Second Coming: Extending the Entertainment

The Story Characters

Paul Genet, famous writer who must discover the Final Story to save his career, and win the love of...

Maria Perez, president of an import-export company who is in love with...

Ben Sachs, Paul's mentor, whose new book, Power Fiction, describes post-reality.

Preacher John Clay, Paul’s friend, a civil rights leader and former cabinet secretary turned street preacher.

Michael Chen, Paul's boyhood friend, now a Jesuit priest who directs an ecumenical conference center.

Jennifer Craig, a graduate theology student infatuated with Paul.

Elaine Genet, Paul's sister, a theoretical physicist who founded a center for the study of quantum gravity.

Sara Genet, a successful literary agent and Paul's estranged wife.

Indira Chowdury, chair of the World Studies Department at the university.

Rob, Paul's thirteen-year-old stepson, and Karen, his four-year-old daughter.

Margaret and Elizabeth, Jennifer's classmates in a World Studies seminar who accompany her to Israel.

Reverend Abbot, spiritual leader of a monastic religious order that observes a strict rule of silence