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CAST OF CHARACTERS

Principal Characters:

Frobisher, Caleb – Hero, youngest Frobisher brother and captain of The Prince

Fortescue, Katherine (Kate) – Heroine, missing governess from the Sherbrook household in Freetown

In London:

Family:

Frobisher, Declan – Caleb’s older brother

Frobisher, Lady Edwina – Caleb’s sister-in-law, Declan’s wife

Frobisher, Robert – Caleb’s older brother

Hopkins, Aileen – Robert’s intended, Lt. William Hopkins’s sister

Staff in Declan & Edwina’s townhouse:

Humphrey – butler

Government:

Wolverstone, Duke of, Royce, aka Dalziel – ex-commander of British secret operatives outside England

In Aberdeen:

Frobisher, Fergus – Caleb’s father

Frobisher, Elaine – Caleb’s mother

Frobisher, Royd – Caleb’s oldest brother

In Southampton:

Higginson – head clerk, Frobisher Shipping Company Office

In Freetown:

Holbrook, Governor – Governor-in-Chief of British West Africa

Eldridge, Major – Commander, Fort Thornton

Decker, Vice-Admiral – Commander, West Africa Squadron

Winton, Major – Commissar of Fort Thornton

Babington, Charles – partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company

Macauley, Mr. – senior partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company

Undoto, Obo – local priest

Muldoon – the Naval Attaché

Winton – nephew of Major Winton, Assistant Commissar at the fort

At Kale’s Homestead:

Kale – slavers’ leader

Rogers – Kale’s lieutenant in the settlement

Fifteen other slavers, including “the pied piper”

In the Mining Compound:

Mercenaries:

Dubois – leader of the mercenaries, presumed French

Arsene – Dubois’s lieutenant, second-in-command, presumed French

Cripps – Dubois’s second lieutenant, English

Plus twenty-eight other mercenaries – of various ages and extractions

Captives:

Dixon, Captain John – army engineer

Hopkins, Lieutenant William – navy, West Africa Squadron

Fanshawe, Lieutenant – navy, West Africa Squadron

Hillsythe – ex-Wolverstone agent, governor’s aide

Frazier, Harriet – gently bred young woman, Dixon’s sweetheart

Wilson, Mary – shop owner-assistant, Babington’s sweetheart

Mackenzie, Ellen – young woman recently arrived in the settlement

Halliday, Gemma – young woman from the slums

Mellows, Annie – young woman from the slums

Mathers, Jed – carpenter

Plus eighteen other men – all British of various backgrounds and trades

Diccon – young boy, seven years old

Amy – young girl, six years old

Gerry – boy, ten years old

Plus sixteen other children – all British, ranging from six to ten years old

Plus five other children – all British, ranging from eleven to fourteen years old

On board The Prince:

Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant Frederick – First Mate

Wallace, Mr. – Master

Carter – Bosun, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

Quilley – Quartermaster, goes into the jungle and remains with Caleb

Hornby, Mr. – Steward, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

Johnson – midshipman, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

Foster, Martin, Ellis, Quick, Mallard, Collins, Biggs, Norton, and Olsen – midshipmen and experienced seamen who go into the jungle and remain with Caleb.

On board The Raven:

Lascelle, Phillipe – Captain, privateer, longtime friend of Caleb’s

Reynaud – Bosun, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

Ducasse – Quartermaster, goes into the jungle and remains with Phillipe

Fullard, Collmer, Gerard, Vineron – midshipmen and experienced seamen who go into the jungle and remain with Phillipe

Plus four other seamen – all of French extraction, who go into the jungle but return to the ship