Chapter 1 Introduction to the main characters in this book
Jackie Burke - 44, Air hostess with Archipelago Airways, forwarding payments for Ordell's arms business
Max Cherry - 57, a former police bail bondman
Ray Nicolai - 31, staff member of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ("the Bureau"), Department of the Treasury
Faron Taylor - 31, staff member of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Florida Division of the Department of Justice (the "Investigations Division")
Winston Willie Powell - a former professional boxer bail bond, Max's black assistant.
Odell Robbie - 47-48 years old, a light-skinned black man, the main gun dealer.
Luis Galla - 47 years old, a dark-skinned white man, three times in prison, Ordell's helper.
Mr. Cedric Volka - the person responsible for the arms sales and collections for Ordell to the Colombian drug lords.
Melanie - 34, Ordell's white mistress.
Simone - 63 years old, Ordell's black mistress.
Sheronda—20, Ordell's young black mistress.
"Big Man" Gerald - about 50 years old, white supremacist, with a large collection of guns.
Renee - 53 years old, Max's wife, gallery director.
David, a black painter who was a former criminal, used to work as a handyman in a restaurant.
Beaumont Livingston - Ordell's assistant, Jamaican.
Kucher (Huron Miller Jr.) - 20 years old, Ordell's hitman.