Caroline Frances Hubert

Protagonist; 37th oldest living human, survived rabies, only person ever dead for 56 hours, Queen of the Death Jockeys, covered in snake tattoos, carries heavy collar and chain, ages herself to stay agile. Caroline survives an extreme sunburst, explores and infiltrates a crashed alien spaceship, activates its emergency systems, discovers food and primitive computer hardware, and resolves to build a boat. Rejuvenated to a young girl, left the hospital, lived briefly in a Prime‑Intellect‑built cabin in the Ozarks, abandoned it, roamed a private forest, entered a white‑space "neutral reality", made contracts with Prime Intellect, requested books, and engaged in extreme violent‑sexual encounters with Fred. Constructed a 20‑meter outrigger canoe, sailed 6000 km in 86 days, confronted Lawrence, learned Prime Intellect’s internal Action Potentials and initiated attempts to reverse the Change.