People of the Chronicles
The friends you'll meet beyond the six young heroes — the keepers, neighbours and villagers who make Merhaven the place it is.
Grandpa Crowther
Bram's grandfather · the keeper's son
The wise mentor who grew up in the lighthouse cottage. He holds Merhaven's memories and passes its legends on to Bram and the friends — and learns, after fifty years, that it's never too late to say you're sorry.
The Wanderlight Secret · The Lighthouse Keeper's Letter · The Solstice Feast
Captain Ebenezer Crowther
The last lighthouse keeper · 1974
Bram's great-grandfather, the last keeper of the Wanderlight. When the light went dark he hid a journal and a brass key in a secret room behind the bookcase — and started the mystery the friends are still unravelling.
The Wanderlight Secret
Eleanor
Grandpa Crowther's oldest friend
Grandpa's closest childhood friend, who moved to Australia fifty years ago after a quarrel neither could quite remember. A single letter brought her back across the world to Merhaven — and to him.
The Lighthouse Keeper's Letter
Mrs. Hettie
The feast-maker
Organised the Winter Solstice Feast for thirty years, single-handed and never once asking for help. When illness laid her low, the friends proved that a village is built when everyone contributes what they can.
The Solstice Feast
Edward Drift
The regatta champion
The son of the wealthiest man in the village, who won the regatta three years running and was known for cutting corners. When his boat capsized, the rival he would have left behind was the one who stopped to save him.
The Regatta Rescue
Mrs. Okonkwo
Maya's grandmother
Maya's grandmother, who shared her Lagos jollof rice at the solstice feast — a family recipe the village had never tasted before, and the first dish to run out.
The Solstice Feast
Mrs. Delaney
Finn's mother
Finn's mother, who baked soda bread for the feast and raised a boy who would rather lose a race than lose a friend.
The Solstice Feast
The six young heroes — Maya, Finn, Soraya, Tomas, Bram and Lila — each have their own profile on the gallery.