His first novel was the surprise Cold War best seller The Hunt for Red October 19844; film 1990), which introduced his popular protagonist, CIA agent Jack Ryan, who was featured in a number of his later books.
His first novel was the surprise Cold War best seller (1984; film 1990), which introduced his popular protagonist, CIA agent Jack Ryan, who was featured in a number of his later books.
In the first season of "Homeland," the Showtime drama about the C.I.A. and terrorism, the protagonist, an agent named Carrie Mathison, conducts warrantless surveillance on an American whom she suspects is a terrorist.
A fiend for the bean (the Eraserhead director claims to drink 10 cups of coffee a day), the show's well-caffeinated protagonist, Special Agent Dale Cooper, enjoys a similar relationship to coffee when chilling out at the local diner, cup of joe in hand.
For example, Bordertown and The Virgin of Juárez position their US protagonists as agents of change who bring with them the necessary knowledge for finding answers in Juárez.
In contrast to Mr. Gross, Alex Berenson, a writer of espionage thrillers, was hoping to "lower the stakes" for his protagonist, the C.I.A. agent John Wells, "and not have him save the world" in his newest venture, "The Midnight House".
The plan is for Affleck to be the new Harrison Ford all-action hero, fist-fighting his way through gritty thrillers like Reindeer Games, epics like Pearl Harbor and The Sum of All Fears (where he literally stepped into Ford's shoes by playing a younger version of the CIA agent protagonist, Jack Ryan).
These motions were intended to establish the protagonist as an agent in need of assistance because it was unable to reach its goal.
The pre-war operation of the station and the branch line features in a pivotal scene in Geoffrey Household's novel Rogue Male, when the pursuit of the protagonist by enemy agents sees them repeatedly using the station's escalators, passageways and the shuttle service.
