Aiken Talbot

"'Of course he is,' Aiken spat, his words laced with venom. 'Ethan’s thugs are shooting everyone. Just do it already, you beanpole prick. We can take it.'"

Aiken Talbot is one of the Fire Lake sophomores. He is described as a slacker, short and slight with greasy brown hair and a perpetual denim jacket.

In the Program
Aiken is beaten up by Toby Albertsson for challenging Ethan Fletcher. He and his girlfriend Anna Loring disappear to the liberty camp and hole up with Hector Quino until they are found by Min Wilder and Derrick Morris. They then join the Life-Trading Team and survive the battle at town square.

Chrysalis
Aiken and Anna live in Home Town together until the raid by Nemesis 3. When Aiken discovers Anna has been taken to repurposement, he refuses to go any further and demands to be placed with his girlfriend, unaware that it means death.