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Meet Daniel Hoy, Second Officer on the Kestrel

Japanese, but raised in England on Earth

Daniel Hoy, Second Officer on the Kestrel, is a human, from Earth. He is of Asian descent, with a small lithe stature, and short cropped black hair. He looks like a young Jackie Chan. His family are Japanese, but moved to England when he was twelve. Despite the move, he was brought up with traditional Japanese values of honour and loyalty. Working for PACT was all he ever wanted to do. It was a family tradition. His father served on the Fast Response ship the Harrier.

He nearly didn’t make it through training, as he discovered he’s a little claustrophobic. When he put on a space suit, he felt so trapped, he thought he would suffocate. Then he concentrated on the view of all that space, and he got through it. In Intruders he is not pleased when Kestrel is called to assist at a mining accident and he has to babysit the trainee – underground!

Daniel Hoy’s parents are still at home, and he will have an arranged marriage to a woman from a traditional family, so she will expect to stay at home and just wait for when he comes home on leave. But will his experiences broaden his outlook and make him rebel against his tradition?

Intruders coverHe studies martial arts because of his heritage, and when he fights he confuses opponents who are not used to his style of fighting. But he can be hotheaded and reckless, and has some maturing to do. When we first meet him, in Intruders, he has been with Captain Darrow for three years and was only made up to Second Officer six months before.

When the Kestrel takes on six representatives from the allied races, Daniel Hoy has to share a cabin with the most obnoxious of them. How will his temper hold out? At the end of Intruders, he has to take command in a crisis, how will he cope?

Alien Secrets coverIn Alien Secrets he is in the landing party that gets arrested and has to escape. He also rescues John Tanner, twice, and they become friends.

Crisis of Conscience cover 5 starsIn Crisis of Conscience his impetuousness gets him into serious trouble and his sense of right and wrong is challenged. Because of that he leaves the Kestrel for an uncertain future.

Head shot Ann Marie ThomasAnn Marie Thomas is the author of five medieval history books, a surprisingly cheerful poetry collection about her 2010 stroke, and the science fiction series Flight of the Kestrel, Intruders, Alien Secrets & Crisis of Conscience are out now Follow her at http://eepurl.com/bbOsyz