Warrick Hargrove – Between Ambition and Loyalty

• Date of Birth: July 12, 2039

• Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

• Current Position: Senior Board Member, Minos Corporation

• Education: B.A. in Business Administration, Stanford University (2060)– MBA in Strategic Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2065)

In The Mars Chronicles, not every battle is fought in the dust. Some are waged in quiet rooms, behind polished tables, where words carry the weight of lives.

Warrick Hargrove isn’t on Mars. But his choices echo across it.

Warrick Hargrove

A Climb from the Margins

Warrick Hargrove was born into poverty in Denver, Colorado. He never knew his father. Raised by his mother and grandmother on a crumbling block, Warrick’s early years were a daily negotiation between danger, discipline, and quiet resilience. His mother worked herself to the bone to pull them out—and she did. When the family relocated to New York, Warrick entered the Harlem Children’s Zone, a groundbreaking social program that offered him the first rungs of the mobility ladder.

He climbed fast. A scholarship to Stanford. An MBA from Wharton. And then, the battlefield of corporate America.

A Seat at the Table

By the time he joined the Minos Corporation board in 2085, Warrick had already fought—and won—a lifetime of boardroom battles. He had charm, a read on people like radar, and a brain wired for long-term plays. But not every seat is equal. And Mars? That wasn’t prestige. It was legacy tech. A dying frontier with too many failures and no profit in sight.

To Warrick, that meant it was unclaimed. And he doesn’t walk away from anything unclaimed.

The Everhart Calculation

When David Everhart was reassigned to Mars, the board saw it as a polite demotion. Warrick saw it differently.

David was brilliant. Difficult, but brilliant. Mars was his own neglected portfolio. And if David could revive the colony, Mars would rise again—and so would Warrick’s standing within the board.

What began as a smart alignment soon became personal. Warrick respected David, but not blindly. He understood him as a tool, not a partner. David, in turn, saw through him. And what he saw, he didn’t like—especially when Warrick began passing messages through David’s wife, Emily. That breach would not be forgiven.

Charm and Calculation

To most, Warrick is jovial. Approachable. The kind of man who makes you feel like you’re the smartest person in the room—until you realize he’s been guiding the conversation all along.

But behind the warm laugh and the perfectly tailored suit is a man shaped by systems. A man who knows that for someone like him—Black, self-made, and always a few degrees off the center of power—every boardroom is another test.

Warrick doesn’t want to win battles. He wants to make sure he’s still invited to the next one.

Not a Villain. Not a Savior. But Real.

In The Mars Chronicles, Warrick Hargrove isn’t a villain. But he’s not a savior either.

He’s a strategist who believes in people—but also knows how to use them. He champions Mars not because it’s noble, but because it still has room to grow. He remembers where he came from. And though he rarely says it, that memory shapes everything he does.

On Earth, that’s power. On Mars—it’s something more dangerous. Hope.

Read more character stories and Martian chronicles at www.themarschronicles.com

New to the Mars Chronicles? Start with Icarus — the dramatic story of the first Mars settlements, including the one led by David Everhart.👉 Read the novel here

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