| “ | I have to hand it to you Brits. Here at the CIA, we've used cats and dogs - we tried to put a cat into the Korean embassy with a bug on its collar. It was a neat operation and it would have worked, but, unfortunately, they ate it. But we've never used a kid before. Certainly not a kid like you [...] | ” |
—Joe Byrne's first meeting with Alex Rider in Cuba |
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Joe Byrne appeared in the books Skeleton Key, 'Ark Angel and Scorpia Rising.
Appearance
Byrne appears around sixty, with grizzled white hair and a mustache.
Career
He is the deputy director for the Covert Actions Division of the CIA.
| Skeleton Key Characters | |
| Main Characters | |
|---|---|
| Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Alexei Sarov • Sabina Pleasure | |
| Other Key Characters | |
| Joe Byrne • Smithers • Belinda Troy • Tom Turner • Conrad • John Crawley • Boris Kiriyenko | |
| Ark Angel Characters | |
| Main Characters | |
|---|---|
| Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Nikolei Drevin • Paul Drevin • Magnus Payne | |
| Other Key Characters | |
| Joe Byrne • Smithers • Tamara Knight • Max Webber • Ed Shulsky • John Crawley | |
| Scorpia Rising Characters | |
| Main Characters | |
|---|---|
| Alex Rider • Jack Starbright • Alan Blunt • Abdul-Aziz Al-Rahim • Julius Grief | |
| Other Key Characters | |
| Smithers • Tulip Jones • Joe Byrne • Erik Gunter • Zeljan Kurst • Yannis Ariston Xenopolos | |
