Connor Sloane is an agent with the CIA.
For a while. More on that later.
We learn early on that Sloane is 35 years old - still getting used to the fact that he is not as young as he used to be, demonstrated by being addressed as "Mister". He kept himself in excellent shape but the knowledge that his best days physically might be behind him was never far from his mind.
Those best days had been in the U.S. military. Prior to joining the Agency, Sloane had served for nearly a decade in the Army's Special Forces, too many of them fighting in Afghanistan. When he decided his time in the Service had come to a proper end, Langley had extended an offer and he took it.
Their reasons for their interest are pretty obvious once a look at his history is taken. "Connor was fluent in Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, and a few other languages. His parents, who'd fled from Iran during the revolution, had spoken a number of languages at home, and Connor had picked up more languages while in the army." This skillset would be one of the main reasons for his quick advancement through the ranks.
Oddly, though, despite his notable career in Special Forces and his impressive combat skills, he was being used as an analyst, albeit one with the ability to pick up on little nuances in speech and tone when reviewing phone intercepts of suspected terrorist activity. It would be one particular message that would spark a major amount of interest by him and one that would prompt more research - all leading to his suddenly not just sitting a desk anymore. But when he does see action, it will not be for the CIA but for the Outfit.
Exactly what that organization is remains a bit of a mystery. Its operatives do make it a point to make sure it is not mistaken for any of the more commonly thought of intelligence agencies. The Outfit will make itself known to Sloane and his desire for action will kick in and he will make the transition.
Playing as much a role in the two adventures we have of Sloane, and a considerably more intensive one, is a fascinating woman named Anastasia "Annie" Brown, another operative for the Outfit and one with an impressive resume.
"She was only thirty, but her first professional kill had been well over a decade ago. Annie had earned a nickname over the years, and it had become her nom de guerre, her professional name: The Black Widow. It was also a frame of mind that she put herself into when business needed to be done. She'd slice the man's throat in a second, without giving it a moment's thought."