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| THE NIGHT STALKERS |
Recurring Characters
| Pilots | |
| Major Emily Beale | DAP Hawk pilot, the first woman of SOAR |
| Captain Claudia Jean Casperson | Little Bird pilot |
| Major Mark Henderson | DAP Hawk pilot, commander of the 5th Battalion D Company |
| Chief Warrant Lola LaRue | CSAR then DAP Hawk pilot |
| Captain Kara Moretti | RPA Avenger (drone) pilot |
| 2nd Lieutenant Patricia "Trisha" O'Malley | Redheaded Little Bird pilot and chaos demon |
| Captain Justin "Cowboy" Roberts | Chinook pilot |
| Captain Archibald "Archie" Stevenson III | DAP Hawk pilot |
| Flight Crew | |
| Sergeant Connie Davis | DAP Hawk Crew and Master Mechanic |
| Sergeant "Crazy" Tim Maloney | DAP Hawk Crew and Gunner |
| Sergeant Keiko "Kee" Smith | DAP Hawk Crew and Gunner (Top Sniper) |
| Master Sergeant "Big" John Wallace | Master Mechanic and DAP Hawk crew chief |
| Warriors | |
| Colonel Michael Gibson | Delta Force's #1 soldier |
| Lieutenant William "Billy" Bruce | SEAL warrior, then Delta Force |
| Other Personnel | |
| Frank Adams | Head of President Peter Matthews Secret Service Protection Detail |
| General Edward Arnson | Commander of HMX-1 (Marine One), Mark Henderson's Uncle |
| Daniel Drake Darlington III | Chief of Staff for Peter Matthews, eventually VP for Zachary Taylor |
| President Peter Matthews | President of the US, childhood friend of Emily Beale |
| General Brett Rogers | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Dilyana "Dilya" Stevenson | War orphan rescued by Archie and Kee |
| Zachary Taylor | Vice President of US, eventually President |
Recurring Characters: BOOKS 8-11
| Pilots | |
| Captain Danielle Delacroix | Chinook pilot |
| Chief Warrant Zoe DeMille | RPA Avenger (drone) pilot |
| 2nd Lieutenant Sofia Gracie | RPA Avenger (drone) pilot |
| Lieutenant Rafe "Yank" Grant | DAP Hawk pilot |
| Lieutenant Manfred "M&M" Malcolm | DAP Hawk pilot |
| Major Pete "The Rapier" Napier | Chinook pilot and commander of 5th Battalion E Company |
| Chief Warrant Patty "Boston" O'Donoghue | Little Bird pilot |
| Lieutenant Mick "The Mighty" Quinn | Little Bird pilot |
| Other Personnel | |
| Lieutenant Commander Luke Altman | DEVGRU SEAL |
| Lieutenant Nikita Hayward | DEVGRU SEAL |
| Colonel Cassius McDermott | Commander of the 160th Night Stalkers |
| Sergeant Drake Roman | Chinook tail gunner |
Places & Book Club Questions
| #1 | The Night Is Mine | Bati Air Base (fictional) |
| #2 | I Own the Dawn | Bati Air Base (fictional) |
| #3 | Wait Until Dark | Bati Air Base (fictional) |
| #4 | Take Over at Midnight | Bati Air Base (fictional) |
| #5 | Light Up the Night | Somalia |
| #6 | Bring on the Dusk | Azerbaijan |
| #7 | By Break of Day | Israel |
| #8 | Target of the Heart | Shanghai / Hangzhou, China |
| #9 | Target Lock on Love | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia |
| #10 | Target of Mine | Roatán, Honduras |
| #11 | Target of One's Own | Senegal & The Dakar Rally (Argentina to Peru) |
| #A | Washington, DC | |
| #B | Fort Campbell, KY (at top of B) / | 160th Night Stalkers HQ / |
| Fort Rucker, AL (at bottom of B) | Flight Training and base for 5E | |
| #C | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA | putative home of the 5D |
 The Dakar Rally Route Map 2012 (Fictionalized for Target of One's Own) |
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| Book Club Questions | ||
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| These questions range back and forth over The Night Stalkers series as a whole. | ||
| 1. Emily Beale is the first woman to break the "glass ceiling" to become a pilot for the 160th Night Stalkers. Have you been or known anyone who faced a similar challenge? Was the effort met with success for failure? Try to step back and discuss why. | ||
| 2. To "get ahead" in a man's world, women must often chose a "role" to play. Read the first four books and consider their roles: 1) Emily Beale - simply be the best, taking on the man one-on-one, 2) Kee Smith - sex as a weapon to get ahead, 3) Connie Davis - taking on the meek "little sister" role even though she's the smartest one in the room, and 4) Lola LaRue - the chaos demon striking out in every direction. Discuss the roles you've taken or seen. | ||
| 3. Military teams, especially the more elite teams where service isn't for a few tours but rather a career choice, are held together by the "found family" of the team. They become so close, that departure from military service can be either a culture shock or wholly unthinkable. Discuss "found family" in your lives and what is unique about those bonds. | ||
| 4. Emily Beale, in her own tough way, becomes mother to each successive heroine in the first six books. She goes on to do this in several other series after she leaves the military. Discuss the roles we take among our friends: guide, mentor, student, acolyte, confessor... | ||
| 5. In the real world, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (The Night Stalkers) take on two fairly distinct roles. The first is relatively straightforward, delivering elite troops into precise positions at precise times--and getting them back out. The second role is clandestine operations. They were named "black-on-black" missions for the purposes of these novels. It often involves penetrating deep into countries (both enemy and ally) for the advancement of American interests. Discuss this second role and how different people feel about these actions. | ||
| 6. Dilya is a war orphan rescued in the second novel who continues through much of the series. She exemplifies a far wider crisis that is spanning across all nations. It is driven by famine, war, genocide, and sometimes actively created to use as a weapon against another country. It's can also be driven by the desire for new opportunities and a better life. Rather than discussing existing border and refugee problems, discuss what you would do if famine, war, genocide... came to your town--tonight, while you were sleeping. | ||
Planes and Other Aircraft
| MH-60 DAP Hawk | |
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Do Not Piss Me Off! (now only in black) |
 Told you not to piss me off! |
| M-60 Little Bird | |
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Delivering US 75th Rangers |
Trisha's "Killer Egg"
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| MH-47 Chinook | |
 Delivering yet more elite troops |
Or SEALs in a boat |