Timothy Fanning, a student
Harold and Lorraine Fanning, his parents
Jonas Lear, a student
Frank Lucessi, a student
Arianna Lucessi, his sister
Elizabeth Macomb, a student
Alcott Spence, a ne’er-do-well
Stephanie Healey, a student
Oscar and Patty Macomb, parents of Elizabeth Macomb
Nicole Forood, an editor
Reynaldo and Phelps, police detectives
Alicia Donadio, a soldier
Peter Jaxon, a laborer
Amy Bellafonte Harper, the Girl from Nowhere
Lore DeVeer, an oiler
Caleb Jaxon, adopted son of Peter Jaxon
Sara Wilson, a physician
Hollis Wilson, her husband; a librarian
Kate Wilson, their daughter
Sister Peg, a nun
Lucius Greer, a mystic
Michael Fisher, an explorer
Jenny Apgar, a nurse
Carlos and Sally Jiménez, expectant parents
Grace Jiménez , their daughter
Anthony Carter, a gardener
Pim, a foundling
Victoria Sanchez, president of the Texas Republic
Gunnar Apgar, general of the Army
Ford Chase, president’s chief of staff
The Maestro, an antiquarian
Foto, a laborer
Jock Alvado, a laborer
Theo Jaxon, infant son of Caleb and Pim Jaxon
Bill Speer, a gambler
Elle and Merry (“Bug”) Speer, daughters of Kate Wilson Speer and Bill Speer
Meredith, partner of Victoria Sanchez
Rand Horgan, a mechanic
Byron “Patch” Szumanski, a mechanic
Weir, a mechanic
Fastau, a mechanic
Dunk Withers, a criminal
Phil and Dorien Tatum, farmers
Brian Elacqua, a physician
George Pettibrew, a shopkeeper
Gordon Eustace, a lawman
Fry Robinson, his deputy
Rudy, an Iowan
The Possum Man’s wife, an Iowan
Rachel Wood, a suicide
Haley and Riley Wood, her daughters
Alexander Henneman, an officer
Hannah, a teenage girl, daughter of Jenny Apgar
Logan Miles, a scholar
Nessa Tripp, a reporter
Race Miles, a pilot, son of Logan and Olla Miles
Kaye Miles, a teacher, wife of Race Miles
Olla Miles, ex-wife of Logan Miles
Bettina, a horticulturalist, partner of Olla Miles
Noa and Cam Miles, twin sons of Race and Kaye Miles
Melville Wilcox, an archaeologist