by Vance Huxley
Davie - Soldier who deserts to come and find Marcie, his one love, bring weapons
Marcie - Ex-prostitute, founder member of the Sinners.
Nita aka The Librarian - A founder member of the Sinners, religious, dedicated to protecting her son and Cyn Palace, the library
London Defence Committee: - A group of people co-ordinating groups of gangs to defend their areas when the Army attack
Judge - Chairman
# - Intelligence, a nameless, tall slim man who might be the spymaster
Methusalah - Black woman, a civil engineer who will advise on creating tank traps
Ronin - A large oriental man who is a demolitions expert and can build shaped charges
The Reivers - Scottish Highlands - founders were 258 survivors from the massacre of Glasgow, now several thousand strong
Bruce - Leader - ex Black Watch
Angus - Ex-Black Watch - wife and three bairns killed by artillery, trains fighters
Hamish - Leader of the small fleet of fishing boats helping feed the Reivers.
Kendrik - Man with an idea for stopping tanks
Lisa - Vengeful wetsuit swimmer with breathing gear
Maeve - Widow who lost an arm fighting, family killed by artillery, now organises supplies
Marvin - ‘Skipper’ of the Ugly Duckling
European Mercenaries - Remnants of national armies offered sanctuary if they fight
Klaus - Oberfeldwebel Klaus Huber, Sniper, ex German Army with a daughter
Lost Lambs: SAS Troopers - Last of 17 left behind when the Army evacuated the Middle East
Stones - Demolition – Harold’s best friend before the Crash
Dobbin - Linguist - trooper named Ryder
Tez - Marksman - ginger-headed trooper, always complaining
Nosy - Signals & linguist - trooper named Parker
Chips - Demolition - trooper named Carpenter
Static - Signals & FAC (Forward Air Control) trooper
Fakit - (First Aid Kit) - Medic - trooper
Euboea - 600 miles to South of Bosnia-Hertz
Ferdy - SAS trooper (shot in the ass book one)
SA80 - British Army rifle, now replaced as it was designed for urban warfare
L129A1 - British Army rifle issued to marksmen (not a sniper rifle). Now replaced
Starscope – Light gathering telescopic sights -excellent visibility in very poor light
7X64 Rifle – Calibre often used for deer or boar hunting in Europe (Ruhika)
.375 H&H – Holland and Holland originally manufactured this calibre for hunting big game. In parts of Africa big game hunting with anything less is forbidden. (Emmy)
.308 - Common hunting calibre although not many hunting rifles in UK (Harold has 2)
.303 - Old British Army calibre (Alfie)
30-30 - Winchester underlever calibre (Patty)
.22 Rifle - Small calibre used in many indoor ranges. Suitable for killing small vermin and hunting rabbits. Custom built target rifles can be very accurate up to three hundred yards but are badly affected by wind.
Stilus gladio fortior - The Pen is mightier than the Sword
Si tamen habes in gladio - But if you also have a Sword?
