not do it, that it has leaks, and that the Starflyer is real.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Justine takes Kazimir's body to New York
Justine rides with the body, secretly finds a memory crystal, and takes it by private train to her family clinic. Myo notices the blood on her fingers and asks to see what she found.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Bruce McFoster attacks Kazimir at the Carralvo
Bruce, believed dead, shoots at Kazimir on the concourse. Navy pursuers chase him, he cripples the network with kaos, and he escapes into a freight container.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Adam and Bradley meet at Big Ben
Adam reports Kazimir's death and the Martian data loss to Bradley; they discuss the Starflyer, the planet's revenge, and planning a run to break the Boongate blockade.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Bradley and Burnelli negotiate
Senator Burnelli proposes joining forces; Bradley demands Paula Myo deliver McFoster's data to prove trust.