Devereaux—code-named “November” is the cold, primed-to-kill agent of R Section.
Rita Macklin—a tough, sexy journalist whose only flaw is that she loves the November Man.
Hanley—director of operations for R Section, a bureaucrat to his fingertips and an employer who can’t be trusted.
Lydia Neumann—head of R Section who knows too many secrets to not feel the burden of them.
Mac—Rita’s boss, a newsmagazine editor who feels his career—and life—are ending too soon.
Henry McGee—self-described as “the worst man in the world,” he is a terrorist-for-profit.
“Marie Dreiser”—a Berlin waif and survivor who is used by McGee—and uses him in return. “Marie” may not be her name at all.
Maureen Kilkenny—a fiery red-haired IRA revolutionary who kills better than any man.
Matthew O’Day—the IRA cell leader who is targeted for terror himself.
Dr. Krueger—a neurologist who uses narcotics to enslave Rita Macklin.
Trevor Armstrong—vain, ruthless boss of Euro-American Airlines who has hocked his soul and now faces the bill for terror.
Dwyer—Armstrong’s right-hand man who knows how to use a “horse-killer.”
Juno—a man who sells death in a used vodka bottle.