Shawn Martin

Shawn Martin is the founder and current head of the Followers of the One, a Christian fundamentalist movement. He is considered a rather "unorthodox" person with "extreme" views of the Bible and of Christianity in general.
==Biography==
He is first seen on TV when Emmett arrives in Hadford, but he does not really do anything in the book itself. Rather, it is his "muscle", his adopted son Bradley Martin, that does much of the action.
He is first seen preaching to a mass of people on live television. After that, he is mentioned a couple times throughout the storyline,
His last appearance is towards the end of the story, where he calls for the blood of CIA director Arthur Holmes and some of his cronies, and later commissions his adopted son Bradley to bring Arthur's head to him on a platter. However, Emmett Mack beats him to it and gets Arthur Holmes arrested, which Shawn presumably allows to prevent any more murders in Hadford. 
==Trivia==
*He was originally supposed to actively participate in the investigation of the murders, but this was scrapped.
*He was also originally supposed to lead a lynch mob against Arthur Holmes, but this was also scrapped.
*He is also the first minor character to be part of a cult. 
Category:Characters of The Mack Coalition