Recurring Characters
Jonathon Payne, a retired Special Forces officer and former commander of the MANIACs.Payne is CEO of Payne Industries, a hi-tech company. He was introduced in The Plantation and has appeared in every Kuzneski novel.
David "D.J." Jones, Payne’s former second-in-command with the MANIACs. Best friends with Payne, he operates a detective agency out of the Payne Industries building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jones was introduced in The Plantation and has appeared in every Kuzneski novel.
Nick Dial, director of the homicide division of Interpol. Dial was introduced in Sign of the Cross and made a brief appearance in Sword of God. His character was featured in Kuzneski’s thriller, The Lost Throne.
Petr Ulster, historian and curator of the Ulster Archives in Küsendorf, Switzerland.
Randy Raskin, a computer researcher at the Pentagon. He can access classified information that would otherwise be unavailable to Payne and Jones. The character is based on a real-life person, a college friend of Kuzneski’s from the University of Pittsburgh. Raskin was introduced in Sign of the Cross and has appeared in every Kuzneski novel since.
MANIACs, an elite Special Forces team composed of the best soldiers in the United States military. The term MANIACs is an acronym for Marines Army Navy Intelligence Air Force and Coast Guard.
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