Character · from book 6

Harbinger

A caprid Syndicate liaison whose virtual avatar is taller than any room he attends, who promised Maggie My help if she killed Carl and vows on the eighth floor to have him disposed of; he insists on observing Odette's show and vanishes from it mid-interview.

Race and class, since book 6: Caprid

First appears: Book 6

Series arc

As of book 8. The caprid liaison of Faction Wars, 'an anomaly amongst the caprids'; on Plenty of Plenty he teleports into the studio with a pulse rifle and calls the Plenty's matriarch Mother — expelled, alone, 'I will exert myself now' — and the AI turns him inside out.

Through book 6

Vows to dispose of Carl (B6 ch. 13); looms over Odette's show and vanishes (B6 ch. 35, B6 ch. 36).

Through book 7

Ordered Carl killed; the AI intervened (B7 ch. 36, B7 ch. 37).

Through book 8

Lexis calls him 'an anomaly amongst the caprids' (B8 ch. 27). He teleports into the studio with a pulse rifle and calls the Plenty's matriarch Mother — expelled, alone, 'I will exert myself now' — and the AI turns him inside out (B8 ch. 29). The AI stopped him and ignored Linus, Carl decides, because the crawlers clearly knew (B8 ch. 73).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	7/74	Ch. 12, Ch. 13, Ch. 30, Ch. 35, Ch. 36, Ch. 37, Ch. 51 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	4/89	Ch. 36, Ch. 37, Ch. 79, Ch. 86 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	7/99	Ch. 3, Ch. 14, Ch. 27, Ch. 28, Ch. 29, Ch. 30, Ch. 73 · the book's own page

By book

Harbinger in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Ends Rosetta's interview, recalls Carl's attorney and bans her, saying she and Carl were 'talking in code', then vows to have Carl disposed of (ch. 13); looms clipped by a ceiling over Odette's show, ready to end it, and vanishes mid-interview (ch. 35, ch. 36); the liaison Orren says Carl does not want handling his seizure (ch. 51).

Harbinger in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

He ordered Carl killed, and the AI intervened; told that hurting either outside the game means intestines through hair follicles (ch. 36, ch. 37).

Harbinger in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

Lexis calls him 'an anomaly amongst the caprids' (ch. 27). He teleports into the studio with a pulse rifle and calls the Plenty's matriarch Mother — expelled, alone, 'I will exert myself now' — and the AI turns him inside out (ch. 29). The AI stopped him and ignored Linus, Carl decides, because the crawlers clearly knew (ch. 73).