Daniel "Day" Altan Wing

Daniel "Day" Altan Wing is the first protagonist of the novel and roughly half of the chapters are narrated from his point of view. He describes himself as a “sixteen-year-old-most-wanted-criminal-turned-national-hero” (3), referring to his past in which he worked in opposition to the Republic before shifting his support in favor of the progressive new Elector. He has white blond hair and blue eyes, which June describes as full of light. He is historically physically fit, but has a brain tumor that has weakened him and causes him painful headaches. He is given two months to live when he arrives in Denver, but is shot by Commander Jameson and nearly dies in Los Angeles during a Colonies invasion. He is revived and the tumor is removed, but he loses all memory of the previous two years, and June, after his surgery. He moves to Antarctica with his...