Characters in Black House

Jack Sawyer

Retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in French Landing, Wisconsin, who is drawn back into the case and toward the Territories he once crossed into as a boy.

Also in The Talisman, Other Worlds Than These

The Fisherman (Black House)

Serial killer who abducts and murders children in French Landing, and the target of the manhunt.

Henry Leyden

Blind radio disc jockey who voices several on-air personalities and is a friend and ally to Jack.

Tyler Marshall

Young boy at the center of the investigation into the child abductions in French Landing.

Judy Marshall

Tyler's mother, who is struggling badly as the town's children disappear.

Dale Gilbertson

French Landing's police chief and Jack's friend, who asks him for help with the Fisherman case.

Wendell Green

Sensationalist local television reporter covering the murders in French Landing.