Characters
Doug Owens – suspect pursued by CIA and rogue Rockwell Security Chief
Maria – Doug’s love interest, becomes his wife
Grady White – FBI Deputy Director, head of Cybercrime Task Force, Owens benefactor
POTUS – President of the United States
Richard Ingram – CIA Director pursuing Owens
Sam Doidge – CIA Analyst, Owens friend at CIA
William, “Bull” Connors – Director of Security at Rockwell Anaheim, former FBI Agent, Owen’s nemesis
Bob Andrews – Deputy Director of Security under Connors, Owen’s friend
Dr. James Brown – Owen’s boss at CIA
Aldridge Ames – the mole
Gary Burnett – Program Manager, Rockwell/Boeing, Owen’s Boss on Gunship
Dr. Vladimir Zuyev – Director of the Soviet Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Tomsk, Siberia
POTUS (President Of The United States) – General Raymond Nakamura, US Army, Head of US Cyber Command, Director of NSA
Major General Lee Evans – US Army – In Charge of Raid
General Seong Han-gyeol – S. Korean Major General – Deputy to Evans. Head of North Korean defector forces conducting the raid.
Brigadier General Phil Hodges – US Army in charge of design, construction of Training Model/testing operations in S. Dakota
Narayan Burman – developer of E-Bomb prototype while a student at The Engineering Academy in Mumbai, India
Seong Dae-hyun – brother of General Seong Han-gyeol, Vogo executive, boat captain and pilot during the raid
Grady White – Deputy FBI Director in charge of FBI Cybercrime Task Force – later promoted to US Attorney General
Maria Owens – wife of Doug, Aide to Grady White with numerous assignments, friend of Choi Mi-sun involved with family defector, Ghost aAuthor of biography written to influence North Korean youth on advantages of living in America
Doug Owens – former scientist with Rockwell/Boeing, Cyber forensics team leader on Cybercrime Task Force, replaces for White following promotion
Richard Ingram – Deputy Director CIA, liaison between FBI, CIA and Justice Dept providing Intelligence for indictments against Black-Hat Hackers
Sam Doidge – former CIA analyst, FBI Cybercrime Task Force team recruiter, in charge of E-Bomb procurement, recruitment of young polymath interns working for FBI on attribution
William Connors – FBI Agent in charge of bad-actor data base supporting Justice Dept. litigation
Frank Alden – FBI Task Force Chief of Security
Hyon Kyu-young (nee Choi Ji-hoon – North Korean defector) – classmate with Owens pursuing a masters degree in cybercrime forensics, member of FBI Cybercrime Task Force, leader of Raid.
Choi Mi-sun – K-pop Singing star, older sister of Choi Ji-hoon, involved in her own defection, and that of her parents and her brother, close friend of Maria
General Raymond Nakamura, US Army – Head of US Cyber Command, Director of NSA, becomes US President
Zhao Chia-Hao – Chinese Embassy Officer, becomes President of China upon death of Xi Jinping
Zhao Kai-ming – daughter of Chai-Ho, Rhodes Scholar, future wife of Tomás Aguilar
Grady White – US Attorney General becomes US Vice President
Maria Owens – wife of Doug, aide to Grady White
Doug Owens – former engineer with Rockwell/Boeing, leader of Cyber crime Task Force, replaces White as Director of FBI
Tomás (Tommy) Aguilar – Member of FBI Cybercrime Task Force, future husband of Kai-ming Zhao
Richard Ingram – Deputy Director CIA, becomes Director of CIA
Lt. General Steve Berman – Director DIA
Ehmet Tursun – Uyghur attorney from Xinjiang now living in WDC, Author of book detailing his incarceration and torture by the Chinese, influences Uyghurs to assist in attack on ASAT facilities.
Lei-mei – Head of both the CIA Reconnaissance and Special Ops teams sent to Xijiang to sabotage Chinese ASATs
Bailal – Uyghur tribesman, guide and integral member of teams sent to surveil and attack ASATs
Choi Ji-hoon – North Korean defector, Former member of FBI Cybercrime Task Force, leader of raid on North Korean RGB, Deputy to Interim North Korean president with downfall of Kim Jong-un.
Viktor Mikhailov – Russian snoop who uncovers the ASAT sabotage plot