| Zamboni |
and the Twins | Tomlinson's private name for his private equipment. |
| Rita |
Anderson | Bob Marley's wife. |
| Mister |
Armbrister | Hotel owner. |
| Rumer |
Banks | Tucker's mother. |
| Big |
Ben | Lindsey's new bodyguard. |
| Little |
Ben | Lindsey's new bodyguard. |
| Sinclair |
Benton | Tucker's old enemy. Aka: Mr. Bones. |
| Felix |
Blane | One of Ford's friends from Dinkin's Bay. |
| Erin |
Bostwick | One of Ford's friends. |
| Mark |
Bryant | One of Ford's friends. |
| Sally |
Carmel | Joseph's girlfriend. |
| Archie |
Carr | Florida biologist. |
| Javier |
Castillo | One of the fishing guides. |
| Nora |
Chung | One of Ford's friends. |
| Amador |
Cordero | Edgar's oldest son. |
| Edgar |
Cordero | Mastermind behind Lindsey's kidnapping incident. |
| Nimba |
Dimbokro | Saudi prince's former wife; Tomlinson's current girlfriend. |
| John |
Dunn | Tucker's right-hand man. |
| Ransom |
Ebanks | Tucker's daughter; Ford's cousin. |
| Tucker |
Ebanks | Ransom's son. |
| Joseph |
Egret | Tucker's best friend. |
| Nels |
Esterline | One of Ford's friends from Dinkin's Bay. |
| Judge |
Flowers | Tucker's friend. |
| Marion |
Ford | Marine biologist and protagonist. Aka: Doc, Duke. |
| Elmer |
Fudd | Fictional cartoon character referenced in the narrative. |
| Cheryl |
Garvin | Johnny's wife. |
| Johnny |
Garvin | Ford's old friend. |
| Tucker |
Gatrell | Ford's uncle. |
| Abimael |
Guzman | Founder of Sendero Luminoso and Maoist professor. |
| Hal |
Harrington | Lindsey's father; consulting ambassador to Latin America. |
| Linda |
Harrington | Hal's wife and Lindsey's mother. |
| Lindsey |
Harrington | The blonde woman Ford saved. |
| Peter |
Hull | Captain at Mote Marine. |
| Mick |
Jagger | Former vice president referenced in the story. |
| Jimmy |
Jensen | One of Jensen's Marina tour guides. |
| Father |
Jerome | The old hermit. |
| Rhonda |
Lister | JoAnn's roommate and partner. |
| Bob |
Marley | Rastafarian prophet and musician referenced. |
| Janet |
Mueller | Lives at Jensen's Marina; Jeth's ex-girlfriend. |
| Jeth |
Nicholes | One of the marina's fishing guides. |
| Dewey |
Nye | Former tennis star; Ford's ex-girlfriend and close friend. |
| Dieter |
Rasmussen | Retired Munich psychopharmacologist. |
| Kathleen |
Rhodes | One of Ford's friends. |
| Neville |
Robeson | One of the fishing guides. |
| Haile |
Selassie | King associated with Rastafarian beliefs. |
| JoAnn |
Smallwood | Part owner of Tiger Lily. |
| Gale |
Storm | Lindsey's bodyguard. |
| Mr. |
Thomas | Ransom's friend. |
| Sighurdhr |
Tomlinson | Ford's friend; Rinzai Zen master and Buddhist priest. Aka: Mr. Tommy. |
| Barbie |
Verner | Bobbi's twin. |
| Bobbi |
Verner | A Hooters waitress. |
| Doug |
Waldman | FBI special agent. |
| Officer |
Walker | Female police officer. |
| Dalbert |
Weeks | One of Ford's friends from Two Parrot Bight Marina. |
| Bob |
| One of Jensen's Marina tour guides. |
| Clare |
| Izzy's companion. |
| Dave |
| One of Jensen's Marina tour guides. |
| Goatee |
| One of Cordero's men. |
| Izzy |
| One of Benton's men. |
| Jeff |
| Ford's old friend. |
| Kim |
| One of Ford's friends from Cabbage Key. |
| Leo |
| Bar pianist. |
| Mack |
| Owner of Dinkin's Bay. |
| McRae |
| Marine patrol officer. |
| Mike |
| Kim's husband. |
| Mikey |
| Janet's lover. |
| Munequinta |
| One of Tucker's girls. |
| Rita |
| Dewey's dog. |
| Romano |
| Private investigator. |
| Roscoe |
| Tucker's horse. |
| Sabatino |
| One of Jensen's Marina tour guides. |
| Shadow |
| Mark's dog. |
| Vince |
| Tomlinson's friend at the inn. |
