WALKER DETT
is a criminal mercenary, a remorseless killer whose allegiance is for sale, a man with a reputation for perfect planning and flawless execution.

ROYAL BEAUMONT
owns Locke City. Not just most of its property, but the police, the judges, and the politicians. Afflicted with polio as a child, he now rules his gang from a wheelchair. For many, he is the man who saved Locke City from becoming a ghost town.

SALVATORE DIOGUARDI
is a made man in the mob who has been "given" Locke City as his own territory. But Dioguardi has yet to learn if this was a gift—or a test.

MICKEY SHALARE
is a former IRA soldier who proved himself in British dungeons. Dioguardi is after Beaumont's criminal enterprises, but Shalare's mission is to amass political power far beyond Beaumont's borders.

JIMMY PROCTOR
is a Locke City native who returns to the local paper after being fired from a major city newspaper for doing what he does best. Nothing has changed about Proctor but his location.

TUSSY CHAMBERS
orphaned as a teenager when her parents were killed by a wealthy—and never prosecuted—drunk driver, has worked as a waitress ever since. She is certain there is "nothing special" about her. Only when Walker Dett enters her life does she learn the truth.