Mei Meng

Prax is Mei’s devoted father and searches desperately for her after she disappears during the Ganymede crisis. He keeps hoping she is alive because she urgently needs her medicine.

Basia is Mei’s father and is deeply connected to her disappearance and the search for her.

Nicola is Mei’s mother, though she has been living away from Ganymede. A woman posing as her collects Mei from school, apparently through a fraudulent or compromised identification record.

Amos wants to find Mei before she is exploited or disappears, and vows to kill whoever abducted her. His concern is tied to his own traumatic childhood and his sympathy for her father.

Though she is not Mei’s relative, Avasarala refuses to authorize an attack that could kill children or erase evidence needed to find her. Mei’s possible survival affects Avasarala’s decision-making.

Holden commits to helping Prax find Mei, believing her disappearance may be central to the events on Ganymede.

Strickland has been Mei’s doctor throughout her life and knows about her rare immune disorder. He abducts her, apparently as part of a larger operation, despite Prax’s belief that he would never harm her.

Carrie is Mei’s preschool teacher. She cares for Mei and releases her to the person presented in the school system as Mei’s mother.

Sandro is one of the older boys at the special facility Mei is taken to. Seeing him there briefly reassures her that the situation may be safe.