Characters in The Last Town

Ethan Burke

Former Secret Service agent turned sheriff of Wayward Pines, who leads the town's residents in the last stand against Pilcher's collapsing regime and the creatures beyond the fence.

Also in Pines, Wayward

David Pilcher

The town's founder, whose god-complex control of Wayward Pines curdles into vengeful madness, leading him to open the electrified fence and unleash the abbies on the population.

Also in Wayward

Kate Hewson

A resident whose loyalties to Ethan and to Pilcher's order shift over the course of the book, putting her at risk of execution for breaking the town's rules.

Also in Pines

Adam Hassler

Ethan's former boss, discovered to have survived outside the electrified fence and able to describe the ruined world beyond it.

Theresa Burke

Ethan's wife, fighting to keep herself and their son alive as the town descends into chaos and the fence comes down.

Ben Burke

Ethan and Theresa's young son, whose survival becomes one of the family's central struggles as Wayward Pines falls apart.