The last tourist

Book Cover
Average Rating
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English

Description

New York Times bestselling author Olen Steinhauer brings back Milo Weaver in The Last Tourist.In Olen Steinhauer’s bestseller An American Spy, reluctant CIA agent Milo Weaver thought he had finally put “Tourists”—CIA-trained assassins—to bed. A decade later, Milo is hiding out in Western Sahara when a young CIA analyst arrives to question him about a series of suspicious deaths and terrorist chatter linked to him. Their conversation is soon interrupted by a new breed of Tourists intent on killing them both, forcing them to run. As he tells his story, Milo is joined by colleagues and enemies from his long history in the world of intelligence, and the young analyst wonders what to believe. He wonders, too, if he’ll survive this encounter. After three standalone novels, Olen Steinhauer returns to the series that made him a New York Times bestseller.

More Details

ISBN
9781250036216

Discover More

Also in this Series

  • The tourist (Milo Weaver trilogy Volume 1) Cover
  • The nearest exit (Milo Weaver trilogy Volume 2) Cover
  • An American spy (Milo Weaver trilogy Volume 3) Cover
  • The last tourist (Milo Weaver trilogy Volume 4) Cover

Author Notes

Loading Author Notes...

Similar Series From Novelist

NoveList provides detailed suggestions for series you might like if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
Kirk McGarvey and Milo Weaver are accomplished spies: brave, intelligent, and committed. They're also ruthless, deadly, and having difficulty settling into retirement. Their fast-paced, action-packed adventures feature terrorists, ex-KGB agents, drug dealers, and traitorous government officials. -- Mike Nilsson
The protagonists in these fast-paced spy novels are conflicted CIA agents who often find themselves caught between their untrusting employers and their enemies. Triple-crosses, shadowy conspiracies, and terrorists abound in these suspenseful espionage adventures. -- Mike Nilsson
Micah Dalton and Milo Weaver are intelligence agents who know how to handle themselves in the field, whether during a firefight or a sensitive negotiation. Their respective espionage series are action-packed and suspenseful, filled with close calls and tension. -- Mike Nilsson
These adrenaline-fueled spy thrillers star U.S. intelligence operatives who are betrayed and hunted by their own government. Smart, resourceful, and determined, these men are forced to fight for both their personal survival and the safety of America. -- Mike Nilsson
These series have the appeal factors plot-driven, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "cia agents," and "spies."
These series have the appeal factors action-packed and plot-driven, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "elite operatives," "intelligence service," and "former cia agents."
These series have the appeal factors suspenseful, action-packed, and fast-paced, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "elite operatives," "intelligence service," and "former cia agents."
These series have the appeal factors suspenseful, action-packed, and fast-paced, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "elite operatives," "intelligence service," and "spies."
These series have the appeal factors suspenseful and fast-paced, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "intelligence service" and "spies."

Similar Titles From NoveList

NoveList provides detailed suggestions for titles you might like if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
These books have the theme "on the run"; the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "former cia agents," "espionage," and "cia agents."
These books have the appeal factors intricately plotted, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "political thrillers"; and the subjects "former cia agents," "intelligence service," and "espionage."
These books have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "former cia agents," "intelligence service," and "terrorists."
NoveList recommends "Micah Dalton series" for fans of "Milo Weaver trilogy". Check out the first book in the series.
These books have the appeal factors suspenseful, fast-paced, and intricately plotted, and they have the genre "thrillers and suspense."
These books have the appeal factors fast-paced and plot-driven, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "terrorists," "intrigue," and "cia agents."
These books have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "terrorists," and "espionage."
These books have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "former cia agents," "intelligence service," and "espionage."
The Afghan - Forsyth, Frederick
These books have the genres "spy fiction" and "political thrillers"; and the subjects "former cia agents," "intelligence service," and "terrorists."
These books have the theme "on the run"; the genre "thrillers and suspense"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "cia agents," and "elite operatives."
These books have the appeal factors intensifying, and they have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "former cia agents," "intelligence service," and "espionage."
NoveList recommends "John Wells novels" for fans of "Milo Weaver trilogy". Check out the first book in the series.

Similar Authors From NoveList

NoveList provides detailed suggestions for other authors you might want to read if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
Genelin and Steinhauer write police procedurals that are set in Eastern Europe. While Steinhauer's books are historicals set during and after World War II, Genelin's are contemporary. Yet both series deal with the problems these countries faced and feature strong policemen who must deal with their country's problems. -- Merle Jacob
Olen Steinhauer and Vince Flynn pen fast-paced spy fiction that sends their seemingly indestructible CIA agents everywhere in the world, from Pakistan to Moscow to Washington, D.C. Readers will enjoy their compelling prose mixed with a heady atmosphere of danger and intrigue. -- Mike Nilsson
Olen Steinhauer and Alex Berenson know how to keep their readers on edge. Their fast-paced spy thrillers feature plenty of action, gun play, and double-crosses, their work revolves around the world of international espionage, complete with CIA agents, paranoia, and abundant technical detail. -- Mike Nilsson
These authors' works have the genres "spy fiction" and "historical thrillers"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "elite operatives," and "undercover operations."
These authors' works have the appeal factors menacing and unputdownable, and they have the genres "spy fiction" and "political thrillers"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "spies," and "international intrigue."
These authors' works have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "spies," and "international intrigue."
These authors' works have the genres "spy fiction" and "political thrillers"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "elite operatives," and "spies."
These authors' works have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "elite operatives," and "terrorists."
These authors' works have the appeal factors stylistically complex, and they have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "elite operatives," and "innocence (law)."
These authors' works have the genres "spy fiction" and "political thrillers"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "terrorists," and "spies."
These authors' works have the genres "spy fiction" and "political thrillers"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "elite operatives," and "innocence (law)."
These authors' works have the appeal factors stylistically complex and multiple perspectives, and they have the genre "spy fiction"; and the subjects "intelligence service," "elite operatives," and "terrorists."

Published Reviews

Booklist Review

Milo Weaver never liked being a Tourist--the code name for the members of an off-the-grid group of CIA-trained assassins--and, finally, after the traumatic events described in The Nearest Exit (2010) and An American Spy (2012)--he thought he'd finally pulled the plug, forming a noninterventionist intelligence-gathering service called the Library. The idea was to use his skills to ferret out what the bad guys were up to and make that information available to the governments affected, thus preventing international carnage rather than causing it. But now it appears the Tourists are back, in a more lethal form, and Milo is the presumed ringleader, wanted by his own former employees. After convincing a naive but deceptively shrewd CIA analyst that he, Milo, is being set up, Milo gathers his shrinking crew of allies and sets out to bring the new Tourists down, using the only weapon at his disposal, the Library's encrypted files. What follows is a byzantine tale of alliances formed and discarded, double crosses tripled and quadrupled, in which "corporations are the new nation-states," with their own armies. Like John le Carré's Agent Running in the Field (2019), Steinhauer pits a disenchanted agent, an ideologue no more, against the new evil empire, multinational corporations for whom "money knows no borders." It's not a fair fight, but Milo is a hell of a counterpuncher, and we love rooting for him.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Powered by Syndetics

Publisher's Weekly Review

A decade ago, the CIA's Department of Tourism, a corps of highly trained assassins, went defunct, but now something similar has emerged from its ruins in bestseller Steinhauer's stunning fourth thriller featuring ex-CIA operative Milo Weaver (after 2012's An American Spy). As chief of the Library, a stealthy espionage operation buried within the UN's bureaucracy, Weaver has been attempting to serve as a reasonably honest broker of sensitive information, but a series of increasingly violent assaults drives him into hiding in the Western Sahara. Milo eventually figures out that he's being pursued by a darkly plausible, utterly ruthless assassins corps created by multinational corporations acting beyond the reach of any country's laws to lock down global dominance. No dummies survive in this twisty shadow realm, and Weaver's wits keep him alive as the complex, layered plot reaches a shrewd, nuanced climax at the World Economic Forum, leaving the reader with the hope that global elites can't rig the rules of every game. The author does a masterly job of evoking dingy desert cities and the rarified air of Davos, Switzerland. Steinhauer reinforces his position at the top of the espionage genre. 125,000-copy announced first printing. Agent: Stephanie Cabot, Gernert Co. (Mar.)

(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Powered by Syndetics

Booklist Reviews

*Starred Review* Milo Weaver never liked being a Tourist—the code name for the members of an off-the-grid group of CIA-trained assassins—and, finally, after the traumatic events described in The Nearest Exit (2010) and An American Spy (2012)—he thought he'd finally pulled the plug, forming a noninterventionist intelligence-gathering service called the Library. The idea was to use his skills to ferret out what the bad guys were up to and make that information available to the governments affected, thus preventing international carnage rather than causing it. But now it appears the Tourists are back, in a more lethal form, and Milo is the presumed ringleader, wanted by his own former employees. After convincing a naive but deceptively shrewd CIA analyst that he, Milo, is being set up, Milo gathers his shrinking crew of allies and sets out to bring the new Tourists down, using the only weapon at his disposal, the Library's encrypted files. What follows is a byzantine tale of alliances formed and discarded, double crosses tripled and quadrupled, in which corporations are the new nation-states, with their own armies. Like John le Carré's Agent Running in the Field (2019), Steinhauer pits a disenchanted agent, an ideologue no more, against the new evil empire, multinational corporations for whom money knows no borders. It's not a fair fight, but Milo is a hell of a counterpuncher, and we love rooting for him. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.

Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.
Powered by Content Cafe

Publishers Weekly Reviews

A decade ago, the CIA's Department of Tourism, a corps of highly trained assassins, went defunct, but now something similar has emerged from its ruins in bestseller Steinhauer's stunning fourth thriller featuring ex-CIA operative Milo Weaver (after 2012's An American Spy). As chief of the Library, a stealthy espionage operation buried within the UN's bureaucracy, Weaver has been attempting to serve as a reasonably honest broker of sensitive information, but a series of increasingly violent assaults drives him into hiding in the Western Sahara. Milo eventually figures out that he's being pursued by a darkly plausible, utterly ruthless assassins corps created by multinational corporations acting beyond the reach of any country's laws to lock down global dominance. No dummies survive in this twisty shadow realm, and Weaver's wits keep him alive as the complex, layered plot reaches a shrewd, nuanced climax at the World Economic Forum, leaving the reader with the hope that global elites can't rig the rules of every game. The author does a masterly job of evoking dingy desert cities and the rarified air of Davos, Switzerland. Steinhauer reinforces his position at the top of the espionage genre. 125,000-copy announced first printing. Agent: Stephanie Cabot, Gernert Co. (Mar.)

Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly.

Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly.
Powered by Content Cafe

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.