Saving Charlie
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Saving Charlie is a book about the relationship between Hiro Nakamura and Charlie Andrews. It is written by Aury Wallington, with story by Jeph Loeb, based on the series Heroes created by Tim Kring.
About
Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, Saving Charlie tells the tale briefly seen in Six Months Ago about the characters Hiro Nakamura and Charlie Andrews, and how their relationship was created and evolved. It is 256 pages long, and was released on December 26, 2007, with a cover price of $23.95. The novel was written with the full cooperation and consultation of the show's creators.
Plot
After watching the gruesome murder of Charlie Andrews in the Burnt Toast Cafe, Hiro Nakamura tells his friend, Ando Masahashi, that he will travel back in time to the day before, and warn Charlie of the man who killed her. However, he accidentally time travels six months into the past to Charlie's birthday party. Hiro must now convince Charlie of his amazing ability, and alter history to prevent her death.
Characters
The following list represents some of the main characters featured in Saving Charlie.
- Ando is Hiro's best friend who works with him at Yamagato Industries.
- Charlie has an enhanced memory and is a waitress at the Burnt Toast Diner. She plans to one day travel around the world.
- Herbie is a retired oilman who is a regular fixture at the Burnt Toast Diner, sitting third stool from the end at the counter.
- Hiro has ability to stop time and travel through time and space. He has yet to gain control of the latter aspect of his ability. He gets sidetracked from his mission to save the world and goes back in time six months to save Charlie.
- Kaito is Hiro's dad, the focus of many flashbacks. He and Hiro are very different and usually avoid each other but Hiro finds they have more in common than he thinks.
- Kimiko is Hiro's sister who also appears in flashbacks.
- Lloyd is a cop who regularly comes to the Burnt Toast Diner. He and Charlie have dated in the past and he shows feelings for her and bullies Hiro.
- Lynette is the manager of the Burnt Toast Diner.
- PJ is an employee at a comic book store at the mall. Hiro can't talk to Ando without breaking the space time continuum, so he makes friends with PJ.
- Mr. Roitz is the landlord of Hiro's apartment in Texas.
- Sylar is a serial killer who takes people's abilities by telekinetically cutting their heads open.
Trivia
- At the 2007 San Diego International Comic-Con, representatives from Del Rey asked fans to help make 1,000 origami cranes at their booth by the end of the show. The goal was surpassed.
External Links
- Press release from NBC
- Order Saving Charlie on Amazon
- Saving Charlie page at NBC.com
- NBC chapter previews: 2 · 8 · 9 · 16