Martin Mathias – deceased father Victoria Mathias Morick – mother Dr. Tom Morick – Victoria's 2nd husband, and doctor to Martin Mathias. Press-Register newspaper, Colorado Jerry Shakeshaft – publisher JD Shakeshaft – son of the publisher Rooney – featured articles, city desk Shirley – switchboard, office manager D. W. Hubble Edith – payroll Other Sgt. Gene Halsey – Moon's best friend in the Army, at Fort Riley, Kansas; died in a jeep accident, caused by Moon's driving while intoxicated Dr. Serna – Victoria's doctor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Dr. Jerrigan – ER doctor who saved Victoria's life Robert Toland – Philippine Airlines security officer at LAX Debbie – Moon's live-in girlfriend Asia Eleth Vinh – wife of Ricky Mathias Lila Vinh Mathias – daughter of Eleth and Ricky Roberto Bolivar Castenada – Manila attorney for Ricky Lum Lee – seeking a family urn containing ancestral bones Mrs. Osa van Winjgaarden – wants Moon to find her brother Reverend Damon – Osa's Lutheran missionary brother in Cambodia R. M. Air Incorporated in the Philippines, operating in Vietnam and Cambodia Thomas "Tommy" Brock – marketing manager, was supposed to get Lila on a flight to the United States George Rice – pilot who flew Lila to Saigon; also worked for the CIA; made arrangements for Lila to be transported to the United States. Robert Yager – chief pilot and deal maker for R.M. Air Pol Thiu Eng – employee who found Ricky's helicopter wreckage Other Captain Teele – Glory of the Sea schooner Mr. Suhuannaphum – shore boat pilot who helps repair the schooner Nguyen Nung – rescued wounded sailor from the LST Sealord Lo Tho Dem – George Rice contact in Saigon Father Julian – Manila Cathedral Reception Reviews on Goodreads were divided. With a rating of 1 to 5 stars: 24% gave it a 5-star rating - "Hillerman is remarkable in his grasp of the politics and history of the time..." 39%, the majority. gave it a 4-star rating - "The locations he visits and the people he meets are all vividly painted by Hillerman as beautifully as in his Navajo mysteries." 28% gave it a 3-star rating - "I found it predictable ... " 5% gave it a 2-star rating - " ... slow moving and a little boring at times." 4% gave it a 1-star rating - "Slow and not a good book at all."