The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devil and the Dark WaterStuart TurtonSamuel Pipps & Arent Hayes, book 1
Characters in The Devil and the Dark Water
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Samuel Pipps
The world-renowned detective, held prisoner aboard the Saardam and accused of a crime he may not have committed.
Arent Hayes
Pipps's loyal bodyguard, who must investigate the ship's impossible crimes while his friend sits imprisoned.
Sara Wessel
A sharp-witted noblewoman, unhappily married to the governor general, who partners with Arent to uncover the truth.
Antagonists
Jan Haan
The tyrannical governor general of Batavia and Sara's husband.
Supporting characters
Lia (The Devil and the Dark Water)
Sara and Jan Haan's brilliant, sheltered daughter, an engineering prodigy kept hidden by her father.
Creesjie Jens
A widowed friend of Sara's traveling aboard the Saardam, entangled in the ship's growing web of secrets.