Protagonist
As in the earlier "Unnamed hero" novels, we never learn the protagonist's real name, only that he is living under the name Pat Armstrong. Armstrong works for the Studies Center in London, where various tactical wargame scenarios are played out with computer assistance, using the latest intelligence data on Soviet electronic warfare capabilities.
We also learn in passing that Armstrong is in his late 30s, and that he formerly worked for an unnamed intelligence organization which may well be the WOOC(P) of the earlier books - Dawlish, the head of WOOC(P) in the earlier novels, appears as a character, where it is revealed that he was Armstrong's superior. An additional character from earlier novels is Soviet KGB Colonel Oleg Stok.
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