Your Handy Guide to the Many, Many Characters in American Gods

When we first meet Shadow, he's getting released early from his three-year stint in prison. Sadly the news is bittersweet, since the reason for his early release is because his beloved wife, Laura, has died in a car crash. On the way home he meets a peculiar con-artist named Mr. Wednesday, who offers Shadow a job. Though he's skeptical of Wednesday's intentions, Shadow accepts the position and finds himself embracing a mysterious, magical new fate.