Curse of the Fly

A driven physicist who co-leads the teleportation project with his father. His ambition blinds him to the human cost, and he becomes increasingly dependent on a serum to stave off aging, a literal sign of the project’s toll. He relentlessly pursues the dream of instant travel, even as it destabilizes his life and family.

The patriarchal co-leader who pushes the boundaries of experimentation and moral risk. He orchestrates plans to keep the project alive, even at the expense of safety and ethics. He volunteers to go first to London and ultimately becomes a casualty of their pursuit when he fails to rematerialize.

A young woman who escaped from an asylum and marries Martin, carrying secrets of her own. Her presence unsettles the Delambres as the police close in, and she becomes a central focal point for the tension between love, truth, and madness.

Martin’s first wife, disfigured and effectively confined by the experiments. Her existence haunts the estate and becomes a catalyst for the revelation of the Delambre past. She is released and recaptured in a cycle of memory and fear that drives the plot.

A Chinese worker in the Delambre household and lab, she shares the burdens of the Delambre estate. Wan participates in the drama surrounding Judith and helps guide the events toward a dangerous resolution, ultimately choosing to leave with Tai.

Wan’s partner and another lab worker who becomes entangled in the family’s perilous experiments. He attempts to stop Judith and, in self-defense, kills her when she attacks, then decides to join Wan in departing the estate.

Martin’s brother who runs the London receiving station and wishes to terminate the project. He opposes the dangerous reintegration plans, destroys the reintegration equipment, and confronts the consequences of the merged entities, ultimately disappearing from the story.

The police investigator who traces Patricia to the Delambre estate and uncovers the family’s dangerous secret. He represents rational inquiry and ultimately guides the pursuit of truth as the case unfolds.

An older inspector who previously investigated Andre Delambre and fills in the backstory for Inspector Ronet. He provides historical context about the Delambre family and their experiments.

One of the Delambres’ assistants who ends up disfigured and entangled in the teleportation mishaps, later awakening to attack Martin during the chaotic sequence. His fate illustrates the dehumanizing cost of procedural obsession.

Another assistant who is caught in the chain-reaction of reintegration and mass merging. His fate underscores the unpredictability and horror of the Delambres’ technology.