Upsetting the Balance
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)
| HUMANS | |
| A NIELEWICZ , M ORDECHAI | Jewish partisan, eastern Poland |
| Archie | Military Hospital Orderly, Chicago |
| Auerbach, Rance | Captain, U.S. Cavalry, Syracuse, Kansas |
| B EAVERBROOK , L ORD | British Minister of Supply |
| Berkowitz, Benjamin | Captain, U.S. Army; psychiatrist, Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| Beulah | Receptionist, Hanford, Washington |
| B LAIR , E RIC | BBC newsreader and author, London |
| Calhoun, Jake | Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army |
| C HILL , K URT | Wehrmacht Lieutenant General, Pskov, USSR |
| Chung, Horace | Laundryman, Lewiston, Idaho |
| Daniels, Peter (“Mutt”) | Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Chicago |
| D EIBNER , K URT | Nuclear physicist, Tübingen,Germany |
| Doc | Physician, Chicago |
| Donnelly | Bomb disposal expert, U. S. Army Chicago |
| Dölger | Wehrmacht captain, Pskov, USSR |
| Edie | Whore, Lewiston, Idaho |
| E INSTEIN , A LBERT | Physicist, Couch, Missouri |
| E ISENHOWER , D WIGHT | U.S. Army General, Couch, Missouri |
| Embry, Ken | RAF pilot, grounded in Pskov, USSR |
| Eschenbach, Wolfgang | Panzer loader, Rouffach, Alsace |
| F ERMI , E NRICO | Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado |
| Fleishman, Bertha | Jew in Lodz, Poland |
| Fred | RAF Flight Sergeant, Watnall England |
| Friedrich | Partisan, Eastern Poland |
| George | Local resident, Hanford Washington |
| G ERMAN , A LEKSANDR | Partisan Brigadier, Pskoc, USSR |
| G ODDARD , R OBERT | Rocket expert, Couch, Missouri |
| Goldfarb, David | RAF radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Gorbunova, Ludmila | RAF pilot |
| Grillparzer, Gunther | Panzer gunner near Breslau Germany |
| G ROVES , L ESLIE | Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado |
| Gruver, Solomon | Jewish fireman in Lodz, Poland |
| Gus | Private, U.S. Army, Chicago |
| Hagerman, Max | Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army |
| H ALIFAX , L ORD | British ambassador to the United States |
| Henry | RAF man, Nottingham England |
| Henry, Marjorie | Physician, Hanford Idaho |
| Hexham | Colonel, U.S. Army, Denver Colorado |
| Hines, Rachel | Escapee from Lakin, Kansas |
| Hipple, Fred | RAF Group Captain, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Ho Ma | Midwife, refugee camp west of Shanghai |
| Horton, Leo | RAF Radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Hou Yi | Dung-beetle show man, Peking |
| Howard | Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado |
| Hsia Shou-Tao | People’s Libreation Army officer, China |
| H ULL , C ORDELL | U.S. Secretary of State |
| Jacobi, Nathan | BBC newsreader, London |
| Jacobs | Private, U.S. Army, Chicago |
| “Jacques” | French farmer near Ambialet |
| Jäger, Heinrich | Panzer colonel, Rouffach, Alsace |
| Jerzy | Partisan, eastern Poland |
| Jimmy | Stretcher-bearer, Chicago |
| Johannes | Panzer driver near Breslau, Germany |
| Jones, Jerome | RAF radarman in Pskov, USSR |
| Karpov, Feofan | RAF colonel south of Moscow |
| Kennan, Maurice | RAF Flight Lieutenant, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Kipnis, Jakub | Interpreter, Lizard POW camp in Poland |
| Larssen, Jens | Nuclear physicist with the Mettalurgical Laboratory |
| Lidov, Boris | Colonel, NKVD |
| Liu Han | Peasant woman in refugee camp south of Shanghai |
| Magruder, Bill | Lieutenant, U.S. Cavalry , Syracuse, Kansas |
| Mather, Donald | Captain, Special Air Service, Dover, England |
| Mavrogordato, Panagiotis | Captain of tramp freighter Naxos |
| Maxwell | Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado |
| Meinecke, Klaus | Panzer gunner, Rouffach, Alsace |
| M OLOTOV , V YACHESLAV | Foreign commissar, of the USSR |
| Muldoon, Herman | First sergeant, U.S. Army Chicago |
| M USSOLINI , B ENITO | Italian Fascist leader, Couch, Missouri |
| N IEH H O -T’ ING | People’s Liberation Army officer, China |
| Nigel | RAF corporal, Watnall, England |
| Nordenskold, Morton | Colonel, U.S. Army, Lamar, Colorado |
| Norma | BBC worker, London |
| Nussboym, David | Jew in Lodz, Poland |
| O’Neill, Red | Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army |
| Okamoto | Major, Japanese Army |
| Oscar | Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado |
| Pete | U.S. Army sentry, Denver, Colorado |
| Pirogova, Tatiana | Red Army sniper, Pskov, USSR |
| Porlock | Supply officer, Minneapolis |
| R IBBENTROP , J OACHIM VON | German Foreign Minister |
| Roundbush, Basil | RAF Flight Officer, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Russie, Moishe | Jewish refugee and broadcaster, London |
| Russie, Reuven | Son of Moishe and Rivka Russie |
| Russie, Rivka | Moishe Russie’s wife |
| Schultz, Georg | German soldier working as RAF mechanic |
| Sholudenko, Nikifor | NKVD officer |
| Silberman, Pinchas | Jew in Lodz, Poland |
| S KORZENY , O TTO | SS Standartenfürher |
| Smithers | British Army major |
| Smitty | Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado |
| S TALIN , I OSEF | General Secretary, Communist Party of the USSR |
| Stanegate, Fred | British soldier |
| Stansfield, Roger | Royal Naval Commander; captain HMS Seanymph |
| Stella | Barmaid, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Summers, Penny | Escapee from Lakin, Kansas |
| Summers, Wendell | Escapee from Lakin, Kansas; Penny’s father |
| Szabo, Bela (“Dracula”) | Private, U.S. Army, Chicago |
| S ZILARD , L EO | Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado |
| Szymanski, Stan | Captain, U.S. Army, Chicago |
| Terence | Storekeeper, Couch Missouri |
| Tompkins | Major, U.S. Army, Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| V ASILIEV , N IKOLAI | Partisan brigadier, Pskov, USSR |
| Wiggs, Ralph | RAF meteorologist, Bruntingthorpe, England |
| Yeager, Barbara | Sam Yeager’s wife |
| Yeager, Jonathan | Son of Sam and Barbara Yeager |
| Yeager, Sam | Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado |
| “Yetta” | Telephone operator, Lodz, Poland |
| York, Hank | Radioman, U.S. Army, Chicago |
| THE RACE | |
| Atvar | Fleetlord, conquest fleet of the Race |
| Diffal | Security officer |
| Ekretkan | Casualty, St. Alban’s, England |
| Elifrim | Airbase commander, southern France |
| Hisslef | Base commandant, Siberia |
| Hossad | Killercraft pilot |
| Innoss | Airbase armorer, southern France |
| Jisrin | Killrcraft pilot |
| Kirel | Shiplord, 127th Emperor Hetto |
| Msseff | Reasercher in China |
| Nejas | Landcruiser commander, Alsace |
| Nivvek | Killercraft pilot |
| Pshing | Adjutant to Atvar |
| Ristin | Prisoner of war, Denver , Colorado |
| Rokois | Assistant to Pshing |
| Skoob | Landcruiser gunner, Alsace |
| Sserep | Killercraft pilot |
| Straha | Shiplord, 206th Emperor Yower |
| Teerts | Flight leader, prisoner of war, Tokyo |
| Tessrek | Researcher in human psychology |
| Ttomalss | Researcher in human psychology |
| Ullhass | Prisoner of war, Denver, Colorado |
| Ussmak | Landcruiser driver, Alsace |
| Vesstil | Shuttlecraft pilot for Straha |
| Wuppah | Smallgroup commander, Chicago |
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