Character · from book 6
Asher
Carl's half-brother, six years old, found on the eighth floor in a memory spliced in from what looks like summer, at a trailer in Dallas County, Iowa: his father's nose and eyes and untameable hair, a matchbox car run up a wall, crayon storms destroying cities, a candy box with a shiny rock, two dollars and a plastic cowboy, a birthday party promised for tomorrow. 'Am I going to get a bike?' Carl never knew he existed; Bea did. His head, on a stalk, is the Reminiscence Hydra's lightning; a spider's eye muffles his echo. 'I wish I'd known you, too.'
First appears: Book 6
Series arc
As of book 7. Carl's brother, six, found behind a hospital bed in a summer trailer on the eighth floor and sent for his father's cigarettes; a candy box, crayon storms, 'You won't be forgotten'; a hydra head that says 'I wish I'd known you, too'; a photograph on Bea's phone; a crayon airplane on Carl's wall; the oath as the sky opens. In book 7 Carl thinks of him when a child is refused the fight, and over a baby Katia never had.
Through book 6
Through book 7
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 5/74 | Ch. 45, Ch. 46, Ch. 47, Ch. 50, Ch. 72 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 2/89 | Ch. 30, Ch. 69 · the book's own page |
By book
Asher in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Behind the hospital bed (ch. 45); a candy box and crayon storms; 'You won't be forgotten. Not ever.' (ch. 45). A hydra head with lightning — 'Carl, I wish I'd known you, too' (ch. 46); a photograph Bea kept and never mentioned (ch. 47); an airplane taped to Carl's wall (ch. 49); the name Carl swears to as the sky opens (ch. 72).