Pete Laplace
Names: Pete LaplaceMr. LaplaceOld Pete
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 73 (27)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 73Pete Laplace is Victor's caretaker, descended from voyageurs and Abnaki, with farsight and coercion; Victor calls him his best farsensor, though his IQ is about eighty-six.
- Ch 73Laplace spotted Kieran's men approaching through the woods and told Kieran to call them off; later he is found drunk and asleep on the sun-porch couch with his Browning.
- Ch 76Pete Laplace, an old cog railway worker, helps Victor drive the steam train up Mount Washington; Rogi collides with him and he falls to his death.
- Ch 78Pete, Victor's old sidekick, cushioned the fallen Victor's head, then destroyed the backpack holding the detonator device.
- Ch 78Pete held up the Great Carbuncle, returned it to Rogi with a warning to take care, then vanished.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 73Kieran calls off the commandos
Laplace spots four armed men approaching; Kieran angrily orders Adam Amie to withdraw them and the limousine, saying he will meet Victor's conditions.
- Book 1 · Ch 76Cog train toward the chalet
Victor takes Rogi and O'Connor by cog train toward the chalet. Near Jacob's Ladder, Victor's aircraft approach and Rogi escapes, warning Denis of the attack.
- Book 1 · Ch 78Prayer in metaconcert saves the chalet
Mountain vibrations and calming greenish light accompany a global prayer led by Denis. Pete destroys Victor's detonator pack, and the storm calms.
- Book 1 · Ch 78The Great Intervention begins
Pete returns the Great Carbuncle to Rogi and disappears; the sky fills with the Galactic Milieu's starships.