Characters
- Colin Laney – Data analyst with an ability to sense nodal points (previously appeared in Idoru).
- Chevette Washington – an ex-bike messenger who lived on the Bridge for several years and is on the run from an abusive boyfriend (Virtual Light).
- Berry Rydell – A rent-a-cop and former lover of Chevette who is working as a security guard at a convenience store Lucky Dragon in Los Angeles (Virtual Light).
- Shinya Yamazaki – Self-described "student of existential sociology" (Virtual Light, Idoru).
- The Suit – an impoverished ex-salaryman who lives in the Tokyo subway and repaints his suit daily instead of purchasing a fresh one.
- Konrad – Taoist assassin hired by Harwood.
- Tessa – Chevette's media student roommate, who drives Chevette to the Bridge in her van in order to make a documentary on its inhabitants.
- Boomzilla – A street impresario with designs on Tessa's balloon camera.
- Silencio – A mute savant boy with a fascination with watches.
- Fontaine – A Bridge resident and pawn-shop owner who takes Silencio into his care. (Virtual Light)
- Rei Toei – A holographic idol (the beautiful "emergent system" from Idoru).
- Buell Creedmore - An alcoholic/drug addicted country singer with a short temper and a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time. Although he tries to pass himself off as a native Southerner, he later reveals he was born and raised in New Jersey.
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