Characters in Shiver

Grace Brisbane

A seventeen-year-old in Mercy Falls, Minnesota, who was dragged off by wolves as a child and has watched a yellow-eyed wolf in the woods behind her house ever since.

Also in Linger, Forever

Sam Roth

A boy who is a wolf in the cold months and human in the warm ones, and who fears each change could be his last. He narrates alongside Grace.

Also in Linger, Forever

Tom Culpeper

Isabel and Jack's father, a lawyer who hates the wolves and organizes the hunt against them.

Isabel Culpeper

A sharp-tongued high school student in Mercy Falls whose family is bound up in the town's fear of the wolves; she later learns what the pack really is.

Also in Linger, Sinner

Jack Culpeper

Isabel's older brother, a violent and aggressive presence tied up with the wolves of Mercy Falls.

Also in Linger

Geoffrey Beck

The lawyer who leads the pack and has looked after Sam for years, taking a strong interest in him.

Also in Linger, Forever

Olivia Marx

Grace's close friend, who shares her fascination with the wolves of Mercy Falls.

Also in Linger, Forever

Shelby (The Wolves of Mercy Falls)

A troubled white-haired werewolf with a southern accent in the pack, hostile toward Grace.

Rachel

William Koenig