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.

Havelock

A company security officer stationed in orbit, and once a lawman in the Belt.

Amos Burton

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

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

Naomi Nagata

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

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