Alexis Manion
Names: Alexis ManionDr. ManionAlexAlex Manion
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 29 (2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 1Manion is a dynamic-field specialist who was zombied with a docilator by Marc; freed from it, he is defiant, mocking and quotes Gilbert and Sullivan.
- Ch 1Manion confirmed by analysis that Felice made a single dimensional translation and was probably killed, and he verified that the survivor in the armor is Marc.
- Ch 13Dynamic-field specialist kept in a docilator in the stern hold; hates Marc and gleefully reveals Helayne's rampage. Once Helayne's lover.
- Ch 13Alex Manion, formerly the best dynamic-field theorist in the Milieu, says Marc's rock-destruction plan cannot work because of persistent temporal event nodes.
- Ch 16Manion, once Marc's closest friend, seduced Marc's children from his ideal; Marc says he later changed his mind about Unity.
- Ch 21Manion is a docilated physicist and strong PK and coercer who revealed the truth about the elders to the children; he seems to be resisting the docilator.
- Ch 21Manion quotes Gilbert and Sullivan songs and winks at Walter, showing he understands and agrees to break Marc's lock.
- Ch 28Manion destroyed the banked ovary and testis taken from the children and poisoned their minds against Marc; he wants them to return to the Milieu.
- Ch 29Alexis Manion, subdued by a docilator but lucid, smiles at Marc's setback and recites French verse.
- Ch 32Manion, wearing the docilator, can still override it with effort and helps recruit conspirators to the mutiny.
- Ch 33Manion, a Rebel among the mutineers captured aboard the Adversary's ship, believes Remillard's next phase may involve the Firvulag in an offensive metaconcert.
- Ch 38Alex was Marc Remillard's closest confidant in the Metapsychic Rebellion and farsensed Minanonn for three hours before welcoming him aboard Kyllikki.
Connections
- enemy ofMarc RemillardMarc zombied Manion with the docilator
- ally ofMarc Remillard
- partner ofHelayne Strangfordformer lovers
- ally ofWalter Saastamoinen
- family ofDianedaughter
- friend ofMarc Remillard
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 1Marc confirmed alive on Ocala
The Rebels bring Manion off the docilator; he analyzes the event, confirms Felice's d-jump, and identifies Marc inside the CE armor. Marc is divested, raving and in pain.
- Book 4 · Ch 10Marc offers to help heal the baby
Marc examines Elizabeth's redaction program, says it can cure the baby but is too slow, and proposes joint work after solving his stasis problem. Elizabeth tentatively accepts.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Marc returns from Poltroy
Marc returns from a successful d-jump test to Poltroy, learns of the murders, and brutally punishes Manion's taunting with a mental attack.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Alex's theory undermines Marc's plan
Patricia reveals Alex Manion's theory that the time-gate site cannot be destroyed. Marc rejects it but will question Manion, and outlines alternative plans.
- Book 4 · Ch 21Walter plans sabotage
After a tense exchange with Patricia, Walter talks to Veikko about his plan. He then wins over the docilated Manion and leads him to the forward hold to break Marc's lock and sabotage the X-lasers.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Marc decides to sail upriver
Marc tells the magnates the children refused him. He cannot see a way through the defenses, orders Kyllikki camouflaged and sailed up the river, then says he will go fishing.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Kramer joins the mutiny
Walter and Manion persuade Kramer, using his children's safety, to join a plot to mind-meld against Marc's loyalists and trap Marc in gray limbo; Kramer frees Manion from the docilator.