Read The White Mountain Online
Authors: David Wingrove
THE DEAD
Aaltonen | Marshal and Head of Security for City Europe |
Alex | close friend of Jake Reed and fiancée of Jenny; Security Captain in Special Forces |
Anders | a mercenary |
Anderson | Director of âThe Project' |
Ascher, Mary | mother of Emily Ascher |
Ascher, Mikhail | junior credit agent in the Hu Pu (the Finance Ministry) and father of Emily Ascher |
Ascher, Walter | Account Overseer for Hinton Industries |
Bakke | Marshal in Security |
Barrow, Chao | member of the House of Representatives Dispersionist |
Barycz, Jiri | communications officer for the Wiring Project |
Bates, Alan | English actor |
Beatrice | daughter of Cathy Hubbard, granddaughter of Mary Reed |
Berdichev, Soren | owner of the SimFic Corporation and leading Dispersionist |
Big Wen | a landowner |
Boss Yang | an exploiter of the people |
Branagh, William | King of Wessex |
Brogan, Margaret | Old Ma Brogan, resident of Church Knowle |
Buck, John | Head of Development at the Ministry of Contracts |
Buckland, Eddie | farmer from Corfe |
Captain Sensible | English pop musician |
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 Te | Han soldier member of Jiang Lei's bodyguard |
Chang Yan | guard on the Plantations |
Chang Yi Wei | senior brother of the Chang clan owners of MicroData |
Chang Yu | Tsao Ch'un's new appointment as First Dragon, during the War of Liberation |
Chao Ni Tsu | Grand Master of wei chi and a 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 Ro | Song Dynasty painter |
Cheng Yu | one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Ch'un, subsequently T'ang |
Chi Fei Yu | a usurer |
Chi Lin Lin | legal assistant to Yang Hong Yu |
Chin Shih Huang Ti | the First Emperor |
Ching Su | friend of Jiang Lei |
Chiu Fa | Media commentator on the Mids news channel |
Cho | Han soldier servant to Wang Yu-lai |
Cho Yi Yi | Master of the Bedchamber at Tongjiang |
Chris | close friend of Jake Reed, gay partner of Hugo and multi-millionaire industrialist |
Christie, Julie | English actress |
Chung Hsun | âloyalty' a bond servant to Li Shai Tung |
Coldplay | an English pop group |
Cooke, Dick | farmer from Cerne Abbas |
Cooper, Charlie | son of Jed and Judy Cooper |
Cooper, Jed | husband of Judy Cooper and father of Charlie and John |
Cooper, John | son of Jed and Judy Cooper |
Cooper, Judy | wife of Jed Cooper and mother of Charlie and John |
Cooper, Will | farmer from Corfe |
Croft, Leopold | father of Becky |
Croft, Rebecca | âBecky', daughter of Leopold, with the lazy eye |
Curtis, Tim | Head of Human Resources, GenSyn |
Daas | DAAS4 â the Data Automated Analysis System â an enhanced intelligence unit belonging to Hinton Industries |
Dag | a mercenary |
Denny, Sandy | English folk singer |
Depp, Johnny | American actor |
Dick, Philip K. | American science fiction writer |
Douglas, John | businessman and Dispersionist |
Drake, Nick | English folk singer |
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 GenSyn director |
Ebert, Wolfgang | financial genius and co-founder of GenSyn (Genetic Synthetics) |
Einor | a mercenary |
Ellis, Michael | assistant director on the Wiring Project |
Endfors, Jenny | wife of Knut Tolonen and mother of Jelka Tolonen |
Fan Chang | a member of the original Seven, and 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 eighteenth century |
Fan Ti Yu | son of Fan Chang |
Feng I | Colonel in charge of Tsao Ch'un's elite force |
Fest | lieutenant in Security |
Fu Jen Maitland | Stefan Lehmann's mother |
Gaughan, Dick | Scottish folk singer |
Gessell, Bent | leader of the Ping Tiao |
Gifford, Dick | farmer from Corfe and son of Ted |
Gifford, Ted | farmer from Corfe and father of Dick |
Goodman, Frank | farmer from Langton Maltravers |
Gosse | elite guard at the Domain |
Grant, Thomas | Captain in Security |
Griffin, James B. | Sixtieth president of the United States of America (the 69 States) |
Grove, Dick | resident of Corfe |
Gurney, Tom | watchman from Corfe |
Haavikko, Knut | major in Security |
Haavikko, Vesa | sister to Axel Haavikko |
Haines, Billy | landlord of The Wessex Arms in Wool |
Hamilton, Jack | landlord of The Quay Inn in Wareham |
Hammond, Joel | official on the Wiring Project |
Hammond, Matthew | butcher from Church Knowle |
Hart, Dr | doctor from Church Knowle |
Hendrix, Jimi | American rock guitarist |
Heng Chi-po | Li Shai Tung's Minister of Transportation |
Henrik | a mercenary |
Hewitt | lieutenant to Branagh, leader of a horse patrol |
Hinton, Charles | CEO of Hinton Industries |
Hinton, George | Senior Executive at Hinton Industries |
Hinton, Henry | âHarry', Head of Strategic Planning, Hinton Industries |
Ho | Steward Ho, body servant of Jiang Lei when in the field |
Ho Ti | ancient Han emperor; conqueror of Europe |
Horsfield, Geoff | historian and resident of Corfe |
Hou Hsin-Fa | one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Chun and subsequently T'ang |
Hsieh Ho | art critic and author of The Six Principles |
Hsu Jung | friend of Jiang Lei |
Huang Tzu Kung | Seventh Dragon servant of the âMinistry', âthe Thousand Eyes' |
Hubbard, Beth | second daughter of Tom and Mary Hubbard |
Hubbard, Cathy | eldest 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 | youngest daughter of Tom and Mary Hubbard and girlfriend of Peter Reed |
Hubbard, Tom | farmer, resident of Church Knowle, husband of Mary and father of Beth, Meg and Cathy; best friend of Jake Reed |
Hugo | close friend of Jake Reed and gay partner of Chris, acclaimed classical composer |
Hui | receptionist for GenSyn |
Hui Chang Ye | Senior Legal Advocate for the Chang clan |
Hung | Tsao Ch'un's spy in Jiang Lei's camp |
Hung Feng-chan | Chief Groom, Tongjiang |
Hwa | a master âblood', or to-the-death fighter from below the Net |
Jenny | a close friend of Jake Reed and fiancé of Alex |
Jiang Ch'iao-chieh | eldest daughter of Jiang Lei |
Jiang Chun Hua | wife of Jiang Lei |
Jiang Lei | general of Tsao Chun's Eighteenth Banner Army, also known as Nai Liu |
Jiang San-chieh | youngest daughter of Jiang Lei |
Joel | senior engineer in the datscape for Hinton Industries |
Jones, Micky | lead guitarist of Man, a Welsh rock band |
Jung | steward to Tobias Lamme |
Kan Ying | the Roman Emperor, Domitian |
Kao Jyan | assassin |
Kao Tzu | ancient Chinese philosopher |
Karl | a mercenary |
Ku | Marshal of the Fourth Banner Army |
Kurt | Chief Technician at GenSyn |
Kustow, Bryn | American, friend of Michael Lever |
Lahm, Tobias | Eighth Dragon at the âMinistry', âthe Thousand Eyes' |
Lampton, Sir Henry | Head of Security, Hinton Industries |
Lao Jen | Junior Minister to Li Shai Tung |
Leggat, Brian | farmer from Abbotsbury |
Lehmann, Pietr | Under Secretary of the House of Representatives, father of Stefan Lehmann and leader of the Dispersionists |
Li Han | soldier, servant to Wang Yui-lai |
Li Chang So | sixth son of Li Chao Ch'in |
Li Chao Ch'in | one of the original Seven, advisor to Tsao Ch'un and subsequently T'ang |
Li Fa Han | soldier and technician, working for Jiang Lei |
Li Fu Jen | third son of Li Chao Ch'in |
Li Hang Ch'i | great-great-grandfather to Li Shai Tung |
Li Han Ch'in | first son of Li Shai Tung and heir to City Europe |
Li Kuang | fifth son of Li Cao Ch'in |
Li Peng | eldest son of Li Chao Ch'in |
Li Po | T'ang Dynasty poet |
Li Shai Tung | T'ang of City Europe and father of Li Yuan |
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 |
Little Bee | maid to Wang Hsien |
Liu Ke | Han soldier; member of Jiang Lei's bodyguard; an adept at the pi-p'a or Chinese lute |
Lo Wen | granddaughter of Jiang Lei |
Lovegrove, John | farmer from Purbeck |
Lu Tung | merchant; third cousin to Lu Wang-pei |
Lu Wang-pei | third cousin of Lu Tung |
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 |
McKenzie, Liam | owner of The Stables in Dorchester |
Ma Feng | Han soldier; member of Jiang Lei's bodyguard |
Mao Shao Tu | senior servant to Li Chao Ch'in |
Man | Welsh rock band |
Mao Liang | Minor Family princess and member of the Ping Tiao Council of Five |
Mao Tse T'ung | first Ko Ming emperor of China (ruled AD 1948â76) |
Mason, Harry | landlord of the Thomas Hardy inn in Dorchester |
Melfi, Charles | father of Alexandra Shepherd |
Meng Tzu | Chinese philosopher, better known as Mencius, third century BC |
Mi Feng | âLittle Bee'; maidservant to Wang Hsien |
Ming Hsin-Fa | senior advocate for GenSyn |
Ming Huang | T'ang dynasty emperor; the Purple Emperor |