Liesel Patterson

"'I won't do it,' she vowed, setting her jaw in a hard line. 'I won't shoot my boyfriend over Sarah's bluff.' … Liesel shook her head, red-rimmed eyes glued to her shoes. 'I won't shoot someone just to stay in this nightmare. No. That's the end of it.'"Liesel Patterson is one of the Fire Lake sophomores. She is described as being tall and heavyset with a plain face. Liesel is hardworking and uncomplaining, with a strong moral compass and a friendly demeanor.

In the Program
Liesel and her boyfriend Corbin O'Brien live at Starlight's Edge until Toby Albertsson burns it down. The only remaining survivors of the fire, they manage to hold out until Sarah Harden's manufactured blizzard, but end up flagging down Derrick Morris and joining Min Wilder's Life-Trading Team. Liesel, convinced that Sarah's threat is a bluff, refuses to shoot Corbin and dies at midnight.

Chrysalis
Liesel lives in Home Town until Corbin establishes the Outpost colony. The two live there until Nemesis 3 rounds up the group to bring them aboard Chrysalis. Liesel passes her tests but is selected for repurposement after the attempt to break out the kids in the testing facility.