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Braintrust- Requiem

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by Marc Stiegler


  Pascha: Mistress and administrative assistant of the Russian Union Premier, sister to Trixie

  Ping: Peacekeeper for the BrainTrust, Security Chief for the Prometheus fleet, Empress of Benin

  Putu Arnawa: Peacekeeper for the Prometheus fleet

  Qi Ru: Hukou peasant, escaped to attend Oxford, venture financing broker for the Fuxing, co-founder of Oceanic Mining

  Quraish: villager who takes care of a solar panel field in the Sahel desert who assists Ping and Dash in the search for Khalid

  Rhett Woodson: Nuclear engineer and designer for the primary isle ship reactors

  Samuels: Captain of the BrainTrust submarine Alcyone, delivered the vaccine for the Red Rubola to Captain Levinsky of Israel

  Sheldon Collins: CEO of VBC, the world’s leading supplier of Voter Behavior Correction, a company founded by Ryan Morgan who died during Dash’s first attempt at rejuvenation therapy

  Shu Shi: Baotong villager, wife of Kuo Lim, mother of missing daughter Liling

  Shura: Brilliant young girl from the Dahomey region of Benin, whose hands were amputated by the Benin Beloved Chief Advisor for Life, developer of a genetically engineered version of the cocoa tree that could grow in Benin, and developer of a breed of hornets that inject a date rape drug, the nests of which can be dropped on gangs of thugs and soldiers to pacify them

  Song: Brilliant older hukou peasant from the Loess Plateau, father of Tai

  Sonia Manning: Exotic dancer and organ replacement researcher

  Suen: Colonel in the Chinese Army, charged with pacifying western Nigeria and capturing the Kainji Dam

  Suparman Herianto: aka Soup, peacekeeper for the Prometheus fleet

  Ted Simpson: Teenage developer of advanced homebrew copters, developer of the BrainTrust stealth copters, developer of the Black Titan stealth rocketship

  Toni Shatzki: Israeli Air Force Captain, engineering student at BTU, daughter of the Israeli Prime Minister, close friend of Dash, leader of the squadron that bombed Khalid’s hideout

  Trey: Drug dealer in Compton, an early adopter in the illegal sale of opioids, a lead adopter in the illegal sale of the vaccine for Black Rubola, innovator who first used drone copters to deliver illegal drugs right to the customer’s doorstep, lender of last resort against future social security paychecks, illegal currency dealer

  Trixie: Known as Tascha as a child, broken and trained by the Premier as a “sparrow”, mistress and administrative assistant for the Chief Advisor, sister to Pascha

  Vasily: ex-bodyguard for Dmitri, ex Spetsnaz commando, once took orders directly from the Russian Union Premier, attempted kidnapper of Dash, now works as a peacekeeper for the Fuxing fleet for Security Chief Hart

  Wolf Griffin: Marine Major, BrainTrust peacekeeper, friend of Ping and Dash and Chance and Drew Moreno, partner of Aar

  Wu Bolin: Chinese Railroad Group mid-level manager, inventor of the plan to rebuild the Lagos harbor and once more begin drilling for the oil in the Nigerian Delta swamp

  Xiu Bao: Hukou peasant girl, student on the Taixue

  Yahontov: Admiral commanding the Russian Black Sea Fleet

  Yefim: Bodyguard for Dmitri

  Zhang: Chinese Army Major commanding troops near the Loess Plateau, now a general, who failed in an attempt to capture Jam and prevent her from rescuing the villagers of Baotong

  Other books in the Braintrust Universe

  If You Enjoyed Ode to Defiance, You’ll Also Like:

  The President for Life has the Brawn; the young woman he must kidnap has the BrainTrust.

  Game On! Available now.

  Who wins when a rocket ship dies?

  Only the BrainTrust and the inimitable Dr. Dash can save SpaceR and the future of space travel. Available Now.

  She’s invading the Cradle of Civilization

  The secret that powered humanity’s first great civilization has lain dormant for millennia. Even with the help of her best friends Dash and Ping, can Jam bring it home to the BrainTrust, where it belongs? Available Now

  If the First Plague Apocalypse Doesn't Kill Them All, Try Another.

  The most brilliant mind in a thousand years has been tortured and twisted by human cruelty. His solution:

  Burn the world down and start from scratch. Available Now

  Charlie was just doing his homework

  But on the BrainTrust, homework can get you into a lot of hot water. Available now.

  A novelette set in the world of the BrainTrust

  Books by Marc Stiegler

  The Braintrust Universe

  The Braintrust - A Harmony of Enemies (1)

  The Braintrust: A Crescendo Of Fire (2)

  The Braintrust: Rhapsody for the Tempest (3)

  Ode To Defiance (4)

  Braintrust: Requiem (5)

  Ode To Defiance

  Other Books

  Valentina

  (Hugo Award Finalist)

  David's Sling

  (Prometheus Award Finalist)

  EarthWeb

  The Gentle Seduction (anthology)

  Connect

  Join the BrainTrust discussion group on Facebook at

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/326423271191445/

 

 

 


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