Fatal Thunder: A Jerry Mitchell Novel (54 page)
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Authors: Larry Bond
Senior Chief Sonar Technician Halleck, Sonar Division Chief Petty Officer
American Characters
Lieutenant Commander Gill Adams, Executive Officer, USS
Oklahoma City
(SSN 723)
Gregory Alexander, U.S. Director of National Intelligence
Milt Alvarez, White House Chief of Staff
Rear Admiral Wayne Burroughs, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Commander Bruce Dobson, Commanding Officer, USS
Oklahoma City
(SSN 723)
Malcolm Geisler, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Allison Gray, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Senator Lowell Hardy (D-CT), former captain of USS
Memphis
(SSN 691)
Admiral Bernard Hughes, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations
Captain Glenn Jacobs, Commander, Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 15 Chief Staff Officer
Andrew Lloyd, U.S. Secretary of State
Evangeline McDowell, President’s secretary
Kenneth L. Myles, President of the United States
Commander Scott Nevens, Commanding Officer, USS
North Carolina
(SSN 777)
Commander Ian Pascovich, Commanding Officer, USS
Texas
(SSN 775)
Dr. Joanna Patterson, U.S. National Security Advisor
James Randall, Vice President of the United States
Captain Charles Simonis, SUBRON 15
Commander Richard Walker, SUBRON 15 Operations Officer
Robert Eldridge, U.S. Ambassador to India
People’s Republic of China Characters
Admiral Jing Fei, Commander, People’s Liberation Army Navy
Lieutenant/Major Li Shen, intelligence officer, People’s Liberation Army
General Shi We, Chinese Minister of National Defense
Lieutenant General Tian Ju, Commander, Hong Kong Garrison
Major General Yeng Gan, Chinese Defense Attaché to the United States
Xi Ping, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Captain Zhang Bo, Commander, Hong Kong Garrison Naval Brigade
Russian Characters
Jascha Churkin, former Spetsnaz commando and Kirichenko’s deputy
Captain Yetim Sergievich Gribov, Master of the icebreaker
50 Years of Victory
Vice Admiral Ivan Loktev, Deputy Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet
Admiral Yuri Kirichenko, Russian Navy (Ret.), former Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet
Anton Kulik, former Russian naval officer and technician working on
Chakra
’s overhaul
Captain Mishin, Russian Naval Attaché to the United States
Evgeni Orlav, former Russian naval officer and technical expert on Russian nuclear weapons
Captain First Rank Aleksey Igorevich Petrov, Russian Navy (Ret.), former captain of Russian submarine
Severodvinsk
Arkady Vaslev, Russian Ambassador to the United States
Captain First Rank Viktor Zhikin, Commanding Officer of the 328th Expeditionary Rescue Squad
Valery Zykov, Russian diplomat and Washington station chief for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
Indian Characters
Vice Admiral Badu Singh Dhankhar, Commander of the Eastern Fleet
Larraj Handa, President of India
Gopan Jadeja, Indian Foreign Minister
Vishnu Kumar, Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
Captain Mitra, Supervisor of the Visakhapatnam Shipyard
Commander Fali Gandhi, Visakhapatnam Shipyard Weapons Engineer
Shankar Pathak, Indian Prime Minister
Captain Girish Samant, former Commanding Officer of the submarine
Chakra
Special Director Ijay Thapar, Deputy Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
INS
Chakra
Commander Maahir Jain, Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Commander Kumar Rakash, First Officer
Lieutenant Jal Kirit, Combat Systems Officer
Lieutenant Harish Kota, Navigator
Chief Petty Officer Patil, senior sonar rating
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LARRY BOND
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Larry Bond
is the author of
Lash-Up, Shattered Trident,
and numerous
New York Times
bestselling thrillers, including
Cold Choices, Vortex, Cauldron,
and
The Enemy Within.
A former naval intelligence officer, warfare analyst, and antisubmarine technology expert, he makes his home in Springfield, Virginia. You can sign up for email updates
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CONTENTS
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
FATAL THUNDER
Copyright © 2016 by Larry Bond and Chris Carlson
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Peter Bollinger
A Forge Book
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First Edition: May 2016
