Shane Alexander
An M249 gunner who wanted to be a soldier his whole life. Quiet, disciplined, and gray-eyed. He takes his sentence standing at attention and believes staying silent is the loyal thing to do.
Dossier · Personnel files
The Characters
A cast drawn from the chain of command, the prison system, and the town of Kiseljak.
Mike Chisholm
An ex-military appellate lawyer with a battered briefcase and a steady supply of bad jokes. He has seen good men go down for bad reasons, and he's decided this one won't.
Loran Taylor
Shane's best friend since the bleachers of their high school ball field. Wiry, funny, girl-crazy, and bound for Nashville someday. He joined because Shane did.
Steven Laughlin
Shane's squad leader in Kiseljak. He called in the ridge sighting that never made the record, and he's lived with the testimony he gave ever since.
Na'ada Hussein
The young mother from the market. Loran died pulling her and her son out of the line of fire. She gave her name to investigators three times. No one wrote it down.
Milo Jovanović
A talkative, precise translator who typed the Kiseljak witness statements himself and remembers every one. Legendary for his breath.
Raymond Lindstrom
The prosecutor. Combat Infantryman Badge, ribbons in perfect rows, and certain the Army got it right the first time.
Louis Nolan
Presides over both trials. Square jaw, steel eyes, and no patience for anyone wasting his court's time.
Tim & Mary Alexander
Shane's parents. A work-worn father of few words and a mother holding herself together with a handkerchief and good posture.
See where these people collide: the court-martial, the firefight, and the retrial.