A KGB plan to use telepaths for espionage. 

Pavla was used as part of this project.

The local Scottish name for the Loch Ness Monster.

The Russian secret service. They carry out spying operations around the world.

The name of the Child God that the Shansu monks were unable to find after his last re-birth. 

The monks think they find Kishnu when Hsui Tai contacts Mike telepathically.

The Kleptons use the spaceship to travel from planet to planet, enslaving the local population. 

The spaceship contains sleep quarters that the Kleptons prefer to use when on a planet. It also has a hold that is used for storing food and the minerals mined on the planets.