Characters in The Taken Ones

Evangeline "Van" Reed

A Minnesota BCA cold case agent raised in a cult called The Farm, whose past shadows the investigation.

Also in The Reaping

Harry Steinbeck

A straight-laced forensic scientist who follows the facts and partners with Van on the case.

Also in The Reaping

Kyle Kaminski

A younger investigator whom Van Reed mentors as she works the cold case.

Dave Comstock

The lead detective on the case, who helped force Van out of the police department.

Rue Larsen

The one girl who walked out of the woods in 1980, too traumatized to remember what happened.