CAST OF CHARACTERS

      Principal Characters:

      Frobisher, Caleb – Hero, youngest Frobisher brother and captain of The Prince

      Fortescue, Katherine (Kate) – Heroine, missing governess from the Sherbrook household in Freetown

      In London:

      Family:

      Frobisher, Declan – Caleb’s older brother

      Frobisher, Lady Edwina – Caleb’s sister-in-law, Declan’s wife

      Frobisher, Robert – Caleb’s older brother

      Hopkins, Aileen – Robert’s intended, Lt. William Hopkins’s sister

      Staff in Declan & Edwina’s townhouse:

      Humphrey – butler

      Government:

      Wolverstone, Duke of, Royce, aka Dalziel – ex-commander of British secret operatives outside England

      In Aberdeen:

      Frobisher, Fergus – Caleb’s father

      Frobisher, Elaine – Caleb’s mother

      Frobisher, Royd – Caleb’s oldest brother

      In Southampton:

      Higginson – head clerk, Frobisher Shipping Company Office

       In Freetown:

      Holbrook, Governor – Governor-in-Chief of British West Africa

      Eldridge, Major – Commander, Fort Thornton

      Decker, Vice-Admiral – Commander, West Africa Squadron

      Winton, Major – Commissar of Fort Thornton

      Babington, Charles – partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company

      Macauley, Mr. – senior partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company

      Undoto, Obo – local priest

      Muldoon – the Naval Attaché

      Winton – nephew of Major Winton, Assistant Commissar at the fort

      At Kale’s Homestead:

      Kale – slavers’ leader

      Rogers – Kale’s lieutenant in the settlement

      Fifteen other slavers, including “the pied piper”

      In the Mining Compound:

      Mercenaries:

      Dubois – leader of the mercenaries, presumed French

      Arsene – Dubois’s lieutenant, second-in-command, presumed French

      Cripps – Dubois’s second lieutenant, English

      Plus twenty-eight other mercenaries – of various ages and extractions

      Captives:

      Dixon, Captain John – army engineer

      Hopkins, Lieutenant William – navy, West Africa Squadron

      Fanshawe, Lieutenant – navy, West Africa Squadron

      Hillsythe – ex-Wolverstone agent, governor’s aide

      Frazier, Harriet – gently bred young woman, Dixon’s sweetheart

      Wilson, Mary – shop owner-assistant, Babington’s sweetheart

      Mackenzie, Ellen – young woman recently arrived in the settlement

      Halliday, Gemma – young woman from the slums

      Mellows, Annie – young woman from the slums

      Mathers, Jed – carpenter

      Plus eighteen other men – all British of various backgrounds and trades

      Diccon – young boy, seven years old

      Amy – young girl, six years old

      Gerry – boy, ten years old

      Plus sixteen other children – all British, ranging from six to ten years old

      Plus five other children – all British, ranging from eleven to fourteen years old

      On board The Prince:

      Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant Frederick – First Mate

      Wallace, Mr. – Master

      Carter – Bosun, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

      Quilley – Quartermaster, goes into the jungle and remains with Caleb

      Hornby, Mr. – Steward, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

      Johnson – midshipman, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

      Foster, Martin, Ellis, Quick, Mallard, Collins, Biggs, Norton, and Olsen – midshipmen and experienced seamen who go into the jungle and remain with Caleb.

      On board The Raven:

      Lascelle, Phillipe – Captain, privateer, longtime friend of Caleb’s

      Reynaud – Bosun, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship

      Ducasse – Quartermaster, goes into the jungle and remains with Phillipe

      Fullard, Collmer, Gerard, Vineron – midshipmen and experienced seamen who go into the jungle and remain with Phillipe

      Plus four other seamen – all of French extraction, who go into the jungle but return to the ship