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*"Rocket" Ray Brackett*

Ray Brackett made history with his legendary no-hitter in the last game of the 1999 World Series between the Giants and the Cubs (hey, this is alternate history ;-) His 110-mile-an-hour fastball is still the fastest pitch on record.

	His sports prowess led to a brief career in Hollywood, first in The Longest Inning, then in Biff Blaster, Ace of the Spaceways. The first soared, the last flopped, and Ray soon tired of the Business. He met Ceel Burroughs during the MidPacifica caper and they married soon after. Since then Ray has found himself in one adventure after another, often involving his and Ceel's extensive circle of friends.


Ray's younger brother Mike is a distinguished archaeologist. Their late father was also a Major League ballplayer. Ray often taps his friend Stanley G. Weinbaum's engineering skills for custom gear and weapons.

		Ray Brackett

Catherine Louise "Ceel" Burroughs

Catherine Burroughs has never cared for her first name; it's hard to live up to her amazing grandmother Kate.

She publishes her best-selling mystery novels under the name "C. L. Burroughs", but everyone calls her "Ceel" (rhymes with "seal").

At her debut she made waves by honoring both her late father "Hap" Burroughs, the legendary rocket pilot, and her stepfather Fritz Leiber, the famous author and literary agent. (She danced with an android version of "Hap" as well as with Fritz!)

Her mother Margaux saw that Ceel was educated at private school and Stanford; she excelled in fencing and horsemanship as well as literature, leading to Olympic medals in epeé and steeplechase. Ever a tomboy, Ceel seeks new challenges, and she met her match and mate in Ray Brackett.

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C. L. "Ceel" Burroughs