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The Art of War

Page 29

by David Wingrove


  head of personnel for Berdichev’s SimFic Corporation

  Cherkassky, Stefan

  ex-Security assassin and friend of DeVore

  DeVore, Howard

  former major in Li Shai Tung’s Security forces

  Douglas, John

  Company head

  Duchek, Albert

  Administrator of Lodz

  Ecker, Michael

  company head

  Kubinyi

  lieutenant to DeVore

  Lehmann, Stefan

  albino son of former Dispersionist leader, Pietr Lehmann and lieutenant to DeVore

  Moore, John

  company head

  Moore, Paul

  Senior Executive of Berdichev’s SimFic Corporation

  Parr, Charles

  company head

  Reid, Thomas

  lieutenant to DeVore

  Ross, Alexander

  company head

  Schwarz

  lieutenant to DeVore

  Scott

  alias of DeVore

  Turner

  alias of DeVore

  Wiegand, Max

  lieutenant to DeVore

  Weiss, Anton

  banker

  PING TIAO

  Ascher, Emily

  economist and member of the ‘Council of Five’

  Gesell, Bent

  unofficial leader of the Ping Tiao and member of the ‘Council of Five’

  Mach, Jan

  maintenance official for the Ministry of Waste Recycling and member of the ‘Council of Five’

  Mao Liang

  Minor Family princess and member of the ‘Council of Five’

  Shen Lu Chua

  computer expert and member of the ‘Council of Five’

  Yun Ch’o

  lieutenant to Shen Lu Chua

  OTHER CHARACTERS

  Anton

  friend of Kim Ward on the Recruitment Project

  The Architect

  one of the psych team on the Recruitment Project

  Barycz, Jiri

  scientist on the Wiring Project

  Baxi

  chief of the tribe in the Clay

  Beattie, Douglas

  alias of DeVore

  Bergson

  Overseer on the plantation; alias for DeVore

  Boden, Mikhail

  alias of DeVore

  The Builder

  part of the psych team on the Recruitment Project

  Chan Wen-fu

  friend of Heng Chian-ye

  Chan Shui

  young worker in the Casting Shop

  Chuang Lian

  wife of Minister Chuang

  Crimson Lotus

  sing-song girl in Mu Chua’s

  Ebert, Lutz

  half-brother of Klaus Ebert

  Ellis, Michael

  assistant to Director Spatz

  Endfors, Pietr

  best friend of Knut Tolonen

  Enge, Marie

  serving woman at the Dragon Cloud teahouse

  Fang Hui

  guard on the plantation

  Ganz, Joseph

  alias of DeVore

  Golden Heart

  young prostitute bought by Hans Ebert for his household

  Hammond, Joel

  Senior Technician on the Wiring Project

  Heng Chian-ye

  son of Heng Chi-po and nephew of Heng Yu

  Herrick

  an illegal implant specialist

  Hong

  ‘Hsien’ or District Judge

  Janko

  bully in the Casting Shop

  Josef

  friend of Kim Ward’s on the Recruitment Project

  Kao Ch’iang Hsin

  infant daughter of Kao Chen

  Kao Wu

  infant son of Kao Chen

  Kung Wen-fa

  Senior Advocate from Mars

  Ling Hen

  henchman for Herrick

  Lin Hou Ying

  maintenance engineer for ProsTek

  Liu Chang

  brothel keeper/pimp

  Loehr

  alias of DeVore

  Lotte

  student at Oxford; sister of Wolf

  Lo Wen

  personal servant to Hans Ebert

  Lo Ying

  ‘Panchang’ or ‘Supervisor’; friend of Kao Chen

  Lo Yu-Hsiang

  Senior Representative in the House at Weimar

  Lu Cao

  amah (maidservant) to Jelka Tolonen

  Lu Ming Shao

  ‘Whiskers Lu’, Triad boss

  Lu Nan Jen

  the ‘Oven Man’

  Lu Wang-pei

  murder suspect

  Maitland, Idris

  mother of Stefan Lehmann

  Matyas

  Clayborn boy in the Recruitment Project

  Mu Chua

  ‘Madam’ of the House of the Ninth Ecstasy, a sing-song house, or brothel

  Novacek, Lubos

  merchant; father of Sergey Novacek

  Novacek, Sergey

  student at Oxford and sculptor

  Nung

  Supervisor of the Casting Shop

  Peng Yu-wei

  tutor to the Shepherd children

  Peskova

  lieutenant of the guards on the plantation

  Reynolds

  alias of DeVore

  Schenck, Hung-li

  Governor of the Mars Colony

  Shang Li-Yen

  tutor on the Recruitment Project

  Siang Che

  martial arts instructor to Jelka Tolonen

  Spatz, Gustav

  Director of the Wiring Project

  Sung

  Supervisor on the plantation

  Sweet Flute

  mui tsai to Madam Chuang Lian

  Sweet Honey

  sing-song girl in Mu Chua’s

  T’ai Cho

  tutor and ‘guardian’ to Kim Ward

  Tarrant

  Company head

  Tissan, Catherine

  student at Oxford

  Tolonen, Hannah

  aunt to Knut Tolonen

  Tom

  ‘Greaser’, part of Matyas’s gang

  Tong Chou

  alias of Kao Chen

  Tsang Yi

  friend of Heng Chian-ye

  Tung Liang

  boy in the Casting Shop

  Tung T’an

  Senior Consultant at the Melfi Clinic

  Turner

  alias of DeVore

  Wang Ti

  wife of Kao Chen

  Ward, Kim

  Lagasek, or ‘Starer’; ‘Clayborn’, orphan and scientist

  White Orchid

  sing-song girl in Mu Chua’s

  Wolf

  student at Oxford and brother of Lotte

  Wolfe

  Security soldier

  Yu, Madam

  First Level socialite

  Yung Pi-chi

  Head of the Yung family

  Zhakar

  Speaker of the House of Representatives

  THE DEAD

  Aaltonen

  Marshal and Head of Security for City Europe

  Anders

  a mercenary

  Anderson

  Director of The Project

  Ascher, Mikhail

  junior credit agent in the Finance Ministry, the Hu Pu, and father of Emily Ascher

  Bakke

  Marshal in Security

  Barrow, Chao

  member of the House of Representatives; Dispersionist

  Beatrice

  daughter of Cathy Hubbard, granddaughter of Mary Reed

  Big Wen

  a ‘landowner’

  Boss Yang

  an exploiter of the people

  Buck, John

  Head of Development at the Ministry of Contracts

  Ch’eng I

  Minor Family prince and son of Ch�
�eng So Yuan

  Ch’eng So Yuan

  Minor Family head

  Chang Hsuan

  Han painter from the 8th century

  Chang Lai-hsun

  nephew of Chang Yi Wei

  Chang Li Chen

  Junior Dragon, in charge of drafting the Edit of Technological Control

  Chang Lui

  woman who adopted Pavel

  Chang Yan

  Guard on the Plantations

  Chang Yi Wei

  senior brother of the Chang clan owners of MicroData

  Chang Yu

  Tsao Ch’un’s appointment as First Dragon

  Chao Ni Tsu

  Grand Master of wei chi and computer genius. Servant of Tsao Ch’un

  Chen So I

  Head of the Ministry of Contracts

  Chen Yu

  steward to Tsao Ch’un in Pei Ch’ing

  Cheng Yu

  one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Ch’un

  Chi Fei Yu

  an usurer

  Chi Lin Lin

  legal assistant to Yang Hong Yu

  Ching Su

  friend of Jiang Lei

  Chiu Fa

  media commentator on the Mids news channel

  Cho Hsiang

  subordinate to Hong Cao and middleman for Pietr Lehmann

  Cho Yi Yi

  Master of the Bedchamber at Tongjiang

  Chu Heng

  ‘kwai’ or hired knife; a hireling of DeVore

  Chun Hua

  wife of Jiang Lei

  Chung Hsin

  ‘Loyalty’; a bond-servant to Li Shai Tung

  Croft, Rebecca

  ‘Becky’, daughter of Leopold, with the lazy eye

  Curtis, Tim

  Head of Human Resources GenSyn

  Dag

  a mercenary

  Dick, Philip Kindred

  American science fiction writer

  Duchek, Albert

  Administrator of Lodz and Dispersionist

  Ebert, Gustav

  genetics genius and co-founder of GenSyn, Genetic Synthetics

  Ebert, Ludovic

  son of Gustav Ebert and a GenSyn director

  Ebert, Wolfgang

  financial genius and co-founder of GenSyn, Genetic Synthetics

  Einar

  a mercenary

  Endfors, Jenny

  wife of Knut Tolonen and mother of Jelka

  Fan Chang

  one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Ch’un

  Fan Cho

  son of Fan Chang

  Fan Lin

  son of Fan Chang

  Fan Peng

  eldest wife of Fan Chang

  Fan Si-pin

  Master of wei chi from the 18th century

  Fan Ti Yu

  son of Fan Chang

  Feng I

  Colonel in charge of Tsao Ch’un’s elite force

  Gosse

  elite guard at the Domain

  Grant, Thomas

  captain in security

  Griffin, James B.

  Sixtieth President of the United States of Americ

  Haavikko, Knut

  major in security

  Heng Chi-Po

  Minister of Transportation for City Europe

  Henrik

  a mercenary

  Ho

  steward to Jiang Lei

  Hong Cao

  middle man for Pietr Lehmann

  Hou Hsin-Fa

  one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Ch’un

  Hsu Jung

  friend of Jiang Lei

  Hubbard, Beth

  daughter of Tom and Mary Hubbard

  Hubbard, Cathy

  daughter of Tom and Mary Hubbard

  Hubbard, Mary

  wife of Tom Hubbard and mother of Cathy. Second wife of Jake Reed

  Hubbard, Meg

  daughter of Tom and Mary Hubbard

  Hubbard, Tom

  farmer, resident in Church Knowle. Huband of Mary Hubbard and father of Beth, Meg and Cathy. Best friend to Jake Reed

  Hui

  receptionist for GenSyn

  Hui Chang Ye

  senior legal advocate for the Chang family

  Hung

  Tsao Ch’uns spy in Jiang Lei’s camp

  Hwa

  ‘Blood’, or fighter, beneath the Net

  Jiang Ch’iao-chieh

  eldest daughter of Jiang Lei

  Jiang Lei

  general of Tsao Ch’un’s Eighteenth Banner Army, also known as Nai Liu

  Jiang Lei

  general of Tsao Ch’un’s Eighteenth Banner Army, also known as Nai Lu

  Jiang Lo Wen

  granddaughter of Jiang Lei

  Jiang San-chieh

  youngest daughter of Jiang Lei

  Jung

  steward to Tobias Lahm

  Kao Jyan

  assassin

  Karl

  a mercenary

  Kirov, Alexander

  Marshal to the Seven, Head of the Council of Generals

  Krenek, Henryk

  Senior Representative of the Martian Colonies

  Krenek, Irina

  wife of Henryk Krenek

  Krenek, Josef

  company head

  Krenek, Maria

  wife of Josef Krenek

  Ku

  Marshal of the Fourth Banner Army

  Kurt

  Chief Technician for GenSyn

  Lahm, Tobias

  Eighth Dragon at the Ministry

  Lao Jen

  Junior Minister to Li Shai Tung

  Lehmann, Pietr

  Under Secretary of the House of Representatives and father of Stefan Lehmann and leader of Dispersionists

  Li Chang So

 

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