Linda Crichton Gillespie • a Washington debutante
Jeanette Crichton • her sister
Dr. Richard Owen • astronomer
Dr. Mary Alice Mouton • astronomer
Major General Edmund Gillespie, USAF • astronaut
David Coffey • President of the United States
Mrs. Jeanne Coffey • First Lady
The Honorable Wesley T. Dawson • a Congressman from California
Mrs. Carlotta Trujillo Dawson • his wife
Roger Brooks • Special Assignments Reporter, Washington Post
James Frantza • White House Chief of Staff
Henry Morton • Vice President
Dr. Arthur Hart • Secretary of State
Hap Aylesworth • Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs
Ted Griffin • Secretary of Defense
Admiral Thorwald Carrell • National Security Advisor
Peter McCleve • Attorney General
Tim Rosenthal • Secretary of the Treasury
Connie Fuller • Secretary of Commerce
Arnold Biggs • Secretary of Agriculture
Jack Clybourne • Presidential Protection Unit, Secret Service
Academician Pavel Aleksandrovich Bondarev • Director, Lenin Institute
Lorena Polinova • his secretary and mistress
Marina Nikolayevna Bondarev • his wife
Boris Ogarkov • Party Secretary at the Institute
Andrei Pyatigorskiy • Assistant Director, Lenin Institute
General Nikolai Nikolayevich Narovchatov • Party Third Secretary, later Party First Secretary
Chairman Anatoliy Vladimirovich Petrovskiy • Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Ilya Trusova • Chairman of the KGB
Dmitri Parfenovich Grushin • KGB officer
Marshal Leonid Edmundovich Shavyrin • Marshal of the Long Range Strategic Rocket Forces
Harry Reddington • unemployed minstrel
Jeri Wilson • Senior Editor, Harris Wickes Press
Melissa Wilson • her daughter
William Adolphos Shakes
Kevin Shakes
Miranda Shakes
Isadore and Clara Leiber
George and Vicki Tate-Evans
Jack and Harriet McCauley
Martin Carnell • Show-dog breeder
Ken Dutton • Bookstore manager
Cora Donaldson • friend of Ken Dutton
Sarge Harris • friend of Ken Dutton
Patsy Clevenger • friend of Ken Dutton
Anthony Graves • friend of Ken Dutton
Maximilian Rohrs • general contractor, Bellingham
Evelyn Rohrs • former Washington socialite
Ben Lafferty • Sheriff Whatcom County, Washington
Leigh Young • Deputy Sheriff
Whitey Lowenthal • welder
Carol North • citizen of Lauren, Kansas
Rosalee Neill • citizen of Lauren, Kansas
Colonel Arvid Pavlovich Rogachev • Commander of Kosmograd
Nikolai • onetime Sergeant, Red Air Force
Allana Aleksandrovna Tutsikova • Deputy Commander
Dr. Giselle Beaumont • French scientist
The Honorable Giorge N'Bruhna • Nigerian politician
Captain John Greeley • USAF astronaut
Herdmaster Pastempeh-keph
Advisor Fathisteh-tulk
K'turfookeph • the Herdmaster's mate
Chowpeentulk • Advisor's mate
Fookerteh • the Herdmaster's son
Attackmaster Koothfektil-rusp
Defensemaster Tantarent-fid
Breaker-Two Takpusseh (later Takpusseh-yamp)
Breaker-One Raztupisp-minz
Fistareth-thuktun • priest and historian
Koolpooleh • male assistant to Fistarteh-thuktun
Paykurtank • female assistant to Fistarteh-thuktun
Octuple leader Pretheeteh-damb
Tashayamp • female assistant to Takpusseh (later his mate)
Octuple Leader Chintithpit-mang • sleeper
Shreshleemang • Chintithpit-mang's mate
Eight-cubed Leader Harpanet
Eight-cubed Leader Siplistepth
Rashinggith • warrior (Year Zero Fithp)
Birithart-yamp • warrior in Africa
Pheegorun • warrior in Africa, died by spear
Thiparteth-fuft • guard officer
Sergeant Ben Mailey • U.S. Army
Sherry Atkinson • Threat Team Member
Robert and Virginia Anson • Threat Team Members
Nat Reynolds • Threat Team Member
Joe Ransom • Threat Team Member
Wade and Jane Curtis • Threat Team Members
Bob Burnham • Threat Team Member
Lieutenant General Harvey Toland • U.S. Army
The Honorable Joe Dayton • Speaker of the House
Senator Alexander Haswell • President Pro Tem of the Senate
Senator Raymond Carr • Senator from Kansas
Juana Trujillo Morgan • wife of Major Morgan
Lieutenant Colonel Joe Halverson • Kansas National Guard
Major David Morgan • Kansas National Guard
Captain Evan Lewis • Kansas National Guard
Corporal Jimmy Lewis • Kansas National Guard
Captain George Mason • Kansas National Guard
John Woodward • Prisoner
Carrie Woodward • Prisoner
Alice MceLennon • Prisoner
Gary Capehart • Prisoner
Ensign Jeff Franklin • Crewman, "Michael"
Hamilton Gamble • Crewman, "Michael"
Dr. Arthur Grace "Tiny" Pelz • Crewman, "Michael"
Michael Jason Daniels • Crewman, "Michael"
Samuel Cohen • Crewman, "Michael"
Roy Cuber • Shuttle Pilot
Jay Hadley • Shuttle Pilot
Commander Anton Villars • Captain, USNS Ethan Allen
Colonel Julius Carter • U.S. Special Forces
Lieutenant Jack Carruthers • U.S. Special Forces
Lieutenant Ivan Semeyusov • Soviet Expeditionary Force
Brant Chisholm • South African farmer
Katje Chisholm • his wife
Mvubi • Zulu warrior
Niklaus Van Der Stel • Afrikaner Commando