Main Characters
- Yorick Brown, a young amateur escape artist, who is believed to be the last human male on Earth.
- Agent 355, Yorick's bodyguard who works for a mysterious US government agency.
- Doctor Allison Mann, an expert geneticist, seeking to discover the cause of the plague and why Yorick survived.
- Ampersand, Yorick's Capuchin monkey and the only other male mammal to survive the plague.
- Beth Deville, Yorick's girlfriend. When the plague hit, she was engaged in anthropological work in Australia.
- Hero Brown, Yorick's older sister, who joined the Daughters of the Amazon after the plague.
- Rose Copen, a spy and demolitions expert for the Australian navy, and Allison Mann's lover.
- Alter Tse'elon, the new chief of the general staff for Israel. Considered one of the main antagonists.
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