White Ghost

For Ranjana Advani, M.D.,

Katy Pose, P.A.-C, and

Alan Yuen, M.D.

Last night I dreamed a dreary dream

Beyond the Isle of Skye,

I saw a dead man win a fight—

And I thought that man was I.

—
The Battle of Otterburn
(1388)

China

Dong, owner, Tongming Tiger

“Old Wu,” owner, Efficiency Trading

Ren, Qidong PLA port commander

Thomas Sheridan, Peter's father

Zhang Xianzi, general, People's Liberation Army

Golden Triangle

Cobra, Bangkok-based investigator

“Eight Iron,” Bangkok-based methamphetamine trafficker

Kai, Gage's longtime friend

Kasa, Eight Iron's Shan bodyguard

Kew Wai Su, Wa State Army general

United States

Cheung Kwok-ming, “Ah Ming,” United Bamboo leader

Fong Hai-tien, “Ah Tien” associate of Ah Ming

Jack Burch, international lawyer

Lew Fung-hao, Ah Ming's assistant

Linda Sheridan, Peter Sheridan's mother

Lucy Sheridan, Peter Sheridan's sister

Chau, owner, Sunny Glory Import, San Francisco and Taiwan