Frozen Fire (novel) - Characters

Characters

The Boy: Most people in the book call him a boy but he does not actually have a sex, as stated in the book. He seems both sixteen and ageless. According to Dusty's description he has limpid grey eyes tinged with white, snow white skin and snow white hair. He is very tall and lean. He wears a duffel coat unbuttoned and with the hood up, a pale shirt and trousers, and some old scruffy boots. He glows with an eerie luminosity that in spite of his snowy appearance radiates heat. It seems somewhat animal-like, both rousing and repelling her. His beauty comes not from himself or from the primal energy he exudes. What makes him beautiful is hard to pinpoint. Dusty decides it is the strangely feminine quality of his cheekbones and eyes, and his delicate long-fingered hands. He seems to know everything that people are thinking: both their present thoughts and the things that are important to them. He can kill someone or make them pass out with just a wave of his arm. In the book it states that he cannot die. It is insinuated that he did not rape the girl from the other town (it is implied that she made up the story), but rather, he is the manifestation of the guilt of Josh's raping of Angelica coming back to set things right before he can move on into the afterlife.

Dusty: Dusty is a fifteen-year-old girl, who has a tendency to get into fights and wander off on her own. She is obsessed with her brother, Josh, who disappeared a few years ago. When the boy calls her and seems to know about Josh, she becomes obsessed with finding him so he can tell her about him. She's never really sure whether or not the rumors about the boy or true, but chases after him regardless. Many people tell her she's "just like Josh", which she doesn't mind, until Angelica tells her that he might actually be guilty, in which she then tries to become more like the boy.

Josh: Dusty's older brother. He is a wanderer, often leaving for days at a time, and gets into fights more than even Dusty does. He is never actually seen in the book, only mentioned, since he disappeared a few years before the book. Even though Dusty has an over-idealized fantasy version of him, in truth it is quite possible that it was he who committed the rapes, although this is not directly stated. It is implied that he committed suicide by weighing himself down and jumping of a cliff into a lake because he could not handle the guilt. His ghost seems to be The Boy, who has no memories but seems to have to set things right before moving onto the afterlife. He did not rape Loretta, a girl from a different town (as she was said to make the story up), but he did rape Angelica, which gave him great guilt that drove him to suicide.

Dad: Father of Dusty. A dad who is clearly not good at dealing with problems. He is very protective of Dusty, but is one of the weaker characters. He has been head chef of several restaurants.

Mum: Mother of Dusty who ran away after having a breakdown six months after Josh disappeared, though she returns home toward the end of the book.

Angelica: A newcomer to Beckdale who was raped by Josh, though she suspected that The Boy committed it, and seems to be followed by The Boy. She seems to be very unstable, and has a great trust in Dusty. One of the few people who remains friends with Dusty throughout the book. She is another of the weaker of the characters.

Kamalika: Dusty's friend who is very attractive and becomes afraid of Dusty for her encounters with The Boy.

Beam: Another of Dusty's friends who, like Kamalika, loses trust in her when rumors begin to be spread about the boy.

Helen: The woman Dusty's father was dating before her mother came back. Is very similar to Dusty's mother in looks.

Silas: An old hermit who has encountered The Boy, and doesn't like association with other people, though he seems to have a friend in Dusty.

The Ponytailed Man:(Jethro Haynes) Angelica's stepfather who attempts to get back together with Angelica's mom by trying to track down the boy, who had been alleged of her rape. He nearly kills Dusty several times and is the main antagonist of the story. He is followed by two boys (Seth and Saul) who help him track down the boy.