Simonis smiled wolfishly. “You’ll love the Pentagon.”
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Commander Jerry Mitchell, Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Commander Bernie Thigpen, Executive Officer
Lieutenant Commander Philip Sobecki, Chief Engineer
Lieutenant Steven Westbrook, Supply Officer (“the Chop”)
Lieutenant David Covey, Weapons Officer
Lieutenant Russell Iverson, Main Propulsion Assistant
Lieutenant Kiyoshi Iwahashi, Damage Control Assistant
Lieutenant (j.g.) Quela Lymburn (“Q”), Assistant Weapons Officer
Lieutenant (j.g.) Stuart Gaffney, Sonar Officer
Senior Chief Sonar Technician Halleck, Sonar Division Chief Petty Officer
Lieutenant Commander Gill Adams, Executive Officer, USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)
Gregory Alexander, U.S. Director of National Intelligence
Milt Alvarez, White House Chief of Staff
Rear Admiral Wayne Burroughs, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Commander Bruce Dobson, Commanding Officer, USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)
Malcolm Geisler, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Allison Gray, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Senator Lowell Hardy (D-CT), former captain of USS Memphis (SSN 691)
Admiral Bernard Hughes, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations
Captain Glenn Jacobs, Commander, Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 15 Chief Staff Officer
Andrew Lloyd, U.S. Secretary of State
Evangeline McDowell, President’s secretary
Kenneth L. Myles, President of the United States
Commander Scott Nevens, Commanding Officer, USS North Carolina (SSN 777)
Commander Ian Pascovich, Commanding Officer, USS Texas (SSN 775)
Dr. Joanna Patterson, U.S. National Security Advisor
James Randall, Vice President of the United States
Captain Charles Simonis, SUBRON 15
Commander Richard Walker, SUBRON 15 Operations Officer
Robert Eldridge, U.S. Ambassador to India
Admiral Jing Fei, Commander, People’s Liberation Army Navy
Lieutenant/Major Li Shen, intelligence officer, People’s Liberation Army
General Shi We, Chinese Minister of National Defense
Lieutenant General Tian Ju, Commander, Hong Kong Garrison
Major General Yeng Gan, Chinese Defense Attaché to the United States
Xi Ping, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Captain Zhang Bo, Commander, Hong Kong Garrison Naval Brigade
Jascha Churkin, former Spetsnaz commando and Kirichenko’s deputy
Captain Yetim Sergievich Gribov, Master of the icebreaker 50 Years of Victory
Vice Admiral Ivan Loktev, Deputy Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet
Admiral Yuri Kirichenko, Russian Navy (Ret.), former Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet
Anton Kulik, former Russian naval officer and technician working on Chakra’s overhaul
Captain Mishin, Russian Naval Attaché to the United States
Evgeni Orlav, former Russian naval officer and technical expert on Russian nuclear weapons
Captain First Rank Aleksey Igorevich Petrov, Russian Navy (Ret.), former captain of Russian submarine Severodvinsk
Arkady Vaslev, Russian Ambassador to the United States
Captain First Rank Viktor Zhikin, Commanding Officer of the 328th Expeditionary Rescue Squad
Valery Zykov, Russian diplomat and Washington station chief for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
Vice Admiral Badu Singh Dhankhar, Commander of the Eastern Fleet
Larraj Handa, President of India
Gopan Jadeja, Indian Foreign Minister
Vishnu Kumar, Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
Captain Mitra, Supervisor of the Visakhapatnam Shipyard
Commander Fali Gandhi, Visakhapatnam Shipyard Weapons Engineer
Shankar Pathak, Indian Prime Minister
Captain Girish Samant, former Commanding Officer of the submarine Chakra
Special Director Ijay Thapar, Deputy Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
Commander Maahir Jain, Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Commander Kumar Rakash, First Officer
Lieutenant Jal Kirit, Combat Systems Officer
Lieutenant Harish Kota, Navigator
Chief Petty Officer Patil, senior sonar rating
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Larry Bond is the author of Lash-Up, Shattered Trident, and numerous New York Times bestselling thrillers, including Cold Choices, Vortex, Cauldron, and The Enemy Within. A former naval intelligence officer, warfare analyst, and antisubmarine technology expert, he makes his home in Springfield, Virginia. You can sign up for email updates here.