Power and Empire

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

Jack Ryan: President of the United States

Scott Adler: Secretary of state

Mary Pat Foley: Director of national intelligence

Robert Burgess: Secretary of defense

Jay Canfield: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Arnold “Arnie” van Damm: President Ryan’s chief of staff

Gary Montgomery: Special agent in charge of Presidential Protection Detail, U.S. Secret Service

John Clark

Domingo “Ding” Chavez

Jack Ryan, Jr.

Dominic Caruso

Adara Sherman

Bartosz “Midas” Jankowski

Gavin Biery

Lisanne Robertson: Campus director of transportation

Monzaki Yukiko: Japanese intelligence operative

Lieutenant Commander Andrew Slaznik: MH-65 Dolphin helicopter pilot

Petty Officer 2nd Class Lance Kitchen: Dolphin rescue swimmer

Lieutenant Commander Jimmy Akana: Captain

Petty Officer 2nd Class Raymond Cooper: RQ-20 Puma operator

Lieutenant Junior Grade Steven Gitlin

Chief Petty Officer Bill Knight

Chief Petty Officer Bobby Rose

Petty Officer Peavy

Petty Officer Ridgeway

Dave Holloway: Captain

Zhao Chengzhi: General secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Huang Ju: Colonel, Central Security Bureau; President Zhao’s principal protection officer

Li Zhengsheng: Foreign minister

Xu Jinlong: Lieutenant general, People’s Liberation Army; director of Central Security Bureau

Ma Xiannian: General, People’s Liberation Army

Long Yun: Colonel, Central Security Bureau; Foreign Minister Li’s principal protective officer

Eddie Feng: Taiwanese journalist

Magdalena Rojas: Thirteen-year-old victim of sex trafficking

Blanca Limón: Thirteen-year-old victim of sex trafficking

Ernie Pacheco, aka Matarife (The Slaughterer)

Lupe: “Bottom girl” who works for Matarife

Emilio Zambrano: Upper boss in cartel

Roy Calderon: Texas Department of Public Safety trooper

Kelsey Callahan: FBI special agent, commander of the Dallas Crimes Against Children Task Force

John Olson: Special Agent, FBI, on CAC Task Force