The protagonist of Alfred Bester’s “The Stars My Destination” is Gully Foyle.
Foyle begins the novel as an unremarkable merchant-spacecraft crewman, abandoned in deep space after his ship refuses to rescue him. His experience of betrayal drives a single-minded quest for revenge and survival, transforming him into the dangerous and resourceful figure at the center of the story.
The novel, first published in book form in 1956, is also known as “Tiger! Tiger!” Bester uses Foyle’s journey to explore teleportation, identity, social class, and the psychological effects of extreme isolation. The setting’s teleportation system is called jaunting, but jaunting is a technology rather than a character.
Robin Wednesbury, Presteign, and the jaunte concept are all associated with the novel, but none is its protagonist. Foyle’s distinctive name and his evolution from abandoned sailor to powerful avenger make him the single canonical answer.