| Michael | Adkins | Leslie's senior partner. |
| Timmy | Beach | Clyde's acquaitance. A disabled veteran fund-raiser. |
| Randolph | Boyd | William's grandfather. |
| William | Boyd | One of the wealthiest men of the state. Johnny's land buyer. |
| Bonnie | Busby | The Raven County district attorney. |
| Danielle | Carter | Waylon's wife. |
| Waylon | Carter | Jimmy's colleague. |
| Jenny | C. Hightower | Colson's wife. |
| Willard | Cline | The sheriff. |
| Jack | Cross | A lawyer. Johnny's best friend. |
| Willis | Dred | A man who was missing in a damp. |
| Peter | Drexel | The man who called Jack. An editor. |
| Judge | Ford | One of the court judges. |
| Cree | Freemantle. | Luana's daughter. |
| Isaac | Freemantle. | The owner of Hush Arbor. John's slave. |
| Levi | Freemantle. | The last male of Freemantle. |
| Luana | Freemantle. | Isaac's female descendant who took ownership of Johnny's land. |
| Martha | Goodman | Boyd's cook and housekeeper. |
| Leslie | Green | Jack's boss. An Appellate lawyer. |
| Colson | Hightower | One of Willard's deputies. |
| Jimmy Ray | Hill | Willard's companion. A war veteran. |
| Clyde | Hunt | Johnny's step-father. A Detective. |
| Katherine | Hunt | Jonny's mother. |
| George | III | The King of Great Britain and United Kingdom. |
| Jamie | Kimmel | The reporter's spotter. |
| James | Kirkpatrick | A coal-country billionaire. Boyd's friend. |
| James | Kirkpatrick Jr. | James's son. |
| Tom | Lee | Willard's assistant. The Captain. |
| Alyssa | Merrimon | Johnny's twin sister. Deceased. |
| John | Merrimon | Johnny's great, great grandfather. |
| Johnny | Merrimon | Protagonist. |
| Marion | Merrimon | Johnny's great, great grandmother. |
| Trenton | Moore | The medical examiner. |
| Dr. | Patel | A psychiatrist. |
| Ellie | Pinkerton | A reporter. |
| Judge | Randolph | One of the court judges. |
| Charlie | Ravenwood | A veteran who was missing in the swamp. |
| Randy | Reamer | Owner of a large firm. |
| Tiffany | Shore | The girl that Johnny saved. |
| Beatrice | Showalter | Tyson's mother. The girl who found Randolph in the swamp. |
| Tyson | Showalter | A political science professor. |
| Aina | | A slave that John buried alive. |
| Brinson | | A retired drill instructor. |
| Charlie | | Randolph's friend and co-hunter. |
| Clark | | One of Williard's deputies. |
| Daniel | | Johnny's neighbor. A gun store owner. |
| Dave | | A young man that Johnny met. |
| Grayson | | A policeman. |
| Hankins | | One of Williard's deputies. |
| Herbert | | Randolph's friend and co-hunter. |
| Jensen | | Captain Lee's paramedic. |
| Joyce | | Leslie's secretary. |
| Leon | | The bartender. |
| Martinez | | One of Williard's deputies. |
| Massassi | | The mysterious soul. |
| McGreevy | | One of Captain Lee's police officers. |
| Redmond | | A plott hound that Cree wanted to keep. |
| Sandy | | The receptionist at Jack Cross's firm |
| Theresa | | Luana's neighbor. |
| Verdine | | An old lady who knows about the swamp. Leon's grandmother. |
