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