Sleeping Giants

Physicist who fell into the buried giant hand as a child and, seventeen years later, leads the scientific team investigating it.

Anonymous, unnamed US government official of immense unstated authority who conducts the interviews and oversees the project throughout the book.

Quebecois linguist recruited to decode the alien symbols found on the giant's body parts.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer and helicopter pilot recruited to fly, and later pilot, the assembled robot.

Kara Resnik's American co-pilot, who joins the project alongside her.