Characters in the Novel
Adrian “the shuffle” Arungamundo – DJ with Warunga FM Radio and Online.
Angelina Rummunda – Of the Warunga Travel Bureau.
Adam Pope – Owner of no-tattooed-necks.com.
Affilidiaz – A goon involved in arms sales.
Al Nugruunama – Was a wise elder from the Wungoma mob and the namesake for Nugruunama Falls.
Albo Kukurov – A goon formally on Rubenovoff’s payroll.
Almani Hectorovich – A goon.
Amorphous – A killer’s pseudonym for Raphael Dumont.
Anastasia – Media support with Channel 3.
Andrew McNaughty – A young homicide detective helping to avenge the death of McGovern.
Angela Surpentine – Senator and aspiring member for Mud Creek.
Anne-Marie Churgonna – Wulgum Women.
Avril – A language specialist with Southport Command.
Baroness Von Hanssen – A Swedish noble and inaugural director of La Foreste.
Boris Broad – Formally head of Gold Coast Homicide – now head of La Foreste in Australia.
Botanists of WoonXang – A group of Chinese paramilitary.
Brian Lowstep – Brother of Laurie and an offsider of Ron Leader.
Bruce Fisher – Trevor White’s counsel for a judgement hearing.
Cliff – Senior member of the Numbnuts.
Clive Starling – The Face of Gas.
Cameron – A line producer with Channel 3.
Candance – Comms dept. GC command.
Carolyn Shuster – Celine Shastari’s PA.
Celine Shashtari – Stricken CEO of Serendipity Gas.
Chantelle Ugnomundungra – Wulgum Women.
Charmaine Gloucester – The recently appointed Commissioner for The Feds.
Che Long – Female Chinese operative connected to Botanists of WoonXang.
Cheree – A marksman with the Wulgum Women.
Cheryl Dawson – Live in Fright Media.
Chevaughn – Part of Ron Leader’s crew.
Chris Rutunna – Part of Ron Leader’s crew.
Christine – A bar person at The Opinion Hotel, Warunga.
Claret McBride – An impoverished Warunga citizen.
Claude Herring – The central member of PIGNOLIA – a pejorative finance cell in the London Square Mile.
Claudia – A central figure in the La Foreste gambits and partner of Wendy.
Clemence Duranga – Part of Ron Leader’s crew down in Clemsburg.
Clyde – Frederick Canvaso’s offsider in GC Command forensics.
Commissioner DuPont – Federal Police.
Constable O’Shea – A young policeman attending to matters in Brown Acres.
Corby Listener and family – A Warunga family.
Craig – Part of Ron Leader’s crew.
Craig Lesbottom – Promoted from the Community Liaise unit at GC Command.
Cyril – A brainwashed minion with The Holy Vortex.
Darcy O’Shaunessy – South Sydney CIB.
David Otoogaro – A flight gunman with Terry ‘The Stubble’ McCarthy on Gunga Airways.
Debra – Part of Ron Leader’s crew.
Debra Mainwaring – A seasoned media identity and convertee to NTO.
Deputy-commissioner O’Brien – Brisbane command.
Deputy-Superintendent Gilding – A Canadian recruit at Brisbane Command.
Deserai – Homicide partner of detective Curtis Raymond.
Deserai – Wulgum Women.
Dorothy – A mechanic with Terry McCarthy on Gunga Airways.
Dravid – A goon.
Drew McCleary – A Channel 3 reporter who seized an opportunity at Rank Ridge.
Dripnel – Federal police working for Trevor White.
Duncan Smith – A young policeman preyed upon by Craig Lesbottom.
Dwayne – Doorman at The Holy Vortex.
Elizabeth Blackmore – Fossil Fuel executive
Florence Livermore – NEWS SPEWS media outlet online.
Florence Whatala – Wulgum Women.
Francesco – Production head of the Gasification Forum.
Francine Murphy – Runs the local gym at Mud Creek.
Francis O’Reilly – aka Gregory Peters. A double dealer working executive favors.
Frank – ‘Fat Jesus’ of The Holy Vortex.
Frank Canvaso – Head of forensics at Gold Coast command.
Gary – A gas lobbyist originally connected to Clive Starling.
Gary Flenick – Owner of a metal shop in the Canungra industrial estate.
Gary Flu – Australian logistics support for Chinese Intelligence.
Gazza Macpherson – IN THE CULVERT – a sardonic online media outlet.
Gandolf Myers – Gas industry executive on the board of FRIENDS-OF-GAS.
Gladys – Helped Claudia and Wendy roll Georgio off a verandah.
Gladso – An apprentice with Terry ‘The Stubble’ McCarthy on Gunga Airways.
Glenda Morris – Owner of Kilmungra – a large holding with water table toxification issues.
Gregory Peters – aka Francis O’Reilly – A seller of private information running a flower farm for newly-weds.
Gloria – Administrator at The Holy Vortex.
Goron Kukurov – A head goon.
Gradichi Coronova – A Claudia Cardinale look-alike.
Graves – A policeman who died searching for Rayline Carbine years prior.
Grigoran Disperatov – A goon.
Guy Reisenstien – A pseudonym Ron used to talk about real estate.
Harold – An apprentice indigenous aircraft mechanic.
Harry Turnhill – The Mayor of Warunga Shire and a returned VET with fervent belief in sustainability.
Hector – The man behind Angela Serpentine’s slush fund.
Hendrik Von Hanssen – A man who bought Lands of the Simple Shepherd and conspires to make money from gas expansion.
HiHe – A Chinese operative working the Gold Coast.
James Lockhead – Celine Shashtari’s legal spokesperson.
Jong – A killer known as Suzie La More aka Marjorie the nurse.
Jung – A Chinese operative specialising in people-go-missing.
Jefferey Sumulgangooni – WE ARE ALL SUNK TV.
Jenkins – In the Feds with Trevor White.
Kantoozi Sherrmore – Chief reporter with NTO.
Karmody – A policeman who died searching for Rayline Carbine years prior.
Katy – Angela Surpentine’s PA.
Kelp – A patsy goon working for Simonovich.
Kevin – Clemsburg IT guru who runs a servo – associate of La Foreste.
Ku – A Chinese operative related to Tung from counter-intelligence.
Kukorovs – A gangster family with tentacles in the tow truck caper.
Lance – IT expert working for Boris’s team.
Larry – A cousin of Harry Turnhill residing in Tasmania..
Latenzo – Owner of Latenzos bar and restaurant in the ACT.
Laurie Lowstep – Brother of Brian and offsider to Ron Leader.
Lee Kong – A fix-it member of the Chinese elite with a roving commission.
Les Bacon – An interviewee at the Astute Onion murders.
Lenguini and Lenguini – Solicitors for The Holy Vortex.
Leonard Gassle – An interviewee regarding the slayings at The Pussy Paw Motel.
Lippi – A Polynesian cleaner at the Astute Onion Hotel.
Lorenzo – A goon involved in arms sales.
Lorenzo Grensenvarkoski – An interviewee at the service station explosion in Brown Acres.
Lucy Desamundo – Wulgum Women.
Luwana – Wulgum Women.
Mable Rostwheiler – A reporter with Channel 3.
Madame Hu – Senior Chinese operative and influence peddler based at The Gold Coast.
Maisy – The owner of Maisy’s Farm.
Mary Uguundunna – Owner of Baking in the Sun in Warunga.
Margerie – A nurse who is really Suzie La More.
Marvin Rutunna – Part of Ron Leader’s crew.
Matahashi – A federal police officer working for Trevor White.
Matthew Ramsdoodle – Under-secretary to the energy minister.
McGovern – A venerable GC homicide detective helping Tupilano close to retirement.
Meg and Andrew Keepings – Motel owners at Nugruuanama Falls.
Meredith – Line producer with NTO.
Nees Saphriel – One of three La Foreste directors.
Nesbitt’s daughter – A vet who avenges the killing of her father.
Nathan – A new member of PIGNOLIA.
Oliver – A new member of PIGNOLIA.
O’Brien – Assistant Commissioner at Brisbane Command.
PIGNOLIA – The clandestine pro-carbon group working at the margins of reinsurance.
Possum Putuala – CEO at the Warunga Travel Bureau ( WTB ).
Raphael Dumont – Known as the MAN BUN. An inaugural director of La Foreste.
Rasputin – A truck driver with reservations.
Rayline Carbine – An ex-police person who runs the David and Wills and Bourke underground gallery.
Raymond Curtis – Homicide detective at Gold Coast command.
Rebel Rankin – IT’S ALL OVER NOW ONLINE.
Redneck TV – Streaming media.
Renway – Rudy Ribmeister’s admin.
Requso – The dead Qld. state member for a western electorate, killed by brown snakes.
Ricky-the-Swat – “Downies” Doorman at The Opinion Hotel, Warunga.
Robyn Hungaroomunna – Part of Ron Leader’s crew.
Rodney Brindle – Elected indigenous member for the lower house seat of Mud Creek.
Ron Leader – Indigenous activist and head of The Dirt Poor – a bikie group turned community survey specialists.
Roxy – The money-matters writer with NTO.
Rubenovoff – Russian ex-military contracted by PIGNOLIA and architect of the circumstances here-in.
Rudy Ribmeister – The new head of homicide on the coast.
Ruth – Wulgum Women.
Ryan – Gold Coast homicide forensics.
Samara – An assistant of Rodney Brindle.
Sandra – UpUp and Away travel bookers.
Sarah – An indigenous activism member working with Ron.
Sara Ungurrana – Wulgum Women.
Sarina – Fill in DJ with Warunga FM.
Scott Livermore – Head of the Numbnuts.
Sebrine – PA for commissioner Charmaine Gloucester.
Sergeant Derek – Warunga Police running DV seminars.
Sharine – An apprentice with Terry ‘The Stubble’ McCarthy on Gunga Airways.
Sherona – A reporter at the GOD AWFUL Gazette.
Shirley – A line producer at Warunga FM.
Shirley Que – Xiang Xiang’s chef.
Simonovich – An assassin for PIGNOLIA known as Simon or ‘The Balkan’.
Sharonda Deprise – Editor for NTO.
Sid Rappuncious – A new journo with media endorsement.
Siobhan – Wulgum women.
Sir Gordon Clevermore-Saintsbury – Beef jerky billionaire from Britain.
Sir Michael Morrisey – A partner with a global reinsurance firm.
Sophie Cantell – A Warunga citizen.
Spirozzo – A goon.
Stelloska Imporioivich – A goon.
Stan – Angela Surpentine’s driver.
Starry Oblique – Media reporter with Raging torrents Online.
Stavros – A security guard at The Holy Vortex known as a marrow head.
Steve – An apprentice with Terry ‘The Stubble’ McCarthy on Gunga Airways.
Stevens – A policeman who died searching for Rayline Carbine years prior.
Susan Delores – Field inspector with The Feds.
Suzie La More – A hired assassin masquerading as Marjorie. Her name was formally, Jong.
Tammy DeAngelo – Working for Channel 19’s REDNECKS and ONE PERCENTER program.
Teresa Artuutunga – Wulgum Women.
Terry ‘The Stubble’ McCarthy – Owner of GUNGA AIRWAYS and good friend of Mayor Harry Turnhill.
Travis – The Feds.
Trevor White – A duplicitous Superintendent with The Feds and a man charged to investigate.
The Balkan – Real name Simonovich – an Assassin hired by PIGNOLIA.
The Noodle King – A provider of resources to embedded Chinese operatives.
The last son of Woshi – Chinese paramilitary.
Tung – A Chinese operative eaten by magpies at a truckstop.
Tupilano – A police colleague of Boris Broad – now running a surf shop and health deli.
Wangerama family – Friend’s of Glenda working at Kilmungra.
Warren Hglundia – A Warunga citizen.
Wendy – A central figure in the La Foreste gambits and partner of Claudia.
Wes – A DJ with Warunga FM Radio and Online.
Wulgum Women – A group of Indigenous women who took extreme measures to remove the patriarchy.
Wilson – A policeman who died searching for Rayline Carbine years prior.
Variety Holdenvoss – A spokesperson for the gas lobby.
Veronica – Part owner of The Sheep’s Arse Hotel in the outback.
Victoria Senlasky – An in-the-field producer with Channel 3.
Vince Dalgety – Head of Conspiracies at The Feds.
XiangXiang – A Chinese party fix-it man.
Xi LI WO – Under-secretary at the Chinese Embassy.
Ze – A Chinese operative with mixed feelings and a sporting past.
