Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-178.117.35.15-20170707094414/@comment-32865956-20170815181047

Through at least the first five books, he is the most important character (as admitted by Caine and Sam). The only thing that I can think of is that he is one dimensional - we do not know as much about his background or who he is as we do for the major characters. It was Michael Grant's choice, I guess. He could have gone into him much more, but might have taken away for the two warring sides (Sam and Caine). A three-way conflict may have clouded the story some.