Cast

Cast of Characters

The Heroes

Io – Computer based, abiological entity

Chris Simpson / Armis – Young woman with an eiditic memory. Former student at M.I.T. She’s Io’s co-conspirator.

The U.S. Government

James Witford Maguire – assassinated President of the U.S.

William Howard Taft Ellis – Maguire’s VP who came to be the President

Howard ‘BlackJack’ Patton – Marine Corps Commandant, Head of the Joint Chiefs and Ellis’ National Security Director

Dorothy Huston – Speaker of the House of Representatives

Mary MacDowell – U.S. Senator.

J. Donaldson Eastman – Chief Justice of the United States

The Military and Former Military

Samuel Redstone – Lt. Cmdr. and commander of SEAL Team 9. Full-blooded Cree Indian.

Robert Melchior – Lt. and XO of SEAL Team 9

Raven Dubois -- Senior Master Chief. The most senior non-com in SEAL team 9. Black as the ace of spades, she is a Louisiana Creole.

Arthur Thornton -- Senior Master Chief. Second senior non-com in SEAL team 9. Short and hard, he is the proverbial fire plug. Tough and mean.

Arthur Drumore – Admiral and commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet

Catherine Tremont -- Rear Admiral, XO of the U.S. Fifth Fleet

Abe Kennedy – former Recon Marine. Member of Armis’ specialty troops. Black man.

Billy Joe Hawkins – former SEAL. AKA B.J. Former red-neck from Arkansas. Senior member of Armis’ specialty troops.

Avis MoKenna – black, female former U.S. Ranger. Large, heavily muscled. Expert in unarmed combat. Member of Armis’ specialty troops.

Jarvis McCutcheon – former SAS. Member of Armis’ specialty troops.

Devon Stormwinder – former SEAL. Relatively small, wiry. Explosives expert. Member of Armis’ specialty troops.

Carolyn Osgood – former Recon Marine. 2^nd in charge, member of Armis’ specialty troops.

Religious Persons

Pope Antonio (Catholic Church) – Black, Kenyan Pope

Archbishop Roberts (Anglican Church)

Patriarch Malenkov (Russian Orthodox Church)

Patriarch Kosakis (Green Orthodox Church)

Thomas LaPaige (Christ’s Golden Chalice Church)

Others

Abu Mohammed – leader of the Kalifi Islamist movement, new Sheik of the Kalifate of Islam

Faisal III – Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

Edgar Sorenson – N.Y.Times investigative reporter.

J. Fredrickston Harmony – ‘Jeff’ – manager of a Chicago mutual fund, profits to various charities

Hardstick Sam – Chief of the Sho-Pai Indians and President of the Shoshone-Paiute Nation

Bright Feather Redstone – Chief of the Cree and President of the Cree Nation, uncle of Samuel Redstone

Imogen Haugen – Norwegian, Secretary General of the United Nations

Aiko – Empress of Japan

Hiro Sato – Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan

Sahana Gandhi – female, Prime Minister of the Republic India

Merhandish Jain -- male, President and head of state of the Republic of India

Pelo Ma’alangu – Colonel of the Free People’s Army, Jamhuri ya Kati Africa

Ivan Sgonski – President of the Russian Federation

Liu Shou – President of the Republic of Greater China

Elmore Haversham – Prime Minister of Great Britain

Gersten Meine – Prime Minister of Germany

Philippe Montroge – President of France

Tor Nilsson – Energy Minister of Norway and of the EU

Ibrahim Malenkov – Brother of Russian Patriarch Malenkov and member of the Duma

Bruska Meinshmidt -- PhD in Physics

Astrid M’Batu – South African woman. PhD in Molecular Biology

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