Threat Vector

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

JOHN PATRICK “JACK” RYAN: President of the United States

ARNOLD VAN DAMM: the President’s chief of staff

ROBERT BURGESS: secretary of defense

SCOTT ADLER: secretary of state

MARY PATRICIA FOLEY: director of national intelligence

COLLEEN HURST: national security adviser

JAY CANFIELD: director of the Central Intelligence Agency

KENNETH LI: U.S. ambassador to China

ADAM YAO: operations officer, National Clandestine Service, Central Intelligence Agency

MELANIE KRAFT: reports officer, Central Intelligence Agency (on loan to Office of the Director of National Intelligence)

DARREN LIPTON: senior special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Branch, Counterintelligence Division

ADMIRAL MARK JORGENSEN: United States Navy, commander Pacific Fleet

GENERAL HENRY BLOOM: United States Air Force, commander United States Cyber Command

CAPTAIN BRANDON “TRASH” WHITE: United States Marine Corps, F/A-18C Hornet pilot

MAJOR SCOTT “CHEESE” STILTON: United States Marine Corps, F/A-18C Hornet pilot

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MICHAEL MEYER: United States Navy, SEAL Team Six element leader

GERRY HENDLEY: director of Hendley Associates/director of The Campus

SAM GRANGER: director of operations

JOHN CLARK: operations officer

DOMINGO “DING” CHAVEZ: operations officer

DOMINIC CARUSO: operations officer

SAM DRISCOLL: operations officer

JACK RYAN, JR.: operations officer/analyst

RICK BELL: director of analysis

TONY WILLS: analyst

GAVIN BIERY: director of information technology

WEI ZHEN LIN: president of the People’s Republic of China/general secretary of the Communist Party of China

SU KE QIANG: chairman of the Central Military Commission of China

WU FAN JUN: intelligence officer, Ministry of State Security, Shanghai

DR. TONG KWOK KWAN, aka “CENTER”: computer network operations director of Ghost Ship

ZHA SHU HAI, aka “FastByte22”: Interpol-wanted cybercriminal

CRANE: Leader of “Vancouver Cell”

HAN: factory owner and high-tech counterfeiter

VALENTIN OLEGOVICH KOVALENKO: Ex — SVR (Russian foreign intelligence) assistant rezident of London Station

TODD WICKS: territory sales manager of Advantage Technology Solutions

CHARLIE “DARKGOD” LEVY: amateur hacker

DR. CATHY RYAN: wife of President Jack Ryan

SANDY CLARK: wife of John Clark

DR. PATSY CLARK: wife of Domingo Chavez/daughter of John Clark

EMAD KARTAL: ex — Libyan intelligence officer, communications specialist