Darren Phelps

"'Let him go!' shouted Darren, a big kid with a wild temper. 'Benny!' He bull-rushed the line of troopers as Benny disappeared through the back door. A guard shoved Darren sideways and he toppled, but he sprang back up with murder in his eyes. "Darren Phelps is one of the Fire Lake sophomores. He is described as being short and solid with black hair and a fiery temper.

In the Program
Darren and his boyfriend, Benny Erikson, live on their own for a while until Sarah Harden creates a blizzard that drives them out. They track down Derrick Morris and join the Life-Trading Team. Darren has to convince Benny to shoot him so that he won't be eliminated by Sarah's midnight deadline. They survive the battle in Town Square and are resurrected with the rest of their classmates.

Chrysalis
Darren lives in Home Town until Corbin O'Brien establishes his farming colony, the Outpost. He then lives there until Nemesis 3 rounds up their group and brings them aboard Chrysalis. He passes all his tests but attacks Sophia when Benny is selected for repurposement. One of Sophia's guards then shoots and kills him.