An Inch of Ashes (46 page)
Authors: David Wingrove
THE SEVEN AND THE FAMILIES
An Liang-chou | | Minor Family prince |
An Sheng | | head of the An family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families) |
Chi Hsing | | T’ang of the Australias |
Chun Wu-chi | | head of the Chun family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families) |
Fu Ti Chang | | Minor Family princess |
Hou Ti | | Former T’ang of South America |
Hou Tung-po | | T’ang of South America |
Hsiang K’ai Fan | | Minor Family prince |
Hsiang Shao-erh | | head of the Hsiang family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families) and father of Hsiang K’ai Fan and Hsiang Wang |
Hsiang Wang | | Minor Family prince |
Lai Shi | | Minor Family princess |
Li Ch’i Chan | | brother and advisor to Li Shai Tung |
Li Feng Chiang | | brother and advisor to Li Shai Tung |
Li Shai Tung | | T’ang of Europe |
Li Yuan | | second son of Li Shai Tung and heir to City Europe |
Li Yun Ti | | brother and advisor to Li Shai Tung |
Mien Shan | | Minor Family princess |
Pei Chao Yang | | son and heir of Pei Ro-hen |
Pei Ro-hen | | head of the Pei family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families) |
Tsu Ma | | T’ang of West Asia |
Tsu Tao Chu | | third son of Tsu chang, deceased first son of Tsu Tiao |
Wang Sau-leyan | | T’ang of Africa |
Wei Chan Yin | | eldest son of Wei Feng and heir to City East Asia |
Wei Feng | | T’ang of East Asia |
Wu Shih | | T’ang of North America |
Yi Shan-ch’i | | Minor Family prince |
Yin Chang | | Minor Family prince; son of Yin Tsu and elder brother to Fei Yen |
Yin Fei Yen | | ‘Flying Swallow’, Minor Family princess; daughter of Yin Tsu; widow of Li Han Ch’in; now wife of Li Yuan |
Yin Sung | | Minor Family prince; elder brother of Fei Yen and son and heir of Yin Tsu |
Yin Tsu | | head of Yin family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families) |
Yin Wei | | younger brother of Fei Yen |
Yin Wu Tsai | | Minor Family princess and cousin of Fei Yen |
FRIENDS AND RETAINERS OF THE SEVEN
Auden, William | | captain in Security |
Chai | | servant to Wang Hsien |
Chang Li | | Chief Surgeon to Li Shai Tung |
Chang Shih-sen | | personal secretary to Li Yuan |
Ch’in Tao Fan | | Chancellor of East Asia |
Chu Ta Yun | | Minister of Education for City Europe |
Chuang Ming | | Minister to Li Shai Tung |
Chung Hsin | | ‘Loyalty’; bondservant to Li Shai Tung |
Chung Hu-Yan | | Chancellor to Li Shai Tung |
Ebert, Berta | | wife of Klaus Ebert |
Ebert, Hans | | major in Security and heir to GenSyn, son of Klaus Ebert |
Ebert, Klaus Stefan | | head of GenSyn (Genetic Synthetics) and advisor to Li Shai Tung |
Erkki | | guard to Jelka Tolonen |
Fan Liang-wei | | painter to the court of Li Shai Tung |
Fest, Edgar | | captain in Security |
Fischer, Otto | | head of Personal Security at Wang Hsien’s palace in Alexandria |
Fu | | servant to Wang Hsien |
Haavikko, Axel | | lieutenant in Security |
Haavikko, Vesa | | sister of Axel Haavikko |
Helm | | general in Security, City South America |
Heng Yu | | Son of Heng Fan and nephew of Heng Chi-Po |
Hoffmann | | major in Security |
Hua | | personal surgeon to Li Shai Tung |
Hung Feng-chan | | Chief Groom at Tongjiang |
Hung Mien-lo | | advisor to Wang Sau-leyan; Chancellor of City Africa |
Kao Chen | | captain in Security |
Karr, Gregor | | ‘blood’, and, later, major in Security |
Lautner, Wolfgang | | captain in Security Personnel at Bremen |
Little Bee | | Maid to Wang Hsien |
Lung Mei Ho | | secretary to Tsu Ma |
Mi Feng | | see ‘Little Bee’ |
Nan Ho | | Li Yuan’s Master of the Inner Chambers |
Nocenzi, Vittorio | | General of Security, City Europe |
Panshin, Anton | | colonel in Security |
Pearl Heart | | maid to Li Yuan |
Rahn, Wolf | | lieutenant in Security, City Africa |
Russ | | captain in Security |
Sanders | | captain of Security at Helmstadt Armoury |
Scott | | captain of Security |
Shepherd, Ben | | son of Hal Shepherd |
Shepherd, Beth | | wife of Hal Shepherd |
Shepherd, Ha] | | advisor to Li Shai Tung and head of the Shepherd family |
Shepherd, Meg | | daughter of Hal Shepherd |
Stifel | | alias of Otto Fischer |
Sun Li Hua | | Wang Hsien’s Master of the Inner Chambers |
Sweet Rain | | maid to Wang Hsien |
Sweet Rose | | maid to Li Yuan |
Tender Willow | | maid to Wang Hsien |
Tolonen, Helga | | aunt of Jelka Tolonen |
Tolonen, Jelka | | daughter of Knut Tolonen |
Tolonen, Jon | | brother of Knut Tolonen |
Tolonen, Knut | | Marshal of the Council of Generals and father of Jelka Tolonen |
Wang Ta Chuan | | Li Shai Tung’s Master of the Inner Palace at Tongjiang |
Wen | | captain of Security on Mars |
Wu Ming | | servant to Wang Ta-hung |
Yin g Chai | | assistant to Sun Li Hua |
Ying Fu | | assistant to Sun Li Hua |
Yu | | surgeon to Li Yuan |
DISPERSIONISTS
Barrow, Chao | | Representative of the House in Weimar |
Berdichev, Ylva | | wife of Soren Berdichev |
Blake, Peter | | 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 |
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
Amandsun | | friend of Sergey Novacek |
Anton | | friend of Kim Ward on the Recruitment Project |
Barycz, Jiri | | scientist on the Wiring Project |
Beattie, Douglas | | alias of DeVore |
Chan Wen-fu | | friend of Heng Chian-ye |
Chuang Lian | | wife of Minister Chuang |
Ebert, Lutz | | half-brother of Klaus Ebert |
Ellis, Michael | | assistant to Director Spatz |
Fan Liang-wei | | shanshui artist |
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 |
Jan ko | | 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; twin of Wolf |
Lo Wen | | personal servant to Hans Ebert |
Lo Yu-Hsiang | | Senior Representative in the House at Weimar |
Lu Cao | | amah |
Lu Ming Shao | | ‘Whiskers Lu’, Triad boss |
Lu Nan Jen | | the ‘oven man’ |
Lu Wang-pei | | murder suspect |
Mu Chua | | ‘Madam’ of the House of the Ninth Ecstasy, a singsong house, or brothel |
Novacek, Lubos | | merchant; father of Sergey Novacek |
Novacek, Sergey | | student at Oxford and sculptor |
Reynolds | | alias of DeVore |
Schenck, Hung-li | | Governor of the Mars Colony |
Siang Che | | martial arts instructor to Jelka Tolonen |
Spatz, Gustav | | Director of the Wiring Project |
Sweet Flute | | mui tsai |
Sweet Honey | | sing-song girl in Mu Chua’s |
T’ai Cho | | tutor and ‘guardian’ to Kim Ward |
Tissan, Catherine | | student at Oxford; artist |
Tong Chou | | alias of Kao Chen |
Tsang Yi | | friend of Heng Chian-ye |
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 twin of Lotte |
Wolfe | | Security soldier |
Yu, Madam | | First Level socialite |
Zhakar | | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
