Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.
At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention.
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.

