Heroes: Saving Charlie


Saving Charlie is a novel written by Aury Wallington and published by Del Rey Books, based on the television series Heroes. It was released in the United States on December 26, 2007. It was made with the full cooperation of the show's creators, although its canonicity about the television series has not yet been established.

Plot introduction

The novel takes place during the first season of Heroes and chronicles the activities of Hiro Nakamura, self proclaimed master of time and space. who begins as a young man with the ability to stop time and experience time travel. He transports himself back in time in hopes of saving the life of Charlene "Charlie" Andrews, a waitress with enhanced memory, who Hiro has fallen in love with, but is destined to die at the hands of a super-powered serial killer, Sylar.

Characters

  • Hiro Nakamura can stop time and travel through time and space. He has yet to gain control of the latter. He gets sidetracked from his mission to save the world and travels six months back in time to save Charlie.
  • Charlene “Charlie” Andrews has an eidetic memory and is a waitress at the Burnt Toast Diner. She plans to one day travel around the world.
  • Lloyd is a police officer and a regular at the Burnt Toast Diner. He and Charlie have dated in the past and has feelings for her. He also bullies Hiro.
  • Lynette is the manager of the Burnt Toast Diner.
  • Bob is the chef at the Burnt Toast Diner.
  • Mr. Roitz is the landlord of Hiro's apartment.
  • PJ is an employee at a comic bookstore at the mall. Hiro can't talk to Ando without breaking the space-time continuum, he becomes friends with PJ.
  • Ando Masahashi is Hiro's best friend who works with him at Yamagato Industries.
  • Sylar referred to as The Brain Man: a serial killer who takes people's abilities by cutting their head open.
  • Molly Walker makes a minor appearance at the Los Angeles Zoo where Hiro accidentally teleports.
  • James Walker is another victim of Sylar. Hiro accidentally teleports to a morgue and sees his body. He is Molly Walker's father.