| 1 | Jose |
Maria | Earl Alden's employee. |
| 2 | Joe |
Pickett | Protagonist. Wyoming game warden. |
| | Marybeth |
Pickett | Joe's wife. |
| | April |
| Joe and Marybeth's foster daughter. |
| | Lucy |
| Joe and Marybeth's daughter. |
| | Sheridan |
| Joe and Marybeth's daughter. |
| | Missy |
Vankueren-Longbrake-Alden |
Earl's wife. Joe's mother-in-law. |
| | Earl |
Alden | Earl of Lexington. Missy's new husband. |
| | Bud |
Longbrake | Missy's former husband. A landowner. |
| | Spencer |
Rulon | The governor. |
| | Kyle |
McLanahan | The Police Chief in Saddle String. |
| 3 | Ed |
Nedny | Joe's next-door neighbor. |
| | Phil |
Kiner | A game warden. |
| 4 | Bob |
Newman | The worker that Joe met. |
| 5 | Reed |
| A deputy. |
| 6 | Jake |
Solis | One of the deputies. |
| | Sissy |
Skanlon | Editor of Saddlestring roundup. |
| | Jim |
Parmenter | Stringer for the Billings Gazette. |
| | Mike |
Reed | One of the deputies. |
| | Dulcie |
Schalk | The new county sheriff. |
| | Robey |
Hersig | Joe's friend. Former country sheriff. |
| | Marcus |
Hand | A Wyoming TV legend. A criminal defense attorney. |
| 7 | Nate |
Romanowski | Joe's friend. A falconer. |
| | Alisha |
Whiteplume | Nate's lover. |
| | Large |
Merle | Nate's fellow falconer. |
| 8 | Johnny |
Cook | Laurie's hired men. |
| | Drennen |
O'Malia | Laurie's hired men. |
| | Laurie |
Talich | The woman who wants to kill Nate Romanowski. |
| | Buck |
Timberman | The bartender. |
| | Chase |
Talich | Laurie's late husband. |
| | Cory |
Talich | Chase's brother. |
| | Nathaniel |
Talich | Chase's brother. |
| 12 |
Stella | Ennis |
Hand's former client. |
| 14 |
Tilden | Mouton |
Justice of the Peace. |
| 15 |
Bud | Longbrake Jr. |
Bud's son. Aka: Shamazz. |
| | Buck |
Timberman | A former basketball and Rodeo coach. |
| | Keith |
Bailey | Ex-highway patrolman. Bud's friend. |
| | Hewitt |
| Wyoming district judge. |
| | Maury |
Brown | The reverend who read the eulogy. |
| | Sally |
Longbrake | Bud's daughter. |
| 20 |
Bob | Lee |
Alden's neighbor. |
| | Dode |
Lee | Bob's wife. |
| | Wes |
Lee | Bob and Dode's son. |
| 22 |
Alice | Thunder |
A receptionist at Wyoming Indian High School. |
| | Lisa |
Rich | The girl that Drennen likes. |
| | Gasbag |
Jim | The man in charge of the operation. |
| | Luis |
| Gasbag Jim's assistant. |
| | Jesus |
| Gasbag Jim's assistant. |
| 25 |
Orin | Smith |
The energy company CEO and Chairman. |
| | Chuck |
Coon | FBI Special Agent. |
| 26 |
Philip | Glasier |
An author. |
| | Edward |
Abbey | An author. |
| | Phillip |
Abbey | Nate's alias. |
| | Rod |
Blagojevich | ex-Governor of Illinois. |
| 32 |
Aimee | |
Laurie's daughter. |
| | Melissa |
| Aimee's sister. |
