John Birmingham

Without warning

CHARACTER LIST

PARIS

Caitlin Monroe (aka Cathy Mercure): Echelon senior field agent posing as

international eco warrior and London-based political activist

‘Aunty’ Celia Wickstead: English member of The Sorry Committee

Maggie Leigh: American member of The Sorry Committee

Monique Duroc: French political activist, member of The Sorry Committee

Dr Stйphane Colbert: Groupe Hospitalier de la Pitiй-Salpкtriиre

Bilal Baumer (aka al Banna): Cell Master, al-Qaeda in Europe

Nicolas Sarkozy: French Minister of the Interior

Captain Marcel Rolland: 1er Rйgiment d’Infanterie

Bernard Lacan: Director, Action Division, DGSE

Wales Larrison: Echelon’s Paris controller

Monty Pearson: chief of staff, BBC Paris bureau

Noordim ul Haq: Indonesian-born Jemaah Islamiyah commander

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

James Kipper: chief engineer with Seattle City Council

Barney Tench: deputy chief engineer with Seattle City Council

Barbara Kipper: James’s wife, and mother of six-year-old Suzie

Heather Cosgrove: engineering intern at Seattle City Council

Marv Basco: sanitation engineer at Seattle City Council

Dave Chugg: water engineer at Seattle City Council

Rhonda Thiess: secretary to the chief engineer, Seattle City Council

Aaron Metz: Microsoft executive

Malcolm Vusevic: Constitutional Convention delegate from Spokane, WA

NORTHCOM, GUANTANAMO BAY

Brigadier General Tusk Musso: US Marine Corps lawyer, acting commander of

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Lieutenant Colonel George Stavros: aide to Musso, acting 2IC of Guantanamo Bay

Naval Base

Ensign April Oschin: USN sysop, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Major Eladio Nuсez: Cuban Army officer

Lieutenant Jenny Kwan: US Marine Corps, Incident Response Unit

Sergeant Guilio Gutteres: US Marine Corps, Incident Response Unit

Captain Vincente Бlvarez: Cuban Army officer

Professor Norman Griffiths: US National Laboratory

Lieutenant Dan McCurry: US Navy

Chief Petty Officer Strom Lundquist: US Coast Guard

Sergeant Les Carlyon: US Marine Corps

General Alano Salas: Venezuelan Marine Infantry commander

PACIFIC OCEAN/ACAPULCO

Pete Holder: Australian-born skipper of the Diamantina

Mr Lee: first mate on the Diamantina

Julianne Balwyn: daughter of English nobility, Diamantina crew member

Fifi Lamont: ship’s cook on the Diamantina

Sergeant Narayan Shah: formerly of Her Majesty’s Royal Gurkha Regiment

Corporal Birendra: formerly of Her Majesty’s Royal Gurkha Regiment

Private Thapa: formerly of Her Majesty’s Royal Gurkha Regiment

Private Subba: formerly of Her Majesty’s Royal Gurkha Regiment

Private Sharma: formerly of Her Majesty’s Royal Gurkha Regiment

Miguel Pieraro: contracted beef hauler for McDonald’s

Rhino Ross: former CPO, United States Coast Guard

Dietmar Dietz: navigator

Henry Cesky: Brooklyn-based construction magnate

Larry Zood: internet pornographer

Phoebe St John: survivor, heiress, from Boston

Jason St John: survivor, heir, from Boston

Denby Moorhouse: Basel-based merchant banker

Marc Unwin: oil broker

Lars Havel: Norwegian ship’s mate

Mariela Pieraro: Miguel’s wife

Pankesh Daxa: Sri Lankan chief engineer, Aussie Rules

Rohan van der Meuwe: Dutch ship’s engineer, Aussie Rules

Urvan Plost: Dutch ship’s engineer, Aussie Rules

QATAR/KUWAIT

Bret Melton: former US Ranger, veteran Army Times foreign correspondent

Sayad al Mirsaad: Jordanian journalist with Al Jazeera news agency

Captain Christian Lohberger: US 7th Cavalry

Lieutenant Leo Euler: US 7th Cavalry

Sergeant-Major Bo Jaanson: US 7th Cavalry

Specialist Vincent Alcibiades: US 7th Cavalry

Corporal Tucson Shetty: US 7th Cavalry

Sergeant Fryderyk Milosz: Polish GROM squad leader

Colonel Rudi Molenz: Israeli Air Force pilot

PACOM, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII

Admiral James Ritchie: US Navy

Captain Andrew McKinney: PA to Admiral Ritchie

Colonel Brian Maccomb: US Army’s 500th Military Intelligence Brigade

Jed Culver: Louisianan attorney

Commander Damon Oakshott: US Navy aide to Admiral Ritchie

Asher Warat: Israel’s envoy to the United States

Governor Linda Lingle: Republican senator, Governor of Hawaii

Lieutenant General Stephen Francis Murphy: Commander, US Army, 25th Infantry

Division

CENTCOM,DOHA

General Tommy Franks: Commander of the United States Central Command

BRUSSELS

General JL Jones: Commander of the United States European Command

SOUTHCOM, COMAYAGUA, HONDURAS

Lieutenant Colonel Susan Pileggi: Acting Commander, SOUTHCOM

FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON

General Jackson Blackstone: US Army, Commander, Fort Lewis

Major Ty McCutcheon: US Air Force, aide to General Blackstone

ONE DAY

14 MARCH, 2003

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HOSPITAL, PARIS