The Moscow Offensive

Cast of Characters

STACY ANNE BARBEAU, president of the United States of America

EDWARD RAUCH, president’s national security adviser

LUKE COHEN, White House chief of staff

SCOTT FIRESTONE, admiral, U.S. Navy, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

KEVIN CALDWELL, admiral, U.S. Navy, director of the National Security Agency

JOHN DALTON FARRELL, governor of Texas and presidential candidate

ANDREW DAVIS, head of Governor Farrell’s security detail, former sergeant in the Iron Wolf Squadron and U.S. Army Special Forces

FRANK JAMESON, owner, Jameson Construction

MARTIN CROWN, chief executive officer, Regan Air Freight

HALSEY STUTZ, chief financial officer, Regan Air Freight

TED LOCKE, director of flight operations, Regan Air Freight

RAFAEL DÍAZ, special agent in charge, U.S. Secret Service

CAPTAIN PAUL FRASER, U.S. Air Force, pilot of HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue helicopter, Barksdale Air Force Base

COLONEL DANIEL KIM, U.S. Air Force, chief of security for Strategic Command Bunker, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

TEAM SERGEANT CASIMIR “KAZ” OSTROWSKI, U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group

LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE) CARLY DE MELLO, U.S. Navy, radar officer, E-2C Hawkeye 2000

LIEUTENANT TIM LAYTON, U.S. Navy, Combat Information Center officer, E-2C Hawkeye 2000

COMMANDER DENNIS NINOMIYA, U.S. Navy, executive officer, CG-53 MOBILE BAY

LIEUTENANT BRIAN THORSON, U.S. Navy, tactical action officer, CG-53 MOBILE BAY

CAPTAIN BLAIR POLLOCK, U.S. Navy, commander, Naval Base San Diego

KARL ERICSON, National Cable News, broadcast engineer

AMY MAGUIRE, National Cable News, audio assistant

FRANCIS XAVIER REGAN, Canadian tax exile and billionaire, owner of Regan Air Freight and FXR Trucking, Inc.

KEVIN MARTINDALE, president of Scion, former president of the United States of America

BRAD McLANAHAN, Cybernetic Infantry Device (CID) pilot and XCV-62 Ranger pilot, Iron Wolf Squadron

PATRICK McLANAHAN, Iron Wolf Squadron training and intelligence expert, former lieutenant general, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

MAJOR NADIA ROZEK, Polish Special Forces officer, attached to Iron Wolf Squadron as a CID pilot, and as copilot and systems operator for XCV-62 Ranger

WAYNE “WHACK” MACOMBER, commander, Iron Wolf Squadron CID operations, former major, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (ret.)

IAN SCHOFIELD, commander, Iron Wolf deep-penetration unit, former captain in Canada’s Special Operations Regiment

SAMANTHA KERR, operative, Scion Intelligence

MARCUS CARTWRIGHT, operative, Scion Intelligence

DAVID JONES, operative, Scion Intelligence

HUNTER “BOOMER” NOBLE, Ph.D., chief of aerospace engineering, Sky Masters Aerospace, Inc.

JASON RICHTER, colonel, U.S. Army (ret.), Ph.D., chief executive officer

HELEN KADDIRI, Ph.D., president and chair of the board

RICHARD WITT, Ph.D., cyberneticist

GENNADIY ANATOLIYVICH GRYZLOV, president of the Russian Federation

VIKTOR KAZYANOV, minister of state security

IVAN ULANOV, president’s private secretary

MIKHAIL ARONOV, Ph.D., chief cyberneticist for the State Cybernetics Factory

CAPTAIN YURI BEZRODNY, commander, disguised special operations ship Brodyaga

LIEUTENANT SERGEI ROZONOV, commander, Spetsnaz detachment assigned to Brodyaga

MAJOR VASILY DRAGOMIROV, field operative for Russian military intelligence (GRU)

CAPTAIN EDUARD NAUMOV, technical officer, GRU Ninth Directorate

CAPTAIN DMITRY LEONOV, 22nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade

SENIOR SERGEANT ANDREI ISAYEV, 22nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade

COLONEL GENERAL VLADISLAV NIKITIN, commander, Southern Military District

MAJOR GENERAL MAXIM BOROVKOV, chief of staff, Southern Military District

COLONEL IVAN ZAITEV, commander, S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile battalion

RAZRESHENIYE KONFLIKTOV USLUGI (CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES) — a private military corporation owned by Gennadiy Gryzlov

VLADIMIR KURAKIN, president and chief executive officer, former major general in Russia’s special operations forces

KIRILL ARISTOV, commander RKU reconnaissance and security detachment, former Spetsnaz captain

NIKOLAI DOBRYNIN, second in command, RKU recon detachment, former Spetsnaz lieutenant

PAVEL LARIONOV, RKU recon detachment, former Spetsnaz sergeant

YURI ANNENKOV, commander RKU covert flight operations base in Moab, Utah, pilot for converted Boeing 737-200F cruise-missile carrier, former colonel, Russian Air Force

KONSTANTIN USPENSKY, copilot for 737-200F cruise-missile carrier, former major, Russian Air Force

ANDREJ FILIPPOV, ordnance specialist, former major, Russian Air Force

COLONEL RUSLAN BARYSHEV, commander, Kiberneticheskaya Voyennaya Mashina (Cybernetic War Machine) force, former Su-50 fighter pilot, Russian Air Force

CAPTAIN OLEG IMREKOV, KVM pilot, former Su-50 fighter pilot, Russian Air Force

MAJOR VIKTOR ZELIN, KVM pilot, former Su-34 fighter-bomber pilot

MAJOR ALEXEI BRAGIN, KVM pilot, former Su-27 fighter pilot, Russian Air Force

MAJOR DMITRY VESELOVSKY, KVM pilot, former Su-35 fighter pilot, Russian Air Force

CAPTAIN SERGEI NOVIKOV, KVM pilot, former Su-34 fighter-bomber pilot, Russian Air Force

WILLEM DAENIKER, investment banker chosen by Gennadiy Gryzlov to negotiate the secret purchase of Regan Air Freight and FXR Trucking, Inc.

PIOTR WILK, president of Poland, former general in the Polish Air Force and commander of the 1st Air Defense Wing

COLONEL PAWEŁ KASPEREK, F-16 fighter pilot and commander of the Polish Air Force’s 3rd Tactical Squadron

KAROL SIKORA, sergeant, Polish Special Forces, attached to Iron Wolf Squadron deep-penetration unit

TIBOR LUKÁCS, prime minister of Hungary