Gideon

## Family Members

Never married

2 sons, Clare's last two duty children

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## Biography

### Personality

Gideon, a fatherly figure, was very helpful to the young team leader, Lucas, in taking over his new responsibilities. Amber too finds him a useful resource, although she only gradually discovers how much he knows about telepaths, and just how close he was to Claire. (For instance, he shared her love of theater and Shakespeare.) In Borderline, she discovers that he is the father of two of Claire's many children, and his two grown-up sons also have offspring.

While Gideon likes to complain of physical hardship now and then, he loves his work and spends long hours in the tactical office. He does escape when they are busy with tedious statistical work.

### Family

Clare's last two duty children were by Gideon. Both grown sons with children of their own.

### Work History

Worked in Clare's unit for 49 year before her death.

### Unit Responsibilities

Gideon is the Defense specialist in the Tactical Team led by Lucas. At seventy years of age he is by far the oldest member of that team. He had worked for Claire until her death, and was already retired for three years when Amber came out of Lottery. Gideon was persuaded to come back to work in Amber's unit, since unlike the Strike or Liaison teams, Tactical teams ideally have a mixture of ages and backgrounds. Their talents also vary - Gideon does not like statistics, which some others in the team (Hallie, Beckett, Telyn) love.

## Summary

### Defender

In *Defender* he was responsible for the Defense of the critical care unit in Navy Zone that the fire victims were being treated at. During their stay in Hive Futura, he is put in charge of the Tactical team during Lucas's brief absence, and complains about the coldness of the hangar there.

### Hurricane

Gideon complains about the spartan conditions at the Sea Farm, where he has to sit on crates in the Haven, the miniature Hive there. He gives Amber good advice, and takes an active part in figuring out the nature of the crimes they investigate.

### Borderline

Gideon was one of the tactical team members who were Game commanders in his youth, but his game petered out quickly because as a future defense specialist, he did not make it exciting enough. Gideon helps Lucas play the role of Hunter of Souls in the game Halloween.

He also explains the situation of Claire's twenty-five duty children to Amber, and that the last two were fathered by him, but he was treated as a father by all the rest too. He advises her not to worry about the duty child issue for now.

### Adversary

He and Dex apologize to Amber for misunderstanding her permissions to who Dex could tell that she was Claire's great-granddaughter. He has been helping Lucas become more assertive when needed and to speak in full sentences with only partial success.
When Claire's old strike team is needed, Gideon is the liaison between Amber's Unit and them.

## See also

* Amber's Unit
* Duty Children

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3) (p.322). Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Borderline (Hive Mind Book 4) (p, 372). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition

### Bibliography

* 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