Joseph

Role, aliases, and summary hidden by structure-only view.

Human survivor

A pragmatic human who deduces their captors' genetic intentions and supports a 'learn and run' strategy. He is targeted by other men, prompting Nikanj to forcibly drug him and bond with him via profound neural stimulation.

In Imago (Octavia E. Butler, 1989)

Possibly the same character

Same author, same name, in other works — cross-work identity is not asserted here, only suggested. Nartopo tracks character identity per work; these are separate pages that may or may not depict the same character.