StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga

Starcraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga is the second StarCraft novel, written by author Gabriel Mesta, a pseudonym for Kevin J. Anderson. The action revolves around a colony planet called Bhekar Ro, where one of the frequent and very violent storms uncovers an ancient Xel'Naga artifact. This Temple calls both, the Zerg and the Protoss, while the colonists call the Terran Dominion for help. All these events cause a great confrontation on the normally placid world.

Major Characters

 * 1) Octavia Bren - The main character of the story, a human colonist at Bhekar Ro, who has untrained psionic powers, who had allied herself to Xerana to warn everyone regarding the "Xel'Naga" artifact.
 * 2) General Edmund Duke - The General of the Alpha Squadron who leads the Terran Forces to battle with the Protoss and Zerg in the Bhekar Ro and fight for the possession of the "Xel'Naga Artifact".
 * 3) Xerana - A Dark Templar scholar who uncovers the real meaning of the warning that was sent by the "Xel'Naga Artifact" and had tried to warn her Protoss Brethren about the creature that was about to be awaken inside the artifact.
 * 4) Executor Koronis - The commander of the Protoss force that was sent by the Protoss Conclave to search for any sign of the Dark Templar and to search for any remnants of the ancient progenitor race, the Xel'Naga.
 * 5) Judicator Amdor - The Judicator that was sent along with Executor Koronis.
 * 6) Mayor Jacob "Nik" Nikolai
 * 7) Rastin - The man who maintains and sell vespene gas to the people of Bhekar Ro and later the first human to be infected by the Zerg in Bhekar Ro.
 * 8) The Queen of Blades (Sarah Kerrigan) - The one who sent her Kukulkan Brood to retrieve the "Xel'Naga Artifact".

Minor Characters

 * 1) Lars Bren - the man who first discovers the Ancient Xel'Naga Artifact.
 * 2) Lieutenant Scott - A Terran Lieutenant of the Alpha Squadron
 * 3) Cyn McCarthy
 * 4) MacGregor Golding - A ghost that was sent to guide the Nukes to the Xel'Naga Artifact.