CAST OF CHARACTERS
MAJOR JASON RICHTER, U.S. Army, commander Task Force TALON
DR. ARIADNA VEGA, Ph.D., deputy commander Task Force TALON
CAPTAIN FRANK “FALCON” FALCONE, USAF, operations and intelligence officer Task Force TALON
FIRST LIEUTENANT JENNIFER MCCRACKEN, USMC, deputy commander for operations Task Force TALON
CID PILOTS
HARRY DODD, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Task Force TALON
MIKE TESCH, formerly of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Task Force TALON
SAMUEL CONRAD, President of the United States
SERGEANT MAJOR RAYMOND JEFFERSON, U.S. Army, National Security Adviser
THOMAS F. KINSLY, Chief of Staff
GEORGE WENTWORTH, Attorney General
KELSEY DELAINE, director of Federal Bureau of Investigation
SPECIAL AGENT JANICE PERKINS, Kelsey DeLaine’s assistant and bodyguard
CHRISTOPHER J. PARKER, Secretary of State
LEON POINDEXTER, U.S. ambassador to United Mexican States
ALEXANDER KALLIS, director of National Intelligence
RUSSELL COLLIER, Secretary of Defense
GENERAL GORDON JOELSON, USAF, commander U.S. Northern Command
JEFFREY F. LEMKE, Secretary of Homeland Security
JAMES A. ABERNATHY, director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ANNETTE J. CASS, U.S. Attorney, southern district of California
BRUNO WATTS, FBI deputy assistant director for counterterrorism; new FBI commander of Task Force TALON
ANGELICA PIERCE, Special Agent in Charge, FBI San Diego field office
OPERATION RAMPART PERSONNEL
BRIGADIER GENERAL RICARDO LOPEZ, national deputy director of the Army National Guard, commander of Operation Rampart
GEORGE TRUJILLO, deputy director of Customs and Border Protection, deputy commander of Operation Rampart
CAPTAIN BEN GRAY, USAR, Rampart One, Boulevard California
SERGEANT MAJOR, JEREMY NORMANDIN, USAR, Rampart One
BORDER PATROL AGENTS
PAUL PURDY
ALBERT SPINELLI
ROBERT “RAIDER” O’ROURKE, nationally syndicated radio talk-show personality in Henderson, Nevada
FAND KENT, producer, Bob O’Rourke’s The Bottom Line radio talk show
GEORGIE WAYNE, sound engineer, Bob O’Rourke’s The Bottom Line radio talk show
COMMANDER HERMAN GEITZ, American Watchdog Project
UNITED MEXICAN STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
MS. CARMEN MARAVILLOSO, President of the United Mexican States
FELIX DÍAZ, Minister of Internal Affairs, Director-General of the Political Police
JOSÉ ELVAREZ, deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, director of operations of the Political Police and Sombras (Special Investigations Unit)
HECTOR SOTELO, Minister of Foreign Affairs
GENERAL ALBERTO ROJAS, Minister of National Defense
RAFAEL NAVARRO, Attorney General
ARMANDO OCHOA, deputy consul general, United Mexican States consulate, San Diego
MAJOR GERARDO AZUETA, border task force commander, Mexican Army
LIEUTENANT IGNACIO SALINAS, company commander, Mexican Army
MASTER SERGEANT JORGE CASTILLO, Mexican Army
ERNESTO FUERZA, “Comandante Veracruz,” drug and human smuggler
YEGOR VIKTORVICH ZAKHAROV, former Russian oil company executive and oligarch, military leader of the Consortium terror group
SMUGGLERS
VICTOR FLORES
MARTÍN ALVAREZ
LUIZ VASQUEZ