Jeff Higgins swore he had one, buried somewhere in his old junk. He thought he might have a Cat cap too.
His wife was now giving him a suspicious look. “Hillbillies!” she accused.
“Hey, hon, I was just thinking about how many instruments I should get,” he protested.
“You have no respect!”
Cast of Characters
Ableidinger, Constantin
Member of USE Parliament; leader of the Ram movement.
Abrabanel, Rebecca
Leader of the Fourth of July Party; wife of Mike Stearns.
Achterhof, Gunther
Leader of the Committees of Correspondence.
Baner, Johan Gustafsson
Swedish general.
Bartley, David
Supply officer in Third Division; also a financier.
Beasley, Denise
Teenage girl employed as an agent by Francisco Nasi; informally betrothed to Eddie Junker.
Bugenhagen, Albert
Mayor of Hamburg; leader in Fourth of July Party.
Christian IV
King of Denmark.
Dalberg, Werner von
Leader of the Fourth of July Party in the Oberpfalz.
Donner, Agathe “Tata”
Daughter of Reichard Donner, leader of the Mainz CoC; now a CoC organizer in Dresden.
Drugeth, Janos
Hungarian nobleman; friend and adviser of Ferdinand III.
Duerr, Ulbrecht
Officer, USE Army; aide to Mike Stearns.
Engler, Thorsten
Captain in USE Army; fiancé of Caroline Platzer; also the Imperial Count of Narnia.
Ferdinand III
Emperor of Austria.
George, Brunswick-Lüneburg, duke of
Major general in command of the 1st Division, USE Army.
Gundelfinger, Helene
Vice-President of the State of Thuringia-Franconia; leader of the Fourth of July Party.
Hahn, Liesel
Member of parliament from Hesse-Kassel.
Hans Georg, von Arnim
Commanding general of the Saxon army in Leipzig.
Hesse-Kassel, Amalie Elisabeth, Landgravine of
Ruler of Hesse-Kassel, widow of Wilhelm V.
Higgins, Jeffrey (“Jeff”)
Lieutenant Colonel, USE Army; husband of Gretchen Richter.
Hugelmair, Minnie
Teenage girl employed as an agent by Francisco Nasi; friend of Denise Beasley; adopted daughter of Benny Pierce.
Junker, Egidius “Eddie”
Former agent of the SoTF government, now employed as an agent and pilot by Francisco Nasi; informally betrothed to Denise Beasley.
Keller, Anselm
Member of parliament from the Province of the Main.
Kienitz, Charlotte
Leader of the Fourth of July Party in Mecklenburg
Knyphausen, Dodo
Major general in command of the 2nd Division, USE Army.
Koniecpolski, Stanislaw
Grand Herman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Krenz, Eric
Lieutenant, USE Army.
Kresse, Georg
Leader of guerrilla movement in the Vogtland.
Kuefer, Wilhelm
Guerrilla fighter in the Vogtland; Kresse’s assistant.
Leebrick, Anthony
Officer, USE Army; aide to Mike Stearns.
Long, Christopher
Officer, USE Army; aide to Mike Stearns.
Mailey, Melissa
Adviser to Mike Stearns; leader of the Fourth of July Party.
Nagel, Friedrich
Lieutenant, USE Army.
Nasi, Francisco
Former head of intelligence for Mike Stearns; now operates a private intelligence agency.
Norddahl, Baldur
Norwegian adventurer and engineer in Danish service; friend and assistant of Prince Ulrik.
Opalinski, Lukasz
Polish hussar.
Oxenstierna, Axel
Swedish chancellor, chief advisor of Gustav II Adolf
Piazza, Edward (“Ed”)
President of the State of Thuringia-Franconia; leader of the Fourth of July Party.
Platzer, Caroline Ann
Social worker in Magdeburg; companion for Princess Kristina; betrothed to Thorsten Engler
Richelieu, Armand Jean
Cardinal; first minister of Louis XIII; the effective head du Plessis de of the French government.
Richter, Maria Margaretha “Gretchen”
Leader of the Committees of Correspondence; Wife of Jeff Higgins.
Saxe-Weimar, Ernst, duke of
Brother of Wilhelm Wettin; regent for Gustav Adolf in the Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate).
Saxe-Weimar, Wilhelm IV, duke of
See: Wilhelm Wettin.
Stearns, Michael “Mike”
Former prime Minister of the Unites States of Europe; now a major general in command of the 3rd Division, USE Army; husband of Rebecca Abrabanel.
Strigel, Matthias
Governor of Magdeburg province; leader of the Fourth of July Party.
Stull, Noelle
Former agent for the SoTF government, now employed by Francisco Nasi; is being courted by Janos Drugeth.
Szklenski, Tadeusz (“Ted”)
Polish CoC member in Dresden.
Thierbach, Joachim von “Spartacus”
Leader of the Committees of Correspondence.
Torstensson, Lennart
Commanding general of the USE army.
Ulrik
Prince of Denmark; youngest son of Christian IV in the line of succession; betrothed to Princess Kristina of Sweden.