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Book cover of The Twelve
The TwelveJustin CroninThe Passage, book 2

Characters in The Twelve

20 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Alicia Donadio

    A fierce soldier who hunts the Twelve and carries a transformation that sets her apart from both humans and virals.

    Also in The Passage, The City of Mirrors

  • Amy Harper Bellafonte

    The girl from the first book, now working at a military orphanage in Texas and drawn into the fight against the Twelve.

    Also in The Passage, The City of Mirrors

  • Peter Jaxon

    A decorated veteran of the long war against the virals who helps lead the plan to destroy the Twelve.

    Also in The Passage

Antagonists

  • Horace Guilder

    A dying government official who watches the country collapse and later runs a city in Iowa.

Supporting characters

  • Sara Fisher

    A survivor from the first book whose fate becomes tied to the captive settlement in Iowa.

    Also in The Passage, The City of Mirrors

  • Curtis Vorhees

    Seen as a child at the family picnic where the virals strike, and again among the friends who shelter underground.

  • Tifty Lamont

    One of the children from Curtis Vorhees's circle who leads them to an underground camp.

  • Anthony Lloyd Carter

    Also in The Passage, The City of Mirrors

  • Michael "The Circuit" Fisher

    Also in The Passage, The City of Mirrors

  • Hollis Wilson

    Also in The Passage, The City of Mirrors

  • Gunnar Apgar

    Also in The City of Mirrors

  • Danny Chayes

    An autistic school-bus driver caught in the first days of the outbreak who takes two children under his protection.

  • April Donadio

  • Timothy Donadio

  • Caleb Jaxon

    Also in The City of Mirrors

  • Lucius Greer

    Also in The City of Mirrors

  • Lawrence Grey

    A janitor from the original Project NOAH whose part in the experiment keeps pulling him back toward it.

  • Bernard Kittridge

    A former sniper who holes up in ruined Denver and shoots virals from his stronghold.

  • Lila Kyle

    Brad Wolgast's former wife, caught up in the outbreak and taken to a research center.

  • Brad Wolgast

    The former FBI agent from the first book, whose past ties him to Lila, Amy and the origins of the virals.

    Also in The Passage