Nicholas Seafort

Nicholas Ewing "Nick" Seafort (born 4 September 2177) is a fictional character and the protagonist of David Feintuch's Seafort Saga series of novels. All the books of the series with the exception of Voices of Hope and Children of Hope are written in the first person from Seafort's point of view, and give a detailed insight into the character's motivation. The first four stories cover Seafort's actions during the Fish War (2195–2202), while the next three cover isolated incidents in 2229–2230 (Voices of Hope), 2241 (Patriarch's Hope) and 2246–2247 (Children of Hope). In all but two of the books, Seafort is a serving officer in the UNNS.

In a future where a reunified Christian church has risen to become a core part of society, Seafort strives continually to do his duty, both to the Navy and to God, at great personal cost. Almost all other characters in the novels see him as a hero: by bringing his undermanned ship home in Midshipman's Hope after being catapulted to the captaincy, doing the same in Challenger's Hope after being stranded aboard a crippled vessel, saving an entire world in Prisoner's Hope and the entire human race in Fisherman's Hope, he has accomplished more than many Captains dream of. Seafort, however, can only see his failures, and criticizes himself for the means he uses to achieve his ends: breaking his oath (and thereby damning himself) to save Challenger, violating a UN Resolution prohibiting "the use, attempted use or conspiracy to use" nuclear weapons to save Hope Nation in Prisoner's Hope, and killing dozens of teenaged cadets to save the world in the climax of Fisherman's Hope.

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