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Cast of Characters
RASTANI STORYLINE
Ayatollah Professor Arman Rastani – Iranian Ayatollah and Professor
Dr Liadan O’Riordain – Irish Catholic theologian
Farzan Rastani – Rastani’s younger son
Sami – Rastani’s childhood friend from Iran, now a surgeon in London
Yasin Masood – Metropolitan Police, Counter Terrorism Command
Gina – Sami’s wife
Erfan Rastani – Rastani’s elder son, lives in Iran, married to a professor
Rabbi Goldman and Rabbi Margulies – Rabbis in Sami’s Shul
Mr Levitt – a trustee at Sami’s Shul
Mr Amjadi – a banker, an admirer of Rastani (one of the ‘Cabal’)
Arifa Haider – student of Liadan and admirer of Rastani
Imran Haider – cousin of Arifa
Auntie Muna Haider – Imran’s mother
Sabir Haider – Arifa’s father
Uncle Hisham Haider – Imran’s father
Uncle Suhayl – Imran’s and Arifa’s uncle
Nasrin – Arifa’s sister, a lawyer
Kahil – Arifa’s brother-in-law, married to her sister Nasrin; also a lawyer
Zainab – Arifa’s cousin
Hassan Ali – Shi‘a scholar, student and follower of Rastani, a Baghdadi now based in Najaf
Christopher Mountwell – Theologian and spiritual director, runs St Winefrid’s retreat house
Delfina Mountwell – Christopher’s daughter, theologian and spiritual director
Sheikh Zahid – Salafi sheikh, befriends Rastani
Ghalib Maouche – Algerian, former terrorist who renounces jihadist violence
Jabir Talwar – takfiri extremist group leader
ATAMAR STORYLINE
Atamar Anagul – Turkmen horse-breeder, former Soviet operative, defected to al-Qa‘ida, ambivalent off-on relationship to al-Qa‘ida since
Wazir Haddad – Number 3 in al-Qa‘ida
Sheikh Osama – Osama bin Laden
Tilki – Atamar’s cousin
Abu Mutazz – Sunni insurgency leader in Baghdad
Qadr – insurgency leader and trainer in Iraq
Asif, Sayid, Taysir, Majid – four young Londoners who travelled to Iraq for jihad
Faruq Bahjat – Atamar’s alias when infiltrating ShieldCorp
Mick, Kevin – managing staff at ShieldCorp
Ford, Dazza, Jon, Tim, Dave – mercenaries working for ShieldCorp
Douglas Windham – CEO of ShieldCorp
Hassan Ali – Shi‘a scholar, student and follower of Rastani, a Baghdadi now based in Najaf
Abbas Sahib – Shi‘a militia leader in Baghdad
Numan – logistics man working for al-Qa‘ida in London
Abu Ma‘awiya – recruiter for al-Qa‘ida in London
Usman Badayev – Chechen warlord
Abdul-Jabbar – English convert to Islam, has fought jihad in Iraq
KOZHEVNIKOV STORYLINE
Aleksandr Kozhevnikov – Russian former Spetsnaz operative, now high-ranking in Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)
Lobodin – Head of SVR
Mikhail Vasilyevich – Kozhevnikov’s long-time boss and mentor in SVR
Pankratov – Head of FSB, Russian Federal Security Bureau
Andrei – Kozhevnikov’s colleague
Darya – Andrei’s wife
the Wolf – alias for Atamar Anagul
Warren Vickers – aide and protégé of Cheney, director of Chester Brampton
Giles Chalmers – Head of the British Security Service, MI5
George Mundie – UK Higher Defence Academy
Morag Argent (‘Moz’) – Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police of London
Reverend Zachary Rance – self-styled expert on Islam
Sona Amjadi – wife of a rich Iranian banker
Charles Dunwell-Hayes – former Conservative Minister of Defence and a director of Chester Brampton
Imogen Dunwell-Hayes – Charles’ wife
Douglas Windham – CEO of ShieldCorp
Stiles – Windham’s lawyer
Yuri – one of Kozhevnikov’s team
Rick – Senior Investigating Officer in Special Operations 15, the Metropolitan Police