Linda Haley--Don and Marcia’s adult daughter
Chad Bailey--Brit who used to work for MCI/computer programmer and communications engineer, cornflower blue eyes and chestnut brown hair, slightly crooked front teeth and a mild overbite.
Doctor Dale Lewis--physician, an old black country doctor with a good heart and white hair.
Nurse Hawkins--Dr Lewis’s nurse
Lieutenant Dan Osaka--Former USAF Academy Cadet, 6’1” tall, skinny at 140 pounds, black hair. Has become a sniper of note, in spite of having only one eye. He lost the other one at the Battle of Bluebird Hill fighting for The Freeholds in The Dying Time: Impact.
The Native Americans, Mountain Men and Others
Susan Redfeather, 5’6” tall, lithe and sexy. Long, dark brown hair and a button nose. Lethal warrior.
Daniel Windwalker, Cheyenne tribe war leader, tall and thin and looks rawhide-strong. His long black hair frames a face whose main features are two deep-set, steel-gray eyes, that can be deathly scary in combat, a large hooked nose and a wide mouth. Think Daniel Day Lewis in the movie “Last of the Mohicans.”
Raymond Stormcloud, Cheyenne warrior, tracker, 5’10” tall, 165 pounds of puma-like grace and fury.
Mitchell Stonehand, Cheyenne warrior, former owner of a large, successful, heavy equipment construction company, 6’1” tall, 230 pounds, stout and solid as a block of marble.
Minowayuh, war leader of the Utes, around 5’8” tall, lean and wiry, smile reveals a gold-capped incisor. Superb rifle shot.
Earl Baker, a white-haired mountain man who nomads around with his wife Bobbi, his daughter Marci and his sons, Lake and Zeb. A former mining engineer and demolitions expert, now part of the Cheyenne tribe.
Arnold Begay, a Navaho gunsmith in charge of armaments for the Provo Air Force.
Dr. Jason Merriman, physician who runs a travelling hospital and pharmacy. A fat man in lean times. Think sadistic Santa.
Citizens of Deseret
Bob Young--Former Mayor of Provo Utah and current President of Deseret, Bob was medium height, with a bit of middle-age spread. He wore his brown hair in a flat-top cut that had been out of style since roughly the decade he was born. He didn’t care. He got elected by virtue of strong integrity, decent morals, a sterling reputation and being a “Young” in Utah. He held onto that post and became leader of the Nation of Deseret by making good decisions and following through.
His wife, Betty, six years younger, has a sky blue eyes, sharp features, sharper insights and pained smiles. She wears her auburn hair in a pony tail. In addition to working in the hospital, she teaches others about canning and other forms of long term food storage.
Adam Young, Bob’s brother, Colonel, Nation of Deseret, leader of their armed forces, 5’7” tall, 145 pounds. A man with outsized courage and who, though small, has always stood tall on principle.
Walt Beeman, a tall, lanky, former lieutenant in the 101st Airborne, turned cowhand after The Dying Time. Speaks with a heavy Texas drawl. Wheat straw hair, pale blue eyes, large, knobby, callused and cracked hands, used to brutally hard work.
Cheryl Cummins, Captain and later Major, Deseret Defense Force, a tall woman with chestnut brown hair she wears short so it won’t get in the way of her helmet. Brown eyes, fair skin but with a spray of freckles across her nose. She lost her father, Ed, twelve years before on a scouting mission to California.
Martin Dinelli, travelling tinker, electrical engineer. An average-sized man with dark, Italian good looks. A charmer, who fancies himself a bit of a James Bond with the ladies.
Malcolm and Charity Kirkwell, balloonists in the Provo Air Force.
Able Emery, a short, muscular aircraft mechanic with a bald spot and thinning sandy hair, faded blue eyes and sober, withdrawn personality.
Jason Banda, a medium height black man with short gray hair and pale brown eyes. A former F-18 pilot full of confidence, who knows he should be in command of the Provo Air Force instead of Michael.
Brian Adams, a scholarly looking “kid” in his early thirties whose ambition was to rebuild a paper mill--because, as he put it, “No paper, no civilization.”
Faith Gilcrest, a tall brunette who earned her pilot’s license when she was only twelve years old and who was the youngest person ever to fly solo around the world according to Guiness.
Roy Thomas, a former dealer from Las Vegas
Dennis White a journeyman plumber. Roy and Dennis could have been brothers. Both were six feet tall with thinning brown hair, brown eyes, prominent noses and bushy, graying beards. Both were of medium build and from any distance farther than ten feet, it was hard to tell them apart.
The Californians
Joseph (Joey the Giant) Scarlatti, King of California, lives up to his nickname at 7’4” tall, 360 pounds of rock solid muscle. Enormous, freakish strength and enough intelligence to hide it from his boss before The Dying Time. Long blonde hair, ice-blue eyes and a nose broken many times. Projects an unclean aura that makes those near him uneasy. Cannibal pedophile and enjoys it, but is actively rebuilding civilization inside his Empire. That, plus the strength of his army and network of informers keep his subjects from rebelling.
John and Anthony Scarlatti, identical twin sons of Joey, 7’ 2” tall, 320 pounds. Anthony, the eldest by two minutes, dresses casual but projects the airs of a Prince. John dresses military, but fears dentist drills so much he has bad teeth and breath. Both men are deadly opponents though Anthony is more impulsive. He is also his father’s favorite, which hurts John and causes him to try harder to win his father’s pleasure. John shares some of his father’s perversion in that he likes to maim women before raping them.
Nicolo Bonetti, 6’4” tall, 250 pounds, The epitome of tall, dark and handsome, with wavy black hair and dark brown eyes with lush eyelashes. Fit, with long, lean muscles rather than weightlifter bulges.
Jamal Rashid, Joey’s sometime assassin, sometime ambassador, hatchet-faced with a prominent nose and jug ears, tall and scarecrow thin, with long, stringy, well-oiled black hair and beady black eyes. The paranoid Jamal is always looking over his shoulder.
Richard Kazinsky, Minister of Energy, a one-armed former soldier in the King’s army.
Clarissa Benton, a large-boned, blonde woman, formerly overweight but now fit and strong. Herbalist and healer.
Will Benton, a make-up artist with the Ministry of Information, Will is a big, bald, man with a graying brown beard and mustache and a gap-toothed smile.
Patricia (Trish) Benton, Will and Clarissa’s daughter, blonde hair she dyes mousy brown to appear drab. Trish has alert, intelligent, deep blue eyes and a quick mind. She uses her father’s make-up skills to transform herself from beautiful to ugly and from trim to stout before leaving the relative safety of their home.
Sergeant Donovan, King’s army, former KKK cross-burner
Private George Greyson, King’s army, witnessed Jason Banda splatter Sergeant Donovan and became a preacher.
Allan Hoffman, Captain, King’s army, overweight and not too bright but smart enough to cooperate when captured by Michael.
Doctor (PhD) Raoul Garcia--Scientist, Genius, Inventor. A small, intense man of pure Castilian decent, whose family had settled California generations before the Gold Rush, Raoul betrayed his aristocratic bearing by routinely tripping or slipping and wounding himself.
Sara Garcia--Surgeon, Raoul’s granddaughter, short curly brown hair and warm gray eyes, not beautiful, but highly intelligent and tougher than cured concrete. Only she and Raoul know the control codes for the satellite laser weapon called The Sunflower that King Joseph so desperately wants.
Benjamin Quarles, Minister of Education. A medium height black man with frizzy white hair and upright posture, bushy white eyebrows. A pragmatic man who talks straight, even to Joseph Scarlatti.
The ISS Crew (24 total, 18 women, 6 men)
General Alice Anderson--USA--Project Genesis mission commander, brunette. tough as seasoned oak on the outside, more tende
r than she cares to admit on the inside.
Commander Clark Kent--Great Britain--Zero G Construction Engineer, carrot reddish hair, pale blue eyes. Bass guitar and vocals.
Colonel-General Pavel Yurimentov--Russia--Cosmonaut, Husband of Ludmilla
Colonel Ludmilla Gagarin--Pavel’s wife, mother of first baby born on the moon, a boy named Yuri (after her grandfather) A small attractive woman with gray eyes, curly brown hair a pert nose and slightly crooked teeth.
Christine Jorgensen--USA--Botanist (She prefers “farmer”), mother of first baby born in space, on the ISS, a girl named Angela Jorgensen Kent, a tall, blonde, Minnesota Swede with baby blue eyes.
Yuri Gargarin, the first baby born on the moon, has his father’s lean build, his mother’s gray eyes and his famous grandfather’s drive to be first. 12 years old. Adventurous and highly intelligent.
Angela Kent, daughter of Commander Clark Kent and Christine Jorgensen. The first child born in space. 12 years old.
Mia Torno--Italy--Cartographer/Geophysicist, smooth olive complexion, hair so dark brown it’s almost black, Keeps her hair in a single large braid, gentle brown eyes
Suzy Yakamoto--Japan--Geophysicist/Mining Engineer, Black hair, dark brown eyes, ivory skin.
Dr Sari Vindushanti--India--OBGYN and General Physician, a small, dark woman with huge, deep brown eyes, very pretty and popular with the men
Captain Henri Dupree--USA/Canada--Aurora pilot, Blue-black skin and frizzy black hair. Keyboard and Vocals. Also plays a mean jazz harmonica.
Heinz Obermann--Germany--Electrical Engineer, Blonde, wavy hair, brown eyes, muscular, small. A classical violinist who can fiddle when Henri goes jazzy.
Olivia de Garza--Argentina--Structural/Mechanical Engineer, Think Catherine Zeta Jones in her prime, with a dramatic sense of humor. Excellent soprano.
Pauolo Guzman-Garcia--Brazil--Machinist, Tool & Die Maker, Master mechanic who fits the bill of small, dark and handsome perfectly. Guitar.
Kenny Chang--China--Chemical Engineer, black hair, brown eyes, slender build and a bit of a geek, if a martial artist can be a geek.
Marissa Riley--Australia--Computer Engineer & Technician, emerald eyes,
Nyambura Kenyatta--Kenya--Agronomist
Zarita Morshidi--Indonesia--Chef and Pharmacist, dark brown hair and eyes, a charmingly crooked smile
Linette Laverne--France--Waste Management Engineer. A medium brunette with cerulean blue eyes, a narrow face and a charming French accent. A dancer who plays clarinet.
Leila Yoruba--S. Africa--Astrophysicist, percussionist.
Mary Adams--Canada--Aurora Pilot, pale green eyes, dark brown hair, porcelain skin, flexible as a gymnast.
Ceilia Olafsdotter--Iceland--Vulcanologist, Aquamarine eyes, platinum hair
Isabella Cortez--Spain--Meteorologist, guitar.
Linda Green--Great Britain--Hydrologist, chestnut hair, sky blue eyes
Aeriella Goldstein--Israel--Surgeon, Aaron Goldstein’s sister
Elena Montoya--Mexico--Lunar Geologist
Rana Hamide--Turkey--Industrial engineer, short, tightly curled brown hair, large brown eyes, a wide smile full of bright teeth.
Connie Cho--S Korea--Mathematician, Emergency Medical Tech, violinist
Leia Morshidi, Zarita’s daughter, named for Princess Leia of Star Wars, 11 years old
Hans Riley-Obermann, son of Heinz Obermann and Marissa Riley, 11
The Troubled Land Band
Jacques and Denise Lachelle--Keyboard and Piano (him), Vocals and Rhythm guitar (her), Troubled Land Band, Jacques and Denise, inseparable as wine and song, her, 5’2” “short,” with delicate, almost dainty features and coffee colored skin, heavy on the cream, complimented by large doe eyes framed by long, thick lashes. He was average height, though lean, with slightly darker, rougher skin from past acne and tightly coiled black hair. He had a sunny disposition, backed by a dazzling smile, moved with a kick-boxer’s agility and played piano with zeal.
Chris Herrera, 5’ tall, 98 pounds, a tiny and delicate beauty with blue-black hair, lustrous brown eyes, flawless skin and more courage than men twice her size.
Ken Bilardi, fiddler/violinist who volunteered to ferry messages between Nephi and Provo for the allies.
And finally: The Appendix
APPENDIX: HELPFUL SITES AND PRODUCTS
I hope you find these sites as useful as I have
Shelf Reliance--http://www.thrivelife.com/home
Augason Farms--http://www.augasonfarms.com
The Ready Store--http://www.thereadystore.com In addition to great products they post some pretty cool articles if you sign up for their newsletter.
Provident Pantry--http://beprepared.com/
Best Prices Storable Foods--http://www.internet-grocer.net I love this place.
Honeyville Grains--http://store.honeyvillegrain.com
GrainMaker--http://www.grainmaker.com The one I want.
Wondermill Junior grain mill--http://thewondermill.com
Olive Garden--http://www.olivegarden.com
Water Purification: AquaRain 400 (Superb Product)--http://www.internet-grocer.net/aqua.htm I’ve been using one of these for almost five years without a hitch;
Katadyn--http://www.nitro-pak.com/water-storage/water-storage/water-filters Along with the LifeStraw below this is what I’d take camping or backpacking;
Berkey (Possibly as good as the AquaRain)--http://www.berkeyfilters.com/berkey-water-filters/systems/?gclid=CL-dod6MtrkCFSRyQgodnTQAgw and
LifeStraw www.vestergaard.com I keep one of these in each vehicle, just in case.
MRE’s--http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/StoreFront
Mountain House Freeze Dried Food--http://www.thereadystore.com/food-storage/brand/mountain-house
Eneloop rechargeable batteries--http://us.sanyo.com/eneloop/About-eneloop-Batteries As far as I’m concerned these are the best rechargeable batteries out there.
Croc’s--http://crocsmexicangrill.com
All American Sun Oven--http://www.sunoven.com Excellent equipment, easy to use. Every Prepper should have one.
Brown Palace--http://www.brownpalace.com/?_vsrefdom=brownpalace-ppc&gclid=CNXP_MOOtrkCFShxQgod1G8A8A
Grainger--www.grainger.com/
Motorola MH 230 R Two way radios
Pet Smart--http://www.petsmart.com
UCO wind & waterproof matches
Alpineaire Freeze Dried Food--http://www.rei.com/brand/AlpineAire
Preparedness Pro--http://www.preparednesspro.com
American Prepper’s Network--http://americanPreppersnetwork.com Simply one of the best go to sources for any and all information about Prepping.
Special Forces Guerrilla Warfare Manual--available at your favorite book retailer.
The Improvised Munitions Black Book--available at your favorite book retailer.
Gunsmithing the AR15 by Patrick Sweeney--available at your favorite book retailer
Survival Nurse--available at your favorite book retailer.
Ditch Medicine--available at your favorite book retailer.
The Survival Medicine Book by Doctor Bones and Nurse Amy (Doom and Bloom)--available at your favorite book retailer.
The Prepper Pages: A Surgeon’s Guide to Scavenging Items for a Medical Kit and Putting Them to Use While Bugging Out by Dr. Ryan Chamberlain--available at your favorite ebook retailer.
Yaesu VX 6R Handie Talkie
The Hostile Hare--http://www.hostilehare.com All about how to raise rabbits for food, which is a really good idea.
Backyard Poultry Magazine--http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com Raising chickens, ducks, turkeys and more.
Backwoods Home Magazine--http://www.backwoodshome.com All about homesteading and self-reliance. An absolute must have.
Countryside & Small Stock Journal--http://www.countrysidemag.com Another must have for any Prepper.
Urban Farm Magazine--http://www.hobbyfarm.com Extremely useful and informative articles.
The Mother Earth News--http://ww
w.motherearthnews.com An oldie but still one of the best sources for information on homesteading and gardening.
Home Power Magazine--http://homepower.com You want to go off grid or just keep the power on at your house or homestead this is the magazine for you.
Self Reliance Illustrated--http://www.selfrelianceillustrated.com Like the American Prepper’s Network, this site has a terrific forum for information exchange.
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