An Inch of Ashes (47 page)
Authors: David Wingrove
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 |
Berdichev, Soren | | head of SimFic (Simulated Fictions) and leader of the Dispersionists |
Big Wen | | a ‘landowner’ |
Boss Yang | | an exploiter of the people |
Buck, John | | Head of Development at the Ministry of Contracts |
Ch’engl | | Minor Family prince and son of Ch’eng So Yuan |
Ch’eng So Yuan | | Minor Family head |
Chang Hsuan | | Han painter from the eighth century |
Chang Lai-hsun | | nephew of Chang Yi Wei |
Chang Li Chen | | Junior Dragon, in charge of drafting the Edict 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 |
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 Yei | | a 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 |
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 K. | | 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 |
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 America |
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. 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’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 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 Kuan g | | 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 Edict 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 |
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 first century |
Pan Tsung-yen | | friend of Jiang Lei |
Pave] | | 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 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 |
Shen Chen | | son of Shen Fu |