Deepraj | Bhatt | An Indian professor. |
Harold | Billingsly | Grant's mentor. Holder of the Winchester Professorship of Religion. AKA: Professor Billingsly. |
Brian | Brady | A New Hope reverend. |
Charles | Dawson | The CNN news anchor. |
Lama | Dorji | The Fifth Reincarnation of Holy Lama. Je Khenpo's assistant. |
Edward | Flannigan | Chair of the Religious Studies department. |
Kinley | Goenpo | The senior monk. |
Carla | Healy | The New Hope church new controller. |
Barbara | Howell | One of the church members. |
Tim | Huntley | An ex-soldier. A New Hope church member. |
Saddam | Hussein | The President of Iraq. |
Ustad | Isa | The Persian architect who designed Taj Mahal. |
Shah | Jahan | An Indian emperor. |
Jimmy | Jeffries | The current NAE President. |
William | Jennings | Director of operations of New Hope. |
Grant | Matthews | An American grad student. |
Johnny | Meckle | Tim's co-worker and childhood friend. |
Kristin | Misaki | Travel writer. |
Nicholas | Notovitch | A Russian journalist. |
Martha | Simpson | An English literature professor. The woman Billingsly dated. |
Prof. | Singh | Professor. |
Duncan | Summers | Vice President of ISG. Tim's boss. |
Arthur | | Martha's dead husband. |
Dasho | | Grant's Bhutanese guide. A former monk. |
Elizabeth | | Johnny's co-worker. |
Isabelle | | Kristin's older sister. |
Issa | | The mysterious Indian saint. |
Jigme | | Kinley's student. |
Karma | | The man who helped Grant. The town's doctor. |
Manu | | Issa's new colleague. |
Mara | | The God of Death. |
Razi | | Grant's old friend. A local Muslim student. |
Sangay | | Jigme's cousin. |
Swami | | Issa's teacher. |
Ummon | | The little monk. |
Vinay | | One of Issa's companions. |