the Agent
First appears in Book 2: Judas Unchained, chapter 10 (Chapter 10)
Appearances
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B2
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 10A criminal fixer in Tridelta City who supplies Adam with troops; he is motivated by money but claims he won't betray humanity.
- Ch 10He supplied most of the men in the attack on the Second Chance and admires its style.
- Ch 10He warns that unidentified, wealthy, wetwired newcomers of unknown allegiance are in Tridelta's dark streets, taking over surreptitious clinics' services.
- Ch 10After hearing Adam's word that they are on the same side, he accepts it and agrees to help; he will inquire about Sheldon lifeboat suppliers.
- Ch 10The Agent arrives at Treetops with a muscular, wetwired female bodyguard and hidden armed men, and refuses to surrender despite being surrounded.
- Ch 10The Agent is beheaded by an armored attacker's harmonic blade during the attack; his head, containing his memorycell, is taken by Tarlo.
Connections
- related toAdam Elvinlong-term client and supplier of mercenaries
- related toRobin BeardBeard betrayed the Agent to the police
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 10Adam hires troops from the Agent
Adam visits the Agent in Tridelta, asks for mostly blunt-end troops within a week, wins his trust by giving his word, and is warned of mysterious wetwired strangers in the city.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Tarlo coerces Beard
Tarlo threatens Beard with a painful infuser patch, forcing him to cooperate and set up a meeting with the Agent on Illuminatus.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Standoff and ambush at Treetops
Alic's team confronts the Agent in a standoff. Three jetpack-armored attackers blast Treetops apart with plasma, kill the Agent, and Tarlo escapes with the Agent's head.