Characters in Cibola Burn

James Holden

Captain of the Rocinante, sent as the UN's reluctant mediator to a colony world on the brink of open war.

Also in Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate, Nemesis Games, Leviathan Falls

Basia Merton

A Belter settler and father caught up in the violence, torn between his family and the consequences of a desperate act.

Elvi Okoye

An idealistic corporate biologist studying Ilus's alien ecology as catastrophe closes in.

Also in Tiamat's Wrath, Leviathan Falls

Adolphus Murtry

The corporation's ruthless head of security, who answers every provocation with lethal force.

Amos Burton

The Rocinante's blunt, dangerous mechanic, planetside at Holden's side.

Also in The Churn, Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate, Nemesis Games, Leviathan Falls

Naomi Nagata

The Rocinante's engineer, working the crisis from orbit.

Also in Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate, Nemesis Games, Leviathan Falls

Roberta "Bobbie" Draper

Also in Caliban's War, Gods of risk

Alex Kamal

The Rocinante's pilot, who joins the attempt to rescue the colony ship Barbapiccola as it falls out of orbit.

Also in Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate, Nemesis Games, Leviathan Falls

Dmitri Havelock

Deputy security chief for the UN mission and Miller's former partner on Ceres, who grows uneasy about Murtry's methods.