| PR | | | Prologue |
| | Dr. Rachel | Hasnick | The only genuine love interest of the protagonist. |
| | Michael | Spillane | Writer. |
| | Ahriman | | Satan. |
| | Xandern | | One of the Yazatas. A demon. |
| | Lester | Green | New human resident of Hell. A Christian who believed he didn't belong there. |
| | Sarah | Green | Lester's wife. |
| | Matthew | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| | Mark | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| | Jessie | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| | Caleb | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| | | | Zoroastrianism - The one true religion. |
| | Julia | Hanson | New Human resident of Hell. Professor of biology. An atheist. |
| | Ahura | Mazda | God. The wise Lord. |
| | Soren | Johansson | New human resident of hell. Protagonist. Died of brain cancer. A mormon. |
| 1 | | | The Beginning |
| | Jorge Luis | Borges | Writer. |
| | | | The Library of Babel - Where Soren's version of hell is based upon. |
| | Sally | | Elliot's wife. |
| | Elliot | Callington | One of Soren's companions in hell. Died of a heart attack at 93. |
| | Larisa | Sims | One of Soren's companions in hell. Died of breast cancer at 54. |
| | Bob | | One of Soren's companions in hell. A homeless schizophrenic. AKA: Biscuit. |
| | Leo | Tolstoy | Writer. |
| | Fred | | The protagonist in a alternate version of War and Peace. |
| | Pierre | | The protagonist in the actual version of War and Peace. |
| | Mark | Twain | Writer. |
| | Huck | Finn | A fictional character created by Mark Twain. |
| | Dolores | | One of Soren's companions in hell. A housewife. |
| 2 | | | The First Week in Hell |
| | Sam | | One of Soren's companions in hell. A short, quiet young man. |
| | Jed | | One of Soren's companions in hell. Drank three quarters of vodka and died. |
| | Brenda | | One of Soren's companions in hell. |
| | Betty | | Soren's first love interest in hell. |
| | Jonathan | | Betty's husband on earth. Deceased. |
| 3 | | | Year 102: The Most Significant Text |
| | Master | Treacle | Called the meeting to order. |
| | Sandra | | Soren's bedmate. Assistant professor of Calculus. |
| | Professor | Donaldson | Offers invocation to the Great God of Zoroastrianism. |
| | Dr. | Carter | The one to introduce the text. |
| | Stew | Sand | The finder of this year's Most Significant Text. |
| | Johannas | Back | A food scientist. |
| | Dr. | Cummings | Spearheaded the Exploration of '58. |
| | Cassandra | | Marxist economist. |
| | Jed (2) | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Conrad | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Katrina | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Daphne | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Mike | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Rudy | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Doc | | Part of the Exploration of '58. |
| | Julia | Hatch | Continued on going up and down to find books with meaning. |
| 4 | | | Year 1145: The Great Loss |
| | Dire | Dan | The prophet of doom and truth. |
| | Higgins | | A man from hell. |
| | Barley | | A man from hell. |
| 5 | | | The Deepest Abyss |
| | Wand | | The girl falling who was missing an arm and a leg. |
