| 1 | Charles | Boynton | Ellen's chief of staff. |
| | Ellen | Adams | The secretary of the state. |
| | Betsy | | Ellen's best friend and counselor. Aka: Elizabeth Jameson. |
| | Ginny | | Ellen's assistant. |
| | Katherine | Adams | Ellen's daughter. |
| | Quinn | | Ellen's 2nd husband. Katherine's father. |
| | Douglas | Williams | The U.S. President. |
| | Sun | Tzu | The ancient military strategist. |
| | Amir | Bukhari | Nasrin's husband. |
| | Nasrin | Bukhari | A Pakistani nuclear physicist. |
| 2 | Tim | Beecham | The director of national defense. |
| | Anahita | Dahir | Katherine's former schoolmate. A junior FSO in Pakistani desk. |
| 3 | Barbara | Stenhauser | William's chief-of-staff. |
| | Gilgamesh | Bahar | Anahita's former lover. Ellen's son. |
| 4 | Albert | Whitehead | The chair of joint chief. Aka: Bert. |
| | Bellington | | The prime minister. |
| 6 | Eric | Dunn | The former President. |
| | Linda | Matar | Anahita's close friend. |
| | Daniel | Holden | An agent. Anahita's acquaintance. |
| 7 | Mrs. | Cleaver | The woman who helped Anahita. |
| 9 | Dr. | Phil | A doctor. |
| | Judy | | The judge. |
| 10 | Jeffrey | Rosen | The colonel in defense
intelligence agency. |
| 11 | Dr. | Gerhardt | Gil's doctor. |
| | Bashir | Shah | A doctor who was accused for arms dealing. Nasrin's boss. Aka: Azhi Dahaka. |
| | Steve | Kowalski | Ellen's head of diplomatic security. |
| 12 | Ahmed | Iqbal | A nuclear physicist. |
| | Heinrich | Von Baier | The German foreign minister. |
| | Mr. | Clement | The French foreign minister. |
| | Jocelyn | Tardiff | The Canadian minister. |
| | Dr. Edouard | Monpetit | Deceased. |
| 13 | Cal | Bahar | Gil's father. Ellen's first husband. |
| 14 | Jean-Jacques | | Gil's co-captive. |
| | Scott | Cargill | The American
Intelligence in Germany. |
| | Frau | Fischer | A German
Intelligence. |
| 15 | Behnam | Ahmadi | A nuclear physicist from Iran. Anahita's uncle. |
| | Mohammad | Yazdi | A hard-line cleric. |
| | Khosravi | | The grand Ayatollah. The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
| 16 | Aram | Wani | The bomber. |
| | Naomi | | The police officer. |
| | Denise | Phelan | The ranger captain. Whitehead's aide de camp. |
| | Frau | Wani | Aram's wife. |
| 17 | Irfan | Dahir | Anahita's father. |
| | Maya | Dahir | Irfan's wife. |
| 18 | John | Donne | The English poet. |
| 19 | Zahara | Ahmadi | Behnam's daughter. Anahita's cousin. |
| 21 | Pete | Hamilton | Dunn's former press secretary. |
| 23 | Minister | Aziz | The Iranian foreign minister. |
| | President | Nasseri | The Iranian President. |
| 24 | Ralph | | The bar owner. |
| 25 | Akbar | | Gil's companion. |
| | Aradashir | | Khosravi's son. |
| 27 | Hamza | | The Guerilla Commander. |
| 29 | Farhad | | Katherine and Boynton's guide. An
informant for MOIS. |
| 32 | Martha | Tierney | A professor in Georgetown. Bert's wife. |
| 34 | Jack | | The UK prime minister. |
| 35 | Ali | Awan | The prime minister of Pakistan. |
| | General | Lakhani | Dr. Awan's military secretary. |
| 37 | Alex | Huang | Kowalski's senior white house correspondent. |
| | Marzxim | Ivanov | The highest man in Russian Mafia. The President of Russia. |
| 39 | Pine | | Whitehead's dog. |
| 41 | Armand | Gamache | The head of Homicide for the Surete' Du Quebec. |
| | Al | Chen | Gamache's neighbor. |
| | Mryna | | The bookstore clerk. |
