Brian Mullaney—Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent; regional security officer overseeing the Middle East; chief of security for Joseph Atticus Cleveland, the US ambassador to Israel
Abigail Mullaney—Brian’s wife and the daughter of Atlanta-based financial giant Richard Rutherford
Joseph Atticus Cleveland—US ambassador to Turkey transferred to Israel
Palmyra Athena Parker—Ambassador Cleveland’s daughter
Tommy Hernandez—DSS chief for Ambassador Cleveland’s security detail in Istanbul; transferred with Cleveland to Israel
Lamont Boylan—President of the United States
Evan Townsend—US secretary of state
Noah Webster—Deputy secretary of state for management and resources; oversees DSS
George Morningstar—Deputy assistant secretary for DSS
Arthur Ravel—Deputy secretary of state
Jarrod Goldberg—Deputy chief of mission, US embassy, Tel Aviv
Jon Lin—Head of FBI office, US embassy, Tel Aviv
Ruth Hughes—Political officer, US embassy, Tel Aviv
Jeffrey Archer—Cleveland’s secretary at the ambassador’s residence in Tel Aviv
Senator Seneca Markham—Former chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, now retired
Richard Rutherford—Billionaire Georgia banker and DC power broker
David Meir—Prime minister of Israel
Moshe Litzman—Minister of the interior of Israel
Benjamin Erdad—Minister of internal security of Israel
Emet Kashani—President of Turkey
Arslan Eroglu—Prime minister of Turkey
The Turk—Otherworldly pursuer of the box and the prophecy
Samir Al-Qahtani—Deputy prime minister of Iraq; leader of the Badr Brigades
Muhammad Raman—Chairman, Iran Expediency Council
King Abdullah Al-Saud—King of Saudi Arabia
Prince Faisal ibn Farouk Al-Saud—Saudi defense minister; son of King Abdullah
Sultan Abbaddi—Commander of the Jordanian Royal Guard Brigade, personal bodyguards of the king and his family