Child 44
Child 44Tom Rob SmithChild 44, book 1
Characters in Child 44
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Leo Demidov
A decorated MGB officer in Stalin's Moscow whose faith in the State breaks down as he is drawn into a hunt for a killer the regime denies exists.
Antagonists
Vasili Nikitin
A rival MGB officer who resents Leo and works against him, a foil to Leo's loyalty and a danger to his family.
Supporting characters
Raisa Demidova
Leo's wife, a schoolteacher whose marriage is tested by the State's suspicion and who stays at his side when he is exiled.
Fyodor Andreev
A junior MGB officer under Leo whose young son is found dead on the railway tracks, and who insists the boy was murdered.
General Nesterov
A senior officer in the provincial militia who helps Leo with the investigation once he is exiled from Moscow.