Empire Rising

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

(A COMPLETE CAST OF CHARACTERS IS PROVIDED IN ADDENDUM.)

KEVIN HARDISON, chief of staff

CHRISTINE O’CONNOR, national security advisor

NELSON JENNINGS, secretary of defense

STEVE BRACKMAN (Captain), senior military aide

XIANG CHENGLEI, president of China and general secretary of the Party

HUAN ZHIXIN, chairman, Central Military Commission

BAI TAO, prime minister

SHEN YI, Politburo member

YANG MINSHENG, head of President Xiang’s security detail

MARK HODSON (General), Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

MEL GARRISON (General), Chief of Staff, Air Force

GRANT HEALEY (Admiral), Chief of Naval Operations

ELY WILLIAMS (General), Commandant of the Marine Corps

VANCE GARBIN (Admiral), Commander, Pacific Command

CARL KRAE (Major General), Commander, Cyber Warfare Command

MICHAEL WALKER (Rear Admiral), Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command

TIM MOSS (Rear Admiral), Program Executive Officer (Submarines)

MURRAY WILSON (Captain), Commanding Officer

PAUL GREENWOOD (Lieutenant Commander), Executive Officer

KASEY FAUCHER (Lieutenant Commander), Engineering Officer

KELLY HAAS (Lieutenant Commander), Supply Officer

KARL STEWART (Lieutenant), Weapons Officer

STEVE CORDERO (Lieutenant), Junior Officer

KRIS HERNDON (Lieutenant), Junior Officer

JOE ALEO (Commander), Medical Officer

JEFF WALKUP (Chief Electronics Technician), Radioman

SAM WALSH (Machinist Mate Second Class), Torpedoman

BILL COATES (Electronics Technician Second Class), Quartermaster

ALEX HARROW (Captain), Commanding Officer

HELEN CORCORAN (Captain), Air Wing Commander

SUE LAYBOURN (Captain), Combat Direction Center (CDC) Operations Officer

MICHAEL BERESFORD (Lieutenant Commander), Officer of the Deck

NATHAN REYNOLDS (Lieutenant), Conning Officer

CHARLES “CJ” BERGER (Captain), Commanding Officer

EMIL JONES (Captain), Air Wing Commander

TIM POWERS (Captain), Executive Officer

DEBBIE KENT (Captain), Combat Direction Center (CDC) Operations Officer

ANDREW FELLOWS (Commander), Chief Engineer

RAMSEY HOOTMAN (Commander), Commanding Officer

TED WINSOR (Lieutenant Commander), Executive Officer

DON MILLER (Lieutenant), Weapons Officer

MIKE LAND (Lieutenant), Junior Officer

ARMANDO HOGARTH (Lieutenant), Junior Officer

RANDY BAUGHMAN (Commander), Commanding Officer

BECK BURRELL (Lieutenant), Officer of the Deck

JIM LATHAM (Commander), Commanding Officer

JOHN MILLIGAN (Lieutenant Commander), Executive Officer

COLBY MARSHALL (Petty Officer First Class), Fire Control Technician

JOHN MCNEIL (Commander), SEAL Team Commander

JAKE HARRISON (Lieutenant), SEAL Platoon Officer in Charge (OIC)

DAN O’HARA (Chief Special Warfare Operator), SEAL Platoon Chief

DREW GARRETSON (Special Warfare Operator First Class), Communicator

TRACEY MARTIN (Special Warfare Operator Second Class), Breacher

KELLY ANDREWS (Special Warfare Operator Second Class), Rappeler

TSOU DESHI (Fleet Admiral), Commander, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy

GUO JIAN (Admiral), Commander, East Sea Fleet

CAO FENG (General), Commander, Fourth Department

ZHANG ANGUO (General), Commander, Nanjing Military Region

ZHOU PENGFEI (Captain), Commander, 34th Hong Niao Missile Battery

CHENG BO (Captain), Officer-in-Charge, East Sea Fleet Command Center

ZENG YONG (Commander), Commanding Officer, submarine CNS Chang Cheng

ZHAO WEI (Commander), Commanding Officer, submarine CNS Jiaolong