Characters Virus (novel)

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1.1 japanese
1.2 americans
1.3 soviets

characters
japanese

yoshizumi - seismologist assigned showa station in 1970, yoshizumi novel s leading protagonist. stays in antarctic throughout pandemic. in novel s prologue set in march 1973, yoshizumi considered emerging surface of tokyo bay die pulled away @ last minute. after nuclear exchange, travels south, working way down east coast texas , crossed panama canal 1977. recovers exhaustion after survivors find him.
tatsuno - 1 of yoshizumi s colleagues @ showa station, tatsuno gradually cracks under strain of tuning base s ham radio receive broadcasts around world. mentally unstable after failed attempt talk young boy in arizona - boy not receive signals , commits suicide.
noriko - yoshizumi s girlfriend, noriko newspaper reporter strained covering pandemic. dies of disease @ condo in august thinking of yoshizumi.

americans

president silverland - rabid anti-communist , penultimate president of 1965 1969, silverland built administration singular desire destroy ussr, in apparent reversal of kennedy administration s hopes peace. paranoia later contributed silverland being voted out of office in 1968 elections. unnamed successor took more peaceful stance, planning sign global nuclear disarmament treaty ussr , other nuclear states if not pandemic.
general garland - chairman of joint chiefs @ time of pandemic, garland lieutenant-general when silverland worked him develop ars in 1966. although regime took office in 1969 reversed silverland s anti-soviet policies, ars remained active , garland forcibly took access keys president , vice-president died. dies @ ars command bunker - not before activating system.
admiral conway - commander of antarctic contingent, conway part of operation establish space rocket base in antarctica - irbm base targeting soviet allies in africa , south america. once sca established, emerges de facto leader , manages entire community several officials former nations.
major carter - army major, carter revealed have been part of ars development team , assigned antarctic group keep tabs on admiral conway. volunteers go yoshizumi washington shut down ars, later commits suicide.
captain mccloud - nereid s skipper, mccloud contacted sca , asked send sub antarctic. nereid 1 of 2 subs contacted head antarctic - mccloud ordered sink second sub after skipper reports infection among crew.

soviets

dr borodinov - head of soviet antarctic wintering team, borodinov sca council s vice-chairman.
capt nevsky - representative of soviet defense ministry, nevsky reveals existence of soviet counterpart ars housed in kremlin. major carter, volunteers turn off fate left unknown.
irma - middle-aged woman, 1 of 16 women tapped surrogate mothers continue human race. falls yoshizumi before leaves operation fireman.