Gully Foyle, Geoffrey Fourmyle, The Burning Man, Nomad

Gully Foyle is the last remaining survivor of the Nomad, a merchant spaceship attacked in the war with the Outer Planets and left drifting in space. Foyle is a living zombie, a man who has not bothered to explore more than the minimum potential of his abilities. Driven by a mad desire for revenge, he suffers a period of time in prison before remaking himself into Geoffrey Fourmyle. He is known as Nomad to the Scientific People and, by the end of the tale, the Burning Man as he discovers his amazing ability to space jaunte.

The Presteign

The head of the wealthy Presteign clan, the Presteign of Presteign owns the Vorga and the Nomad, the two central space ships of the narrative. The first is the star ship that abandoned Gully Foyle to his fate aboard the destroyed second ship...