THE SURVIVORS ON EARTH AND THE POSTMAN IN SPACE
The Marlowe Family.
Ellis Marlowe, retired postman, on ship: born 1980. 70 years old in 2050.
Molly Marlow, his mother, born in 1957, 93 years old in 2050. Survivor on earth.
Ellis’s son Ethan Marlowe born 2010. 40 in 2050 and a survivor on earth.
Ethan’s daughter Tundra Marlowe, born in 2038. 12 in 2050 and a survivor on earth.
Ethan and his Ukrainian partner Nina Shevchenko, Tundra’s mother, disappear in 2039, not returning from an expedition to find one of Effin Muck’s Farsink communication stations to maintain contact with Ellis the postman in space.
Tundra is with her great grandmother Molly in the survivors group, who join with survivors from the mental facility.