Kieran McSobel
Names: Kieran McSobelKieran
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 22 (TWENTY-ONE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 22Kieran runs onlook software on Stig's train and reports Paula Myo's arrival at LA Galactic to Adam.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 2Kieran is a capable young Guardian operative given the support role shadowing Kazimir's run; he arrived on Earth a few years earlier.
- Ch 5Kieran is acquiring defense systems for the train and plans to have the wagon conversion done on Wuyam.
- Ch 10Adam orders him to bring Jamas McPeierls and Rosamund McKratz to Illuminatus to reinforce Jenny and Kanton.
- Ch 10Kieran leads the team watching Bernadette; on finding rival scrutineer programs he orders everyone into force field suits and to relocate on foot.
- Ch 10Kieran leads a Guardian team that decides to watch the watchers, tracking the navy team to the Dongara Harbor police precinct.
- Ch 15Kieran, a young engineer, loads diagnostics into the Carbon Goose's avionics and judges the plane clean, with no sign of sabotage.
- Ch 16Kieran burns his hand when one Volvo's engine catches fire, and blames the navy people for the sabotage.
- Ch 18Kieran is a Guardian who knows Judson well and shares driving duties with Rosamund.
- Ch 18Kieran and Jamas find the tow jeeps and handle fueling; Kieran also searches for tether drilling equipment.
Connections
- member ofGuardians of Selfhood
- ally ofAdam Elvinarmed bodyguard and aide
- leadsJenny McNowak
- friend ofJudson McKratz
- ally ofJamas McPeierls
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 22Guardians recover the software via sewer
Guardians send a cloned S&Ibot through the sewers to retrieve the flushed case, confirm the crystal is intact, and send Stig the discontinue-and-break order.
- 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 5Adam buys the ND47
Adam and Kieran sign the contract with Baraki for refurbishing the nuclear train for Foster Transport and discuss arming it and the unreliable new contact.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Bernadette Halgarth travels to Tridelta
Jenny and Kaspar follow Bernadette from EdenBurg to Tridelta, where she checks into the Octavious unannounced; Adam sends reinforcements.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Rival watchers discovered at the Octavious
Kieran's team finds a second set of scrutineer programs monitoring Bernadette's room, suspects the navy, dons force field suits and abandons the Grialgol suite.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Guardians follow the navy team
Bernadette's evasion forces the Guardians to switch tactics. They trail the navy team to the precinct, see Paula Myo arrive, and follow a convoy leaving at dusk.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Boarding the Carbon Goose
After sensorbot checks find no sabotage, Adam's group loads vehicles aboard the Carbon Goose, and Wilson pilots it out of the hangar toward the sea to chase the Starflyer.
- Book 2 · Ch 16Truck breakdown and sabotage
A Volvo engine burns out on the Aldrin Plains. While transferring cargo, Adam finds four crates sabotaged by maser, raising suspicion of a saboteur within the group.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Meeting Judson
Crossing a wide shallow river, the Volvos meet Judson McKratz, who verifies them via songs and sends them to Samantha in Reithstone Valley.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Arrival at Stonewave
Adam's Volvos reach the deserted hyperglider town Stonewave across the wet desert; Paula remains gravely ill and Wilson needs equipment for the comrelay.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Hangar preparations
The group breaks into the Grand Triad Adventures hangar, powers it up, and checks hypergliders, jeeps and files while planning the flight to Aphrodite's Seat.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Adam found murdered
Oscar wakes from a memory implant to find Adam dead in the hangar. The Guardians accuse the others, but Paula's questioning establishes no clear culprit; Wilson insists the mission continue.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Hypergliders tethered in the wet desert
The group tethers three hypergliders along Stakeout Canyon for the morning storm launch. Oscar, Anna and Wilson board; the rest retreat to shelter at Mount Zeus.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Paula turns back to Oscar
Paula hears Bradley's reply, concludes Oscar is not the agent, and has Rosamund turn the jeep back toward Stakeout Canyon to question him.