Honor Among Enemies characters

Appears from the start

A powerful Manticoran shipping magnate who presses the Navy for stronger protection against mounting losses in Silesia. He doubts that the proposed armed merchant deployment is sufficient.

Also known as First Spacelord Caparelli

Appears from the start

The Royal Manticoran Navy's First Spacelord. He must answer demands for safer commerce in Silesia without stripping light warships from the war against Haven.

Also known as White Haven

Appears from the start

Commander of Sixth Fleet and an advocate for capturing the strategically important Trevorstar terminus.

Appears from the start

The naval innovator behind Project Trojan Horse, which turns large commercial hulls into heavily armed ships able to conceal their true combat strength.

Also known as Captain Harrington, Steadholder Harrington

First appears in chapter 2

A Manticoran officer currently off active service who also holds authority as a Grayson steadholder and senior naval officer. Political opponents promote her for a dangerous four-ship Q-ship command in Silesia.

First appears in chapter 2

A Liberal-connected economist and former diplomat who remains hostile to Honor after an earlier conflict on Grayson. He agrees to support her recall because the weak, hazardous command may ruin or remove her.

First appears in chapter 2

Leader of the Dempsey cartel. She puts employee safety ahead of her political objections while discussing the Navy's proposed response to shipping losses.

Also known as Major LaFollet

First appears in chapter 3

Honor's chief armsman and security leader on Grayson. He remains responsible for her personal protection as she considers returning to active Manticoran service.

First appears in chapter 3

Honor's bonded treecat. Their private empathic connection lets her perceive the emotions of people around them, a capability she keeps secret.

First appears in chapter 4

The Protector of Grayson. He secures permanent recognition of Honor’s separate legal identities in Manticore, preserving her authority and LaFollet’s role as her armed protector.

First appears in chapter 6

The Fifth Space Lord, who oversees personnel for the Royal Manticoran Navy. He warns Honor that the accelerated deployment leaves too little time to provide Task Group 1037 with fully trained crews.

First appears in chapter 6

A senior captain who volunteers for the accelerated Silesian assignment. She will command Parnassus and serve as Honor's second-in-command in Task Group 1037.

First appears in chapter 6

Wayfarer's executive officer, once a junior tactical officer under Honor and now a decorated commander. He is one of the experienced officers anchoring the ship's hurriedly assembled crew.

First appears in chapter 7

A returning officer from Honor's earlier commands who takes charge of flight operations aboard Wayfarer as the Q-ship prepares for deployment.

Also known as Senior Chief Harkness

First appears in chapter 7

A seasoned senior enlisted crewman who returns to serve with Tremaine. His experience is valuable aboard a ship carrying many untested personnel and disciplinary transfers.

First appears in chapter 7

Captain of the Q-ship Gudrid and third in Task Group 1037's command order.

First appears in chapter 7

A veteran of Honor's earlier commands who captains the Q-ship Scheherazade as part of Task Group 1037's covert anti-piracy deployment.

First appears in chapter 8

A gifted but inexperienced electronics technician assigned to Wayfarer. Eager to serve under Honor, he refuses to yield his bunk to a lower-rated senior crewman and becomes a target for intimidation.

Also known as Bosun MacBride

First appears in chapter 8

Wayfarer's senior enlisted leader, responsible for discipline among a crew that includes inexperienced personnel and disruptive transfers. She knows which crew members arrived with disciplinary records and intervenes directly when Wanderman is assaulted over his assigned bunk.

First appears in chapter 8

A power technician and disciplinary transfer who tries to take Wanderman's bunk by force. After MacBride stops him, he continues to threaten the younger technician.

First appears in chapter 9

Wayfarer's chief engineer and Samantha's adopted human. He is responsible for shaping a large, inexperienced engineering department into an effective unit during the rushed deployment.

First appears in chapter 9

Tschu’s bonded female treecat companion.

First appears in chapter 10

An Andermani fleet admiral and member of the imperial succession. He reveals that the Empire has identified Task Group 1037 and offers controlled support for its campaign against Silesian raiders.

First appears in chapter 13

A People's Navy cruiser captain operating covertly in Silesia. After finding a freighter whose crew was murdered by pirates, he diverts from reconnaissance to pursue the killers and recover evidence about them.

First appears in chapter 15

Klaus Hauptman's daughter and the Hauptman cartel's operations director for Manticore B. She insists on accompanying her father when he decides to investigate the cartel's losses in Silesia.

First appears in chapter 15

Captain of the lost Hauptman freighter Bonaventure and a former captain of the family yacht. He remained aboard with his executive officer after most of the crew escaped and is now missing.

First appears in chapter 16

Wayfarer's Marine officer, responsible for leading boarding operations and securing prisoners when Honor's disguised ship captures its first raider.

First appears in chapter 17

The governor at Walther who accepts Honor's captured pirates. His eagerness to take custody of them and displeasure over the destruction of their ship make his conduct appear suspicious.

First appears in chapter 18

The People's Commissioner aboard Caslet's cruiser, Vaubon. He authorizes the captain's plan to lure and capture a pirate vessel linked to atrocities against merchant crews.

First appears in chapter 19

The former ruler associated with the Chalice uprising, previously believed executed. A rescued captive identifies him as the living commander of a large privateer network operating from a hidden planetary base.

First appears in chapter 20

A newly promoted senior chief aboard Wayfarer and a friend of Wanderman. She questions the circumstances of his injuries and presses for action against the intimidation affecting the crew.

First appears in chapter 20

A suspected member of Randy Steilman’s circle aboard Wayfarer.

First appears in chapter 20

A suspected associate of Randy Steilman aboard Wayfarer.

First appears in chapter 21

A People's Navy admiral directing covert commerce warfare in Silesia. Reports of Manticoran Q-ships prompt him to alter the pattern of his raiding force.

First appears in chapter 23

Walther's system governor. Honor concludes that he is deliberately delaying the captured pirates' prosecution until Wayfarer departs, and she preserves his promises as evidence for later diplomatic and trade pressure.

First appears in chapter 23

Wayfarer’s Marine battalion sergeant major. He joins Horace Harkness in training Aubrey Wanderman to defend himself.

First appears in chapter 24

Captain of the passenger liner Artemis. Concerned about worsening conditions in Silesia, Fuchien objects to carrying the Hauptmans there but ultimately accepts the Navy escort assigned to the voyage.

Also known as Commander Usher

First appears in chapter 24

The newly appointed captain of HMS Hawkwing. His destroyer is quietly diverted to accompany Artemis on its Silesian voyage because the Hauptmans are among its passengers.

First appears in chapter 25

An environmental technician in Steilman's five-person conspiracy. He helps change the monitoring system so the group can desert aboard an escape pod without its absence being reported.

First appears in chapter 25

A member of Steilman's covert five-person circle. He helps construct a bomb intended to cripple Wayfarer's engineering systems and cover the group's planned desertion.

First appears in chapter 20

A Wayfarer crew member who finds Aubrey Wanderman injured but is too frightened to identify those responsible.

First appears in chapter 35

The officer assigned to command six light attack craft and missile pods left behind to protect Sidemore from four missing privateer ships.

First appears in chapter 36

Klaus Hauptman's daughter, accompanying him aboard Artemis on the voyage toward Silesia.

First appears in chapter 38

Captain of the People's Navy ship Carabin. She follows orders to eliminate witnesses to the raiding force, despite misgivings about the civilian passengers aboard Artemis.

First appears in chapter 40

Commander of PNS Achmed. He correctly identifies the merchantman that destroyed Carabin as a Manticoran Q-ship and pursues it cautiously while searching for Artemis.

First appears in chapter 41

The surviving captain of the disabled PNS Achmed. Brought aboard the equally crippled Wayfarer with his remaining personnel, he cooperates with Honor to preserve life on both sides.