Amber

## Family Members

**Partner:** Lucas

**Mother:** Unnamed**Father:** Unnamed

**Brother:** Gregas

* **Paternal:**
	+ G-Grandmother: Claire
	+ G-Grandfather: Wilder
	+ Grandfather: A Borderline Scout
	+ 1st cousin, once removed: Keith
* **Maternal:**
	+ Grandfather: Emmett
	+ Grandmother: Palma

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## Biography

The Hive Mind series centers around Amber and is told from her POV. At the beginning of the series Amber considers herself just an ordinary girl without any special skills or abilities. She is half afraid, half excited at the prospect of being assigned a profession and imprinted with the necessary knowledge to perform it. She fears landing far down in the Hive, so that her parents will be ashamed of her lower level.

### Personality

Amber was a socially awkward and somewhat shy girl when she went to live on Teen Level at age 13. All of the teens leave home to live on level 50 and learn to live on their own, with tiny allowances they have to learn to manage. She dutifully attended all of the activity sessions, but to her frustration, did not discover any particular talent. That made her worry more about the Lottery of 2532, when she would be tested and imprinted with all of the knowledge she would need for her career.

But she had moments of rebellion. One of the acceptable forms of rebellion for teens is jumping up on the handrails of the down-ways (auto stairways) and riding the railings as far as they can without falling or until a Hasty comes along and tells them to get down. The last traditional act of rebellion for the 18 year olds, on the last night of Carnival, is to ride the hive as far as they can, because the next day the will go into lottery and then for the rest of their lives, be responsible adults. Amber is the only one in her corridor group who manages to ride the Hive from level 1 all the way to level 100, so she is somewhat athletic.

Even though Amber is afraid of heights she is still incredibly brave, especially considering the environment she grew up in. In *Perilous*she goes off in the dark to find her missing friend and then get her to medical care. In the same book, despite an aching ankle and her fear of heights she balances on a handrail to free Forge. She is brave in different ways throughout the subsequent books, facing her fears and overcoming them despite all odds.

### Family

Amber grew up in a close knit loving family with one brother, Gregas. He is about 5 years younger then Amber and just entering Teen Level 50 at the time Amber is leaving it. He initially has a hard time with the move but Lucas helps him form a plan and fit in better.

She grew up on level 27. Her parents work in genetics. They are the ones that had explained to Amber about tame bees vs wild bees and how the bees in the hive were genetically enhanced to not sting.

Her mother's parents are from level 31 and work with the manufacturers of teen level data views as testers to see if they can break them. They are both rather impish and enjoy crashing the New Years unofficial teen party. Her maternal grandparents have remained close to the family and are the only grandparents that Amber and Gregas have ever known.

Her father's parents are from level 14 and work in Medical. They were disappointed when her father came out of lottery at level 27 and cut off all contact off with him, so Amber has never met them. In *Borderline* Amber learns that her father was adopted, something he is not aware of, and that her real paternal grandparents were was the oldest child of Claire and Wilder

### Early Years

The Prequel "*Perilous*" starts a year before Lottery 2531, when Amber and the other teens living in her corridor are 17. They are facing that last year before they become adults and their level and duties will be assigned to them.

When Amber was 3 years old the official story is that she had a skin allergy to some face paint and was treated and then released.

The majority of the people in the Hive were afraid of the dark and the hunter of souls, but not Amber. She was afraid of the Truesun.

When she was 7 years old she climbed a tree in the park on the level she grew up on. She wanted to write her name on the ceiling but a branch broke and she fell all of the way down breaking her arm. This left her with a fear of heights.

At 13 when she first met the others in her Corridor she was a bit shy but Shanna a self confident girl approached her and they became friends. During the five years that she was on teen level she attended all of the activity seasons that are geared toward bringing out any artist, musical or sports related abilities in the teens. She discovered that she had no talent in any of those areas except for swimming. She enjoyed swimming and was good but doesn't have the build to be on any of the Hive's sports teams.

### Lottery 2532

When Amber is 18 she and the other million teens that have turned 18 that year enter the lottery for optimization, assessment and imprinting.

There are tests for telepathic abilities, which show that Amber is one of the rare and precious true Telepaths that the hive desperately needs. Once she is identified as a telepath all the testing change to awaken her abilities. She will not be assessed for any other work, nor will she be imprinted with any information, for fear of damaging her precious mind. She is automatically rated as high as a person could be, and will henceforward be smothered in luxury. Publicly, she is rated as a Level 1 Researcher with her own unit. The abrupt change from unimportant teen to high-profile telepath is highly disconcerting.

## Unit Responsibilities

Amber has to read every person that comes to work in her unit to insure that she can get along with them and that they aren't harboring any lingering issues with Telepaths. She also has to make all of the major decisions though she has experienced staff running day to day operations.

## Trivia

* She adores Chocolate Crunch Cakes.
* She has incredible balance.
* She becomes a deadly shot with her stun gun and doesn't hesitate to use it when necessary.

## See also

* Perilous Summary
* Telepath Summary
* Defender Summary
* Hurricane Summary
* Borderline Summary
* Adversary Summary
* Amber's Unit
* Amber's Parents
* Gregas
* Amber's Teen Corridor Group

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3). Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Borderline (Hive Mind Book 4) . Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Perilous: Hive Mind A Prequel Novella (p.14). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition

### Bibliography

* Edwards, Janet. *Perilous (Hive Mind 0.5)* (2017). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
* Edwards, Janet. *Telepath (Hive Mind 1)* (2016). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Defender (Hive Mind 2)* (2017). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Hurricane (Hive Mind 3)* (2018). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Borderline (Hive Mind 4)* (2019). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Adversary (Hive Mind 5)* (2023). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition