Luke Garner

Luke Garner is a 13-year-old boy. When the novel opens, Luke is working as a stablehand at Population Police Headquarters. Luke is the third child of a family, which makes Luke's existence illegal according to the two-child rule the Population Police enforces. Luke has two older brothers. One of his brothers is Mark Garner.

Luke doesn't have the ability, like some of his friends, to read what people are feeling and thinking on their faces. Luke can't tell when one of the officers is lying to him or telling him the truth. Luke's memories of his friends when he is working at Population Police Headquarters is that the group is always coming up with plans and schemes to win over the government rule. So far, their plans have not been successful, but the group seems to be persistent in trying.

Two of Luke's aliases are Lee Grant...