The Year of the Flood

God's Gardeners

  • Pilar, Eve Six ("the Fungus") – Instructor: Bees and Mycology (Mushrooms)
  • Nuala, Eve Nine ("the Wet Witch") – Seamstress; Instructor: Little kids, Fabric Recycling, Buds and Blooms Choir
  • Rebecca, Eve Eleven (“the Salt and Peppler”) – Cook; Instructor: Culinary Arts
  • Adam One – the charismatic leader of the cult
  • Zeb, Adam Seven ("the Mad Adam") – Instructor: Urban Bloodshed Limitation, Predator-Prey Relationships, Animal Camouflage
  • Burt, Adam Thirteen ("the Knob") – Bernice's father; Veena's husband; in charge of Garden Vegetables; Instructor: Wild and Garden Botanicals
  • Bernice – Veena and Burt's daughter
  • Shackleton (Shackie) – (oldest brother) – named after explorer Ernest Shackleton
  • Crozier (Croze) – (middle brother) – named after explorer Francis Crozier
  • Oates – (youngest brother) – named after explorer Lawrence Oates. He is murdered by Blanco following an ambush in Heritage Park at the end of the novel.
  • Lucerne – Ren's mother
  • Katuro (“the Wrench”) – Water Systems Maintenance; Instructor: Emergency Medical
  • Philo (“the Fog”) – Shackleton, Crozier, and Oates’ stand-in father; Instructor: Meditation
  • Surya – Instructor: Sewing
  • Mugi (“the Muscle”) – Instructor: Mental Arithmetic
  • Marushka Midwife (“the Mucous”) – Instructor: Human Reproductive System, former gynecologist
  • Stuart (“the Screw”) – Furniture maker
  • Veena – Bernice's mother; Burt's wife
  • Amanda – Pleebrat that Ren brought home to live with her; Ren's best friend

This content is from Wikipedia. GradeSaver is providing this content as a courtesy until we can offer a professionally written study guide by one of our staff editors. We do not consider this content professional or citable. Please use your discretion when relying on it.