World-class spy fiction for a post 9/11 age, starring a black-ops agent to rival Bauer or Bourne. 'The best spy novel I've read that wasn't written by John Le Carre' - Stephen King
Olen Steinhauer was born in America and has lived in Croatia, the Czech Republic and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped inspire his first five books. He has now settled in Hungary with his wife and daughter. His first book, The Bridge of Sighs, was nominated for five major thriller awards.
Steinhauer does for Chino-American espionage exactly what John le
Carré did for the Cold War, which gives his thriller a unique
insight into this treacherous half-lit world in the 21st
century.
*Daily Mail*
Tauter than Robert Ludlum's Bourne
*Daily Mail*
The kind of thing Le Carre might have written if he knew then what
we know now
*Lee Child*
When a brutal Chinese spymaster "de-activates" 33 agents in the CIA's Tourism black-ops unit, survivors Alan Drummond and his sidekick, Milo Weaver, are left jobless. The men seem to be working at cross-purposes as they separately battle to overcome fierce strikes against them. This time, Xin Zhu threatens their wives and offspring, and no obvious ally is a safe bet. Set in pre-Olympics 2008, this suspense-laden novel weaves Chinese extremists, love stories, and UN spies into a high-pressure cyclone of mayhem and betrayal for Milo and those he cares about. VERDICT This follow-up to The Tourist and The Nearest Exit proves the adage that good things come in threes. With Milo Weaver as the conscience-worn hero, Steinhauer does for Chinese-Western intrigue what John le Carre did for the Cold War era of international espionage. A mesmerizing series for dedicated readers of spy fiction. [See Prepub Alert, 9/23/11.]-Barbara Conaty, Falls Church, VA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Steinhauer does for Chino-American espionage exactly what John le
Carre did for the Cold War, which gives his thriller a unique
insight into this treacherous half-lit world in the 21st century. *
Daily Mail *
Tauter than Robert Ludlum's Bourne * Daily Mail *
The kind of thing Le Carre might have written if he knew then what
we know now * Lee Child *
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