Dread Nation
Dread NationJustina IrelandDread Nation Series, book 1
Characters in Dread Nation
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Jane McKeene
A sharp-tongued, combat-trained girl finishing her education at Miss Preston's School of Combat for Negro Girls in Baltimore.
Antagonists
Elias Snyder
The violent, racist sheriff who enforces Survivalist rule over the town of Summerland.
Supporting characters
Katherine Devereaux
Jane's prim, high-achieving classmate and early rival at combat school who becomes her closest ally.
Jackson Keats
A charming, morally ambiguous former beau of Jane's from Baltimore who resurfaces searching for his missing sister.
Gideon Carr
An Egalitarian scientist in the frontier town of Summerland who becomes an unlikely friend to Jane.