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Book cover of The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda StrainMichael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain, book 1

Characters in The Andromeda Strain

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Mark Hall

    A surgeon recruited to the Wildfire team, quick-tempered and unpredictable.

Supporting characters

  • Jamie Ritter

    An infant and the other survivor of the Piedmont outbreak.

  • Jeremy Stone

    Nobel-winning bacteriologist who leads the Wildfire team.

  • Charles Burton

    A pathologist on the Wildfire team who studies how organisms affect human tissue.

  • Peter Leavitt

    A clinical microbiologist on the Wildfire team.

  • Peter Jackson

    An elderly man from Piedmont and one of the town's two survivors.

  • Arthur Manchek

    Major and duty officer who handles the first response to the crisis.