Malkis of Tartarus: His way of life is ascetic and includes such practices as fasting, meditating, the Rahn-tzl, and enduring discomfort or suffering, whether mental or physical. He has few possessions, does not grasp for money, fame, power or property. He is "loyalty incarnate" and as stubborn as hell. But he's severely lacking when it comes to love, mercy, pity, or compassion---and tolerance! He needs his internal barriers broken down, and he still has a lot to learn.
Corona Scott ( Rona ): She's an ambitious, career-driven young woman with a good heart and high ideals. Unknowingly, she becomes the catalyst for change both aboard Astrella and on the planet Tartarus, breaking down the normal ways of thinking and of doing things. She is the cause of a crack of light penetrating the gloomy darkness of Tartarus for the first time. Her Terran warmth has begun the slow process of melting the Tartarian's hard heart.
Richard Hughes: A lonely, driven man with anger issues, a man not known for his patience, a man born to command a spacecruiser. He's definitely not a bigot---his best friends include Malkis of Tartarus, Kalom of Eris, and Barad of Eris---but, with his no-nonsense, by the book attitude, he has little time or energy for most personal relationships, including with his own crew. That is, until Rona Scott signs aboard Astrella.
Those are the three major characters featured in Judgment on Tartarus. The Kindle version now ranks #75,700 out of 950,000 titles, but correspondingly perhaps, the book version is back down below the one million mark. Can't have it all, I guess.
All for now---have to get back to work!
MRTighe
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