Termination Shock Character List

This is a non spoiler list of characters from Termination Shock. The book has a large list of characters and it’s not clear when they are introduced who’s a critical part of the story and who’s merely a Stephensonesque digression. Then 50 pages later a character will say “Eshma is doing her thing” and it’s expected you understand that Eshma is a climate modeler working for the Singaporean government and the results she produces will help the government of Singapore to decide what policy stance to take.

To keep track of all the characters, their affiliations, and relationships I ended up having to write a little blurb about each on my bookmark. This only includes characters introduced in the firt 300 pages

Texans

Rufus - wild pig exterminator/drone pilot
Boskey family - Cajun gator exterminators
Jules - A diver, Fenna’s beau
T.R. - Texan billionare geo-engineer
Veronica - T.R’s wife

Dutch

Described on pages 9-10

Saskia - Queen of the Netherlands
Willem - her Chinese American chief of staff
Lotte - her teenage daughter
Lennert - her head of security
Amelia - her bodyguard
Fenna - her stylist
Alastair - British oceanic modeler specializing in rogue waves
Beatrix - Willem’s distant american cousin, climate activist

British

Bob - mayor of London
Daia - Sikh TV journalist, married to bob
Mark - Ocean modeler, friends with Alastair

Singaporean

Sylvester - high ranking member of Singaporean government
Eshma - Climate modeler

Venetians

Described on page 211

Cornelia - Head of rich old Venetian family. Venetian nationalist
Michiel - Cornelia’s nephew and scion. Former footballer
Chiaria - Michiel’s sister

Lak’s fellowship

Described on page 234 & 282

Laks - Canadian Sikh and stick fighter
Ilham - Uigher in charge of logistics
Gopinder - Sparring partner
Ravi - Rich cricket player
Pippa - Kiwi documentarian
Su - Korean streamer
Bella - Argentinian Backpacker
Sam & Jay - Sikh football hooligans

Other

Bo - Chinese spymaster, attempting to recruit Willem