Totogo Police Station, Suva Police Force
Sergeant Akal Singh—an Indian sergeant in the Suva Division of the Fijian Constabulary; he has been transferred to Fiji as a demotion from his position in the police department in Hong Kong as the result of a scandal
Corporal Taviti—a Fijian corporal in the Suva Division of the Fijian Constabulary and apparently Akal’s only friend there; also the nephew of a Fijian chief
Inspector-General Jonathan “John” Thurstrom—the British head of the Fijian Constabulary
Other British Officials in Fiji
David Keane—the Agent-General of Immigration
Father David Hughes—a Catholic priest and missionary in Suva; he’s the first to insist that Kunti was not a runaway indentured Indian
Dr. Robert Holmes—a British doctor living in Suva and responsible for visiting plantations to administer health exams and treatment to the Indian indentured workers
Plantation Owners and Associates
Henry Parkins—a disgraced Australian from a moneyed family who has been sent to Fiji after a scandal
Susan Parkins—Henry’s ambitious wife, the daughter of an important political family in Australia
John Brown—aka John Chalmers; the overseer for the Parkins plantation; he isn’t who he seems
Lewis Robinson—a British man living in Suva and having an affair with Susan Parkins
Indian Immigrants Indentured to the Parkins Plantation
Kunti—an indentured Indian woman who seems to have disappeared (either a runaway or kidnapped), leaving behind her husband Venkat and daughter Divya
Venkat—an Indian indentured worker who serves as a sirdar (an Indian supervisor) for the Parkins plantation
Satish—an Indian indentured worker who interprets for English-speakers with the other Indian immigrants
Other Foreigners
Ravendra Choudry—an Indian member of a British delegation (Delegation for India’s Relations with Fiji) visiting Fiji to review the Indian indentured servitude program
