my favorite character would either be
Shane 'Scarecrow' Schofield from matthew rileys scarecrow series
or
Jack 'Hunsman' West Jr from his Seven ancient wonders series
or
Dirk Pitt one of clive cusslers characters
ive read all mattew rileys book so far and his style is way better than dan brown. but obviously mattew riley is aussie so his books are even more brilliant then they would be if he was from anywhere else(im biased)
i finished reading "sign of the cross" recently cant remember who it was by...