| Ellen | Adams | The secretary of the state. |
| Katherine | Adams | Ellen's daughter. |
| Behnam | Ahmadi | A nuclear physicist from Iran. Anahita's uncle. |
| Zahara | Ahmadi | Behnam's daughter. Anahita's cousin. |
| Ali | Awan | The prime minister of Pakistan. |
| Minister | Aziz | The Iranian foreign minister. |
| Cal | Bahar | Gil's father. Ellen's first husband. |
| Gilgamesh | Bahar | Anahita's former lover. Ellen's son. |
| Tim | Beecham | The director of national defense. |
| Charles | Boynton | Ellen's chief of staff. |
| Amir | Bukhari | Nasrin's husband. |
| Nasrin | Bukhari | A Pakistani nuclear physicist. |
| Scott | Cargill | The American Intelligence in Germany. |
| Al | Chen | Gamache's neighbor. |
| Mrs. | Cleaver | The woman who helped Anahita. |
| Mr. | Clement | The French foreign minister. |
| Anahita | Dahir | Katherine's former schoolmate. A junior FSO in Pakistani desk. |
| Irfan | Dahir | Anahita's father. |
| Maya | Dahir | Irfan's wife. |
| John | Donne | The English poet. |
| Eric | Dunn | The former President. |
| Frau | Fischer | A German Intelligence. |
| Armand | Gamache | The head of Homicide for the Surete Du Quebec. |
| Dr. | Gerhardt | Gil's doctor. |
| Pete | Hamilton | Dunn's former press secretary. |
| Daniel | Holden | An agent. Anahita's acquaintance. |
| Alex | Huang | Kowalski's senior white house correspondent. |
| Ahmed | Iqbal | A nuclear physicist. |
| Marzxim | Ivanov | The highest man in Russian Mafia. The President of Russia. |
| Steve | Kowalski | Ellen's head of diplomatic security. |
| General | Lakhani | Dr. Awan's military secretary. |
| Linda | Matar | Anahita's close friend. |
| Dr. Edouard | Monpetit | Deceased. |
| President | Nasseri | The Iranian President. |
| Denise | Phelan | The ranger captain. Whitehead's aide de camp. |
| Dr. | Phil | A doctor. |
| Jeffrey | Rosen | The colonel in defense intelligence agency. |
| Bashir | Shah | A doctor who was accused for arms dealing. Nasrin's boss. Aka: Azhi Dahaka. |
| Barbara | Stenhauser | William's chief-of-staff. |
| Jocelyn | Tardiff | The Canadian minister. |
| Martha | Tierney | A professor in Georgetown. Bert's wife. |
| Sun | Tzu | The ancient military strategist. |
| Heinrich | Von Baier | The German foreign minister. |
| Aram | Wani | The bomber. |
| Frau | Wani | Aram's wife. |
| Albert | Whitehead | The chair of joint chief. Aka: Bert. |
| Douglas | Williams | The U.S. President. |
| Mohammad | Yazdi | A hard-line cleric. |
| Akbar | | Gil's companion. |
| Aradashir | | Khosravi's son. |
| Bellington | | The prime minister. |
| Betsy | | Ellen's best friend and counselor. Aka: Elizabeth Jameson. |
| Farhad | | Katherine and Boynton's guide. An informant for MOIS. |
| Ginny | | Ellen's assistant. |
| Hamza | | The Guerilla Commander. |
| Jack | | The UK prime minister. |
| Jean-Jacques | | Gil's co-captive. |
| Judy | | The judge. |
| Khosravi | | The grand Ayatollah. The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
| Mryna | | The bookstore clerk. |
| Naomi | | The police officer. |
| Pine | | Whitehead's dog. |
| Quinn | | Ellen's 2nd husband. Katherine's father. |
| Ralph | | The bar owner. |
