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Authors: David Wingrove

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THE DEAD

Aaltonen

   

marshal and head of Security for City Europe

Anders

 

a mercenary

Bakke

 

marshal in Security

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

Chang Hsuan

 

Han painter from the 8th Century

Chang Lai-hsun

 

nephew of Chang YiWei

Chang Li Chen

 

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

Chang Lui

 

woman who adopted Pavel

Chang YiWei

 

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

Ch’eng I

 

Minor Family prince and son of Ch’eng So Yuan

Ch’eng So Yuan

 

Minor Family Head

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 Yi Yi

 

Master of the Bedchamber at Tongjiang

Chun Hua

 

wife of Jiang Lei

Croft, Rebecca

 

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

Curtis, Tim

 

Head of Human Resources for GenSyn

Dag

 

a mercenary

Dick, Philip Kindred

 

American science fiction writer

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 Ti Yu

 

son of Fan Chang

Feng I

 

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

Grant, Thomas

 

captain in Security

Griffin, James B

 

sixtieth President of the United States of America

Haavikko, Knut

 

major in Security

Henrik

 

a mercenary

Ho

 

steward to Jiang Lei

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, Meg and Beth. Second wife of Jake Reed

Hubbard, Meg

 

daughter of Tom and Mary Hubbard

Hubbard, Tom

 

farmer, resident in Church Knowle, husband 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’un’s spy in Jiang Lei’s camp

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 Lo Wen

 

granddaughter of Jiang Lei

Jiang San-chieh

 

youngest daughter of Jiang Lei

Jung

 

steward to Tobias Lahm

Karl

 

a mercenary

Ku

 

marshal of the Fourth Banner Army

Kurt

 

chief technician for GenSyn

Lahm, Tobias

 

Eighth Dragon at the Ministry (‘The Thousand Eyes’)

Lao Jen

 

junior minister to Li Shai Tung

Li Chang So

 

sixth son of Li Chao Ch’in

Li Chao Ch’in

 

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

Li Fu Jen

 

third son of Li Chao Ch’in

Li Han Ch’in

 

first son of Li Shai Tung and heir to City Europe

Li Kuang

 

fifth son of Li Chao Ch’in

Li Peng

 

eldest son of Li Chao Ch’in

Li Shen

 

second son of Li Chao Ch’in

Li Weng

 

fourth son of Li Chao Ch’in

Lin Yua

 

first wife of Li Shai Tung

Ling

 

steward at the Black Tower

Ludd, Drew

 

biggest grossing actor in Hollywood and star of Ubik

Lung Ti

 

secretary to Edmund Wyatt

Lwo Kang

 

son of Lwo Chun-yi and Li Shai Tung’s Minister of the Edict of Technological Control

Ma Shao Tu

 

senior servant to Li Chao Ch’in

Mao Tse T’ung

 

first Ko Ming emperor (ruled
AD
1948 to 1976)

Melfi, Charles

 

father of Alexandra Shepherd

Ming Hsin-far

 

senior advocate for GenSyn

Nai Liu

 

‘EnduringWillow’ pen name of Jiang Lei and the most popular Han poet of his time

Palmer, Joshua

 

‘Old Josh’, father of Will and record collector

Pan Chao

 

the great hero of Chung Kuo, who conquered Asia in the first century
AD

Pan Tsung-yen

 

friend of Jiang Lei

Pei Ko

 

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

Pei Lin-Yi

 

eldest son of Pei Ko

P’eng Chuan

 

Sixth Dragon at the Ministry (The Thousand Eyes’)

P’eng K’ai-chi

 

nephew of P’eng Chuan

Ragnar

 

a mercenary

Raikkonen

 

marshal in Security

Reed, Anne

 

first wife of Jake Reed; mother of Peter Reed and sister of Mary Hubbard (Jake’s second
wife)

Reed, Jake

 

‘Login’ or ‘webdancer’ for Hinton Industries. Father of Peter and Tom Reed

Reed, Mary

 

sister of Jake Reed

Reed, Peter

 

son of Jake and Anne Reed GenSyn executive

Reed, Tom

 

son of Jake and Mary Reed

Rheinhardt

 

Media Liaison Officer for GenSyn

Schwartz

 

aide to Marshal Aaltonen

Shao Shu

 

First Steward at Chun Hua’s mansion

Shao Yen

 

major in Security friend of Meng Hsin-far

Shen Chen

 

son of Shen Fu

Shen Fu

 

The First Dragon, Head of the Ministry (‘The Thousand Eyes’)

Shepherd, Alexandra

 

wife of Amos Shepherd and daughter of CharlesMelfi

Shepherd, Amos

 

great-great grandfather of Hal Shepherd chief advisor to Tsao Chj’un and architect
of City Earth

Shepherd, Augustus

 

son of Amos Shepherd

Shepherd, Augustus

 

Raedwald

 

great grandfather of Hal Shepherd

Shepherd, Beth

 

daughter of Amos Shepherd

Shu Liang

 

senior legal advocate

Shu San

 

junior minister to Lwo Kang

Su Tung-p’o

 

Han official and poet of the eleventh century

Svensson

 

Marshal in Security

Tai Yu

 

‘Moonflower’, maid to Gustav Ebert a GenSyn clone

Teng

 

common citizen of Chung Kuo

Teng Liang

 

Minor Family princess betrothed to Prince Ch’eng I

Trish

 

artificial intelligence ‘filter avatar’ in Jake Reed’s penthouse apartment

Ts’ao Pi

 

‘Number Three’ steward at Tsao Ch’un’s court in Pei Ch’ing

Tsao Ch’I Yuan

 

youngest son of Tsao Ch’un

Tsao Ch’un

 

ex-member of the Chinese politburo and architect of ‘the Collapse’. Mass murderer
and tyrant, ‘creator’ of Chung Kuo

Tsao Heng

 

second son of Tsao Ch’un

Tsao Hsiao

 

Tsao Ch’un’s elder brother

Tsao Wang-po

 

eldest son of Tsao Ch’un

Tsu Chen

 

one of the original Seven advisor to Tsao Ch’un

Tsu Lin

 

eldest son of Tsu Chen

Tsu Shi

 

steward to Gustav Ebert a GenSyn clone

Tsu Tiao

 

T’ang of West Asia

Tu Mu

 

assistant to AlisonWinter at GenSyn

Wang An-Shih

 

Han official and poet of the eleventh century

Wang Hui So

 

one of the original Seven advisor to Tsao Ch’un

Wang Lung

 

eldest son of Wang Hui So

Wang Yu-lai

 

cadre and servant of the Ministry (‘The Thousand Eyes’). Instructed to report back
on Jiang Lei Wei a judge

Weo Shao

 

chancellor to Tsao Ch’un

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