Authors: David Wingrove
The Art of War (38 page)
DISPERSIONISTS
Barrow, Chao | Representative of the House in Weimar |
Berdichev, Soren | head of SimFic (Simulated Fictions) and leader of the Dispersionists |
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 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 | | 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 Po | | T’ang dynasty poet |
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 Minster of the Edit of Technological Control |
Ma Shao Tu | | senior servant to Li Chao Ch’in |
Maitland (Fu Jen) | | Stefan Lehmann’s mother |
Mao Tse T’ung | | first Ko Ming emperor of China (ruled 1948–1976 |
Melfi, Charles | | father of Alexandra Shepherd |
Ming Hsin-far | | senior advocate for GenSyn |
Nai Liu | | ‘Enduring Willow’; pen name of Jiang Lei and the most popular Han poet of his time |
P’eng Chuan | | Sixth Dragon at the Ministry (‘The Thousand Eyes’) |
P’eng K’ai-chi | | Nephew of P’eng Chuan |
Palmer, Joshua | | ‘Old Josh’, record collector |
Pan Chao | | the great hero of Chung Kuo, who conquered Asia in the 1st century AD |
Pan Tsung-yen | | friend of Jiang Lei |
Pavel | | Young worker on the Plantations |
Pei Ko | | one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Ch’un |
Pei Lin-Yi | | eldest son of Pei Ko |
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 Jane 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 |
