Milo Weaver was a CIA employee, commissioned as a "Tourist" responding to orders to track and kill enemy agents. Weaver manages to kill bad guys efficiently, without explanation or rationale from his superiors. The so-called Bureau of Tourism within the CIA, as well as its mission, is so secretive that its "Travel Agents" apparently work without oversight and Tourists act without portfolios. As much as Milo had hoped to retire from Tourism, and is now married and father of an 8-year-old daughter, no Tourist ever leaves his past behind. In short order, Milo finds himself ensnared in deadly conflicts with spies and Tourists from France, Russia, the United Nations, and though he cannot be certain, his bosses within the CIA.
Olen Steinhauer is hoping his readers are completely entranced by a quick moving plot with hairpin turns and will forgive the fact that his writing is all rather meme-ish, especially with regard to his portrayal of female characters.
Though not a direct quote,
this tweet provides a reasonable facsimile.
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