AUTHOR'S NOTES
Some interesting items related to locations and technologies used in The Forge of Mars.

Underground military installations referred to in the novel are based on these actual locations, many of which have been reborn as the 21st century has brought new threats to the continuity of federal government operations:
Mount Weather, emergency home of the shadow government in Virginia
Raven Rock, emergency home of the Pentagon in Pennsylvania
Mount Pony, underground data center of the Federal Reserve banks
Cheyenne Mountain, home of NORAD and US Space Command
Yamantau Mountain, huge emergency home of the Russian government
