Sandy
Names: SandySandy Lanier
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 7 (SIX)
Appearances
What you know
Connections
- family ofMark Vernondaughter
- family ofLizdaughter
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 7Mark comes home to his father and Amanda
After a bad day, Mark arrives home in Santa Hydra, finds his family at the pool, and meets Marty's teenage girlfriend Amanda.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Barrier turns transparent
An emergency alarm wakes Wilson as hysradar shows the barrier bowing inward. He takes the ship to one million kilometers, and the barrier begins turning transparent.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Alien flotilla fires missiles
Alien ships close at extreme velocity, then launch over a hundred missiles, twenty-four at Second Chance, and battle among themselves.
- Book 1 · Ch 16Evening at the Vernon home
Mark returns home to Ulon Valley, hears about Barry's day and cares for sick Sandy, while Liz cooks tea; later he and Liz banter about chickens and the house.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Vernon family joins the blockade
Mark, Liz and the children, with Panda, drive up to the Randtown blockade on MtZuelea, where Simon Rand leads residents blocking the navy's convoy in a picnic-like protest.
- Book 1 · Ch 23Day on Trine'ba
Mark and his family and friends dive and sail on Trine'ba, until they spot navy helicopters landing near Goi'al, bringing in the detector station despite protests.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Carys offers Mark PR help
Carys visits the Vernons' vineyard and tells Mark he needs PR help after the media backlash; a bright flash and Sandy's squeals interrupt them.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Regents detector station nuked
A nuclear explosion destroys the Regents detector station; Mark's family watches the mushroom cloud rise as electronics fail.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Randtown convoy reaches Turquino wormhole
The convoy flees to the Turquino Valley, where Mellanie has opened a small wormhole, and Carys's group begins to pass through.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Family breakfast
Mark spends a rare day off at breakfast with Liz and the children, promising to try to take them to the orbital starships, while talking of the fleet and the war.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Mark tells Liz about the frigate assignment
At a mountain tarn, Mark tells Liz he is being moved to the Dynasty's warship frigate assembly. She reluctantly accepts it.