Dan Miller

Dan is introduced in chapter 6 as a man David believes to "think is great at first but gets annoying later". He is a very smart man and soon devises a plan to escape the market, realizing early on that Mrs. Carmody will eventually get a hold on the psyche of everyone in the store in a matter of nights. He soon speaks to David personally about his plan about leaving and also theorizes the creatures are not in the parking lot as Brenton's group got somewhat far throughout the parking lot without getting devoured, and also none of the cars, at least close to the store have been crushed. He and David eventually devise a plan to go to the pharmacy next door both to gather supplies and survivors who might be trapped there and starving. They go to the pharmacy the next day along with Hilda, Buddy, Mike, Jim and Ollie which apposes Mrs. Carmody, but the group after getting into the pharmacy is soon attacked by spider creatures which have nested in the store. Dan almost escapes but at the door is attacked by a creature which wraps him in it's web and carries him off, cocooned and presumably sliced to ribbons as the webbing the creatures produce is corrosive.