The Dead Girls' Dance characters

Appears from the start

A sixteen-year-old university student and resident of Glass House. Claire now knows that vampires control Morganville and that her home is under attack, but she continues to meet danger with quick thinking and loyalty to Eve, Shane, and Michael.

Appears from the start

Claire's housemate and boyfriend, an eighteen-year-old with a deep hatred of vampires. Shane is horrified by his father's armed return to Morganville and caught between family loyalty and the need to protect Michael from Frank's revenge.

Appears from the start

Claire's Goth housemate and closest female friend. Eve is brave, expressive, and devoted to Michael, whose ghostlike existence confines him to Glass House. She faces danger rather than leave either Michael or Shane to confront it alone.

Appears from the start

The owner of Glass House, preserved by the building after a vampire killed him. Michael can take solid form at night but remains ghostlike and bound to the property, making him especially vulnerable when Frank Collins's hunters seize the house.

Appears from the start

Shane's father and the leader of an armed group determined to kill Morganville's vampires. Frank's family losses have hardened into indiscriminate revenge, and he is prepared to use Glass House and endanger Shane's friends to carry out his campaign.

First appears in chapter 2

A cruel vampire who has hunted Claire and threatened Glass House. Brandon becomes a target of Frank Collins's hunters, and what happens to him gives Morganville's authorities a reason to punish Shane.

First appears in chapter 2

Morganville's ancient Founder and ruling vampire. Amelie treats protection as a binding contract and will preserve order rather than offer help from kindness. Claire must persuade her that saving the Glass House residents serves the town's stability.

First appears in chapter 2

The vampire proprietor of Common Grounds and Amelie's principal local rival. Oliver's temporary cooperation never removes his ambition or his willingness to exploit the crisis for greater influence.

First appears in chapter 6

Michael's grandfather and one of Morganville's youngest vampires. Sam retains unusual sympathy for humans, moves between the town's communities more easily than most vampires, and cares deeply about what becomes of Michael.

First appears in chapter 5

Claire's wealthy university enemy, protected by her family's standing in Morganville. Monica remains hostile and dangerous, although the crisis around Shane sometimes makes her access to the town's powerful people useful.

First appears in chapter 5

Monica's older brother and a Morganville police officer. Richard understands both the official human government and the authority behind it, and he is more willing than his sister to prevent the town's conflicts from consuming innocent people.

First appears in chapter 8

Morganville's human mayor and the head of the influential Morrell family. He exercises civic authority within limits set by the vampires and places the town's survival and his family's position above Claire's appeals.