Tender Branson

Tender Branson is the main character of the novel. Tender tells his entire story as Flight 2039 to Australia is about to crash. He is recording everything into the flight recorder. In the novel, he reveals that he is a member of the Creedish Church, also known as the Creedish Death Cult. The cult prepared Tender for a life of service in the outside world. All the money he made working went back to the Church. When Tender was 23, the entire church committed suicide, so that they could be delivered back to Heaven. Tender was also supposed to commit suicide but does not.

Tender was brainwashed by the Creedish Church. He was taught that his entire life should only be to work and that he should never have sex, because it was terrible and wrong. This affects him for the rest of his life and causes him to...