Granny
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First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 16 (15)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 16Jamie's Granny, reached by his out-of-body projection, tells him his powers must be used for all mankind and that a friend is searching for him.
- Ch 40Gran is Jamie's 81-year-old grandmother on Islay, who has the Sight and taught him the powers; she blesses him in Gaelic before the demonstration.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 4Masha, a professor, has just returned from six months of bodily rejuvenation and looks younger than her daughter-in-law, though her emerald eyes and dry voice are unchanged.
- Ch 4Masha has just come out of months in a regen-tank with a rejuvenated body, and is a Grand Master Creator-Redactor.
- Ch 4Masha proposes a weekend holiday and lets Dee choose the destination by pointing blindly at a map.
- Ch 5A brilliant operant who married Kyle, had four children, earned doctorates and became a magnate; she separated from Kyle in 2044 but never divorced.
- Ch 5She tried to break up Ian and Viola's romance, drawing on her own unhappy marriage to Kyle, but failed.
- Ch 5Masha, Ian's mother, was a Professor of Clinical Metapsychology at the University of Edinburgh and a Magnate of the Concilium.
- Ch 5Masha had warned Viola that a successful marriage between an operant woman and a normal man was impossible.
- Ch 5Masha sympathized with Viola and took her in after the separation.
- Ch 6Masha is a university professor and the children's grandmother; she planned the Islay trip and is evasive when asked about Caledonia.
- Ch 6Masha is a rejuvenated professor and GrandMaster, a mediocre farsensor; she stayed with Dee and Ken while the others went to see great auks.
- Ch 6While telling a story, Masha was mentally attacked and clutched Ken in agony, shouting 'you FIEND', leaving him screaming and Dee terrified.
- Ch 6Masha, a professor, seized in a violent brainstorm after her loved ones were drained of lifeforce, and nearly strangled Ken, mistaking the children for the Fiend.
- Ch 6Masha is grandmother of Dee and Ken and has recently been rejuvenated; Dee expects she will be too busy to raise them.
- Ch 7Dorothée's grandmother; her mind was probed and showed the killings were coincidental, though she mistakenly believed in a negative CE safety study.
- Ch 9Gran Masha is a university professor and powerful coercive operant, taking Dee and Ken to their father on Caledonia, though she finds Ian unsuitable.
- Ch 9Gran Masha deduces Dee has self-redacting ability and tries to force her to reveal whether she can hear mindspeech, but Dee's screen holds.
- Ch 9Gran Masha wants Dee to continue therapy on Earth, proposing Catherine Remillard in America.
- Ch 9Gran is a professor and strong coercer who would bring Dee back to Earth if she discovered Dee's metapsychic powers.
- Ch 9Gran upgraded the three travelers from economy tickets to a small stateroom; she was furious that Daddy had booked Dee and Ken economy.
- Ch 10Masha, a professor, escorts the children and plans to stay only long enough to check that Ian can care for them.
- Ch 10Masha has undergone rejuvenation therapy and appears young and glamorous; she scorns Caledonia as a provincial backwater of kiltie barbarians.
- Ch 10Masha and Kyle have been long estranged; Kyle claims she still loves him, but she rebuffs him.
- Ch 10Masha is a professor and Kyle's wife who scolds his drinking and treason, yet dresses glamorously for him and seems less hostile than she pretends.
- Ch 10Masha hints the Concilium will soon end the legality of Rebellion, and she may stay on Caledonia to change Ian's mind.
- Ch 10Masha has farsight and says she may stay longer than planned on Caledonia to be sure the environment suits the children.
- Ch 10Gran Masha pries into Dee's mind, so Dee must hide her new mindpower from her.
- Ch 16A metapsychologist professor and Kyle's estranged wife, she reluctantly came to Caledonia carrying Tamara's Rebel intelligence; she has recently been converted to the Rebel viewpoint.
- Ch 16She advised the Lylmik on their last list of Concilium nominees and grows curious about Clinton Alvarez's unnoticed power.
- Ch 16Masha is a professor at Edinburgh University, a new Rebel recruit who passed her entrance exam last winter and attended Rebel meetings for under half a year.
- Ch 16Masha is taking her grandchildren Kenneth and Dorothea to Earth in two days and has taken sabbatical leave to stay with them.
- Ch 16Masha is Kyle Macdonald's estranged wife; she still feels old passion for him and gives in to it.
- Ch 16Masha agrees to try converting Kenneth and Dorothea and others to the Rebel cause.
- Ch 17Masha is a professor and Dee's grandmother who will carry the school data-flecks to Earth.
- Ch 18Masha is Dorothée's grandmother, a visiting professor of metapsychology at Dartmouth, who moved to Hanover to stay near the children.
- Ch 18Gran Masha, Dorothée's grandmother, is a secret Rebel and metapsychologist who suspects an Okanagon aide of being a disguised High Five.
- Ch 22Dee's grandparents Masha and Kyle wanted to accompany her to Islay for emotional support; Dee refused. Masha insisted she wear a wrist-communicator.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 15Masha is a noted Rebel metapsychologist, Davy MacGregor's favorite niece, and Kyle's formidable wife.
Connections
- family ofJamie MacGregorgrandmother
- family ofKyle Macdonaldhusband and wife
- family ofViola Strachanmother-in-law
- enemy ofHydramanipulates her mind
- family ofDiamond Maskgrandmother
- partner ofKyle Macdonaldmarried, separated
- family ofDavidher maternal uncle
- family ofDaddymother
- member ofConciliumMagnate
- family ofKengrandmother
- friend ofThroma'eloo Lekcolleague
- family ofTamaragranddaughter
- family ofAnnadaughter
- member ofRebellion
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 16Jamie's out-of-body visit to Islay
After climbing Arthur's Seat, Jamie regains his out-of-body ability, flies to his family's home on Islay and talks telepathically with Granny, who urges him to persevere and warns him a friend is coming.
- Book 1 · Ch 40Jamie's astral journey to Islay
Before the demonstration, Jamie spots Arkhipov watching his house, then travels out of body to Islay where Gran reassures and blesses him in Gaelic.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Ferry crossing to Islay
Family travels by old ferry from Kennacraig toward Islay. Seasick Dee, coached by Ken, opens her self-redaction power in secret and cures herself.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Hydra plants the holiday idea
Hydra, exploiting Masha's weakened mental screen after rejuvenation, implants the idea of a holiday, then watches the family tea party in Edinburgh.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Dee picks Islay
Hydra telepathically implants an image of Islay in Dee and compels Masha; Dee's blind stylus point lands on Islay, dismaying Viola and Masha, who agree to go anyway.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Adults explain away the coincidence
Viola, Robert and Rowan all realise they thought of Islay and conclude Masha's unsettled post-regen brain accidentally projected it.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Rogatben brings Kyle and Masha together
Commanded by the Family Ghost, Rogatben lured Masha to the 2029 World Fantasy Convention in London to meet Kyle; they fell in love, and Masha left Oxford and became pregnant with Ian.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Ian marries Viola and moves to Caledonia
In 2054 Ian met Viola Strachan at his brother's degree ceremony in Edinburgh. Despite Masha's opposition they married and returned to Glen Tuath Farm on Caledonia.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Viola settles in Edinburgh
Viola stays with Masha, then rents her own townhouse and works in Psychophysics with Robert Strachan and Rowan Grant for four years until all three are killed.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Masha attacked at Tòn Mhór
While Dee dreams, Masha is mentally assaulted and clutches Ken in agony. Dee flees for help and is halted by a Galactic Magistratum official.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Lek rescues Ken and Masha
Lek follows Dee up the headland, forces Masha to release Ken, heals the children and calms Masha, who had been deluded into attacking them after her family were killed.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Dorothée refuses mind-probe
Dorothée refuses a drug-assisted memory probe; Paul seeks permission from her father Ian, who forbids it and agrees to take Dorothée and Kenneth to Caledonia.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Dee's telepathy awakens
On the night after the killings on Islay, Dee wondered if her mother loved her, and began hearing thoughts of Gran and hotel guests. She learned from an article that farsensing marks operancy and decided to hide it.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Dee fakes the minidose
Dee pretends to inject herself with the minidoser and keeps her mind-screen up during the first hyperspace jump. Gran suspects, confronts her, and tries to coerce answers, but Dee reveals only her self-redacting power.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Funeral in Edinburgh
After police questioning, the family attended the Requiem Mass and burial of the ashes of Mummie, Uncle Robbie and Aunt Rowan. Ken gave Dee an acorn.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Arrival at Caledonia
The ship exits hyperspace, descends through storms and airplant sparks, and splashes down near Wester Killiecrankie Starport; Gran hurries Dee off to decontamination.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Arrival on Caledonia
Dee, Ken and Masha land at the starport in a storm; Dee is overwhelmed by crowd telepathy, hears the angel, and learns Ian cannot meet them because of the airplant harvest.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Kyle collects the family
Next morning Kyle greets the children, is stunned by rejuvenated Masha, warns the children about farm life, and flies them across Clyde toward Glen Tuath.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Gaelic quarrel in the egg
Kyle and Masha argue in Gaelic over his drinking and seditious plotting against the Milieu; Dee translates and learns of Ian's alleged involvement and Masha's intent to stay.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Lunch at Portknockie and gifts
The family eats at a seafood restaurant; Kyle slips away and returns with gifts for all three, including a loaded necklet for Masha.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Arrival at Glen Tuath Farm
The Porsche egg descends through airplant fog and lands at the farm. Janet Finlay greets Masha and the children coolly and tells Dee she must wait until supper to see her father.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Rebel conspirators meet at Granny Kempock Tavern
Masha meets Kyle and Rebel leaders from Caledonia, Okanagon and Satsuma, discovering Kyle's rejuvenation, and delivers news of Tamara's dying and the mental-laser CE research.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Rebel meeting in the tavern
Rebels debrief Masha about Jack Remillard, her grandchildren's potential, and her upcoming trip to New Hampshire, and ask her to learn Catherine's stance on Unity.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Masha and Kyle reunite
After the others leave in egg-limousines, Masha and Kyle flee in his Porsche egg, cancel her hired transport, and surrender to their old passion while heading toward Beinn Bhiorach.
- Book 3 · Ch 17Departure for Earth
After goodbyes with Janet and Ian, Dee, Ken, Masha and Kyle leave in the egg flyer for Clyde and Earth.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Plan to infiltrate Okanagon
Dorothée explains the clue from Gran Masha about a suspicious aide to Castellane, and pressures Rogi into accompanying her to Okanagon in early November to probe him.
- Book 4 · Ch 15Trip to Lyon symposium
Kyle drags Rogatien to France with Masha and Sally for a Unity symposium; Rebel scholars talk of Marc's coming announcement and fighting Unity.
- Book 4 · Ch 25Jack and Dorothea analyze the attack
They conclude that Fury attacked Paul, identify three suspects, and deduce that Denis's resurgence saved Paul. Dorothea plans a pro-Unity campaign.