Admiral Walter Horatio Bass– United States Navy admiral in charge of the top-secret program that produced the biological agent thought to be destroyed when "Vixen 03" disappeared
Congressman Frederick Daggat– Democratic Party African-American Congressman who is a supporter of the African Army of Revolution (AAR) and Hiram Lusana; and who attempts to blackmail Congresswoman Loren Smith into voting in favor of granting American aid to the AAR by threatening to expose her affair with Dirk Pitt
Pieter De Vaal– Minister of Defense in the South African government; and the man who conceives Operation "Wild Rose" as a means to overthrow the current leadership of South Africa and place him in power
Captain Patrick McKenzie Fawkes– retired Captain of the British Royal Navy who is tricked into leading the 'terrorist' attack on the United States after the murder of his family, supposedly by troops of the African Army of Revolution
Al Giordino– Assistant Special Projects Director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA)
Dale Jarvis– Director of the National Security Agency
Hiram Lusana– American born leader of the AAR, which is leading a political and military war against the white minority government of South Africa
Dirk Pitt– Special Projects Director for NUMA
Admiral James Sandecker– Chief Director of NUMA
Colonel Abe Steiger– United States Air Force officer in charge of investigating downed military aircraft
Congresswoman Loren Smith– Independent Party Congresswoman from the state of Colorado and the on again - off again lover of Dirk Pitt
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