Anna
Names: AnnaAnnushka GawrysAnna Gawrys-SakhvadzeAnnushkaDotty AnnushkaDottyAuntie AnnushkaAnna GawrysProfessor GawrysAnna Yurievna Gawrys-Sakhvadze
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 27 (5)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 13Soviet-born physics professor at Cambridge who, with Owen Blanchard, was for thirty years one of only two rebels against the Galactic Milieu.
- Ch 13At parting from Owen, she urged him to watch for other operants who shared their beliefs, hoping humanity could be free again.
- Ch 14Anna is seventy-one, rejuvenated, a leading dynamic-field physicist at the IDFS and a Magnate-Designate; she has never doubted the rebel cause.
- Ch 25Director of Cambridge University's Department of Sigma Studies, a longtime Remillard family friend, and a Magnate-Designate of the Concilium.
- Ch 25She is a secret member of a group of operants aiming to free humanity from the Galactic Milieu by lawful means, without violence.
- Ch 25She says she would take her own life rather than reveal the conspiracy, and warns Adrien that betrayal would force her to die.
- Ch 25She reasons that Adrien alone of the Remillards cannot be the killer, as he was on Earth when Margaret died 4000 lightyears away.
- Ch 25Anna leads the conspiracy's induction of Adrien and introduces the other conspirators; her nephew is Alan Sakhvadze.
- Ch 33Anna Gawrys-Sakhvadze is the Russian Science Director who demanded more colonial planets be opened to nonoperants and voted for the pardon.
- Ch 37Anna hosts the Rebels in her Russian-style cottage, attended the last Metapsychic Congress, and gives everyone copies of Teilhard's The Phenomenon of Man to understand their opponent.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 16Masha's mother heads the IDFS at Cambridge, which confirmed Marc Remillard's CE equipment can be modified into a destructive 'mental laser' weapon.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 14Anna is the present head of the Rebel cause, born 1980, youngest child of Tamara Sakhvadze and Yuri Gawrys, rejuvenated twice, and chairs IDFS at Cambridge.
- Ch 14Anna fears that inviting Marc to lead means renouncing any hope of a nonviolent solution, and suspects he values his own sovereign ego over human freedom.
- Ch 14Annushka struggles to resist Marc's magnetism and resolves not to be bamboozled again after the last Concilium session.
- Ch 32Vice-Chairman of the Rebel Party and former Cambridge dynamic-field physicist; she presented the broadcast and issued a fifty-day ultimatum to the Milieu.
Connections
- family ofTamaradaughter
- partner ofOwen Blanchardlovers and colleagues at Cambridge for twenty years
- family ofAlan Sakhvadzenephew
- leadsWill MacGregorWill and Alan worked under Anna at the IDFS
- member ofRebellionVice-Chairman
- friend ofAdrien
- inInstitute for Dynamic-Field Studiesworks there
- leadsRebellion
- family ofGrannydaughter
- ally ofSeverin
- leadsInstitute for Dynamic-Field Studies
- related toAdrienAdrien is Marc's uncle
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 27Pyotr senses the earthquake
At Medeo skating rink, Pyotr's headache and auras vanish at a minor tremor. He concludes he has an earthquake extrasense, though his grandchildren doubt him.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Owen and Ragnar meet
In 2050, Owen Blanchard and Ragnar Gathen, seated together at William Tell, discover shared rebel sympathies; Owen probes Ragnar's mind and introduces him to Anna.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Rebels gather at Nusfjord
The conspirators meet at Inga Johansen's summerhouse, share a Norwegian dinner, and discuss Davy MacGregor's decision to run against Paul Remillard and the Remillard murder suspicions.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Plan to help Davy MacGregor defeat Paul Remillard
Gerrit proposes spreading word of Paul's suspected involvement in the murder; Anna decides they will use every weapon to help Davy win, with strategy to be set that night.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Inga leaves; doubts aired
After dinner Inga leaves them to their discussion, visibly sensing their purpose. The group debates whether they might be wrong, then Owen calls them to serious business.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Anna warns Adrien of Davy's suspicions
Anna tells Adrien that Davy believes Margaret and Brett were murdered by a Remillard, and argues Adrien is the only one provably innocent.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Anna invites Adrien into the anti-Milieu conspiracy
In a sigma-shielded lab, Anna reveals the Metapsychic Rebels and invites Adrien to join. He agrees, warning that his family resists mind-probing, and consents to test on the secret mechanical mind-probe.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Adrien joins the conspiracy
After agreeing to rebel against the Milieu and undergoing the device's treatment, Adrien meets the other conspirators, who plan to travel to Orb and campaign for Davy MacGregor as First Magnate.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Esi Damatura welcomed as a Rebel
After passing questioning by Jordy and Gerry on the interrogation machine, Esi is toasted by Hiroshi and the others at Anna's cottage as the newest Metapsychic Rebel.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Twelfth Fleet news and the Rebels' strategy
Oljanna reveals Owen Blanchard and Ragnar Gathen will lead the Twelfth Fleet; the Rebels see a potential armed force. Anna warns it will take years and gives out Teilhard's book.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Rebel delegation arrives at CEREM
The Rebel Executive Council members fly to CEREM, are challenged by security, and gain entry with Marc's key-fleck. They discuss whether to offer Marc the Rebellion's leadership.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Clamshell test exceeds its schedule
Marc Remillard, in the clamshell for a refrigeration-armor test, energizes his brain to level six hundred against orders, levitates the rig through the sigma shield, and tells the Rebel visitors they may proceed only his way.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Rebel ultimatum
Anna Gawrys broadcast a demand that the Milieu rescind the Unity Protocol within fifty days, threatening retaliation for any action against Okanagon or Earth.