Tommaso Gasparini, Arianna's eldest brother, a fisherman on Merlino. 
Gianfranco Gasparini, Arianna's father, a museum curator on Torrone. Leonora Gasparini, Arianna's aunt who lives in Bellezza. David Mulholland, Lucien's father, an architectural salvager. Vicky Mulholland, Lucien's mother, a violin teacher. Rinaldo di Chimici, the ambassador from the di Chimici family. William Dethridge, the first Stravagante, an Elizabethan era scientist from Lucien's world. Rodolfo Rossi, Lucien's mentor, a powerful Stravagante and a distinguished senator in Bellezza. Arianna Gasparini, a plucky girl from the lagoon islands who seeks adventure in Bellezza. Lucien Mulholland, the protagonist, a 15 year old boy bedridden from cancer. The first of six incredible adventures to this land of Italian enchantment in Stravaganza. 
But as his body begins to follow his mind to this other world, there is always the chance that Lucien may be caught on the other side of time and not be able to return. During his many visits to the city, which become more and more real, Lucien learns that he is a Stravagante, capable of traveling between two worlds. Whenever Lucien holds the beautiful Italian journal, his mind is swept away to an enchanting Venice-like city called Bellezza while his earthly body sleeps peacefully. But a mysterious gift from his father changes all that. Lucien is very sick: he struggles just to sit up in bed, plagued with exhaustion brought on by the treatment for his cancer.
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