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Book cover of Wanderers
WanderersChuck Wendig

Characters in Wanderers

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Shana

    Sister of the first sleepwalker, she follows the Flock as it crosses the country and later becomes a Walker herself.

Antagonists

  • Matthew Bird

    A small-town preacher whose fear of the Walkers hardens into a violent crusade.

  • Ozark Stover

    A white supremacist and drug lord who exploits the chaos around the Flock.

Supporting characters

  • Pete Corley

    An aging rock and roll icon who joins the Flock's journey and is known for his liberal politics.

  • Benji Ray

    A disgraced researcher recruited by the pandemic-prediction AI Black Swan to investigate the sleepwalking epidemic.

  • Black Swan (Wanderers)

    A high-tech AI built to predict and prevent pandemics, which tracks the sleepwalkers.