This was an excellent contemporary spy novel. It is the first in a series featuring Milo Weaver (followed by "Nearest Exit" and "An American Spy"). This book spans the period from 2001-2007. The book goes back and forth in time covering Weaver's career as a CIA "tourist." Burned out, he takes a desk job with the Company after 9/11 and settles down with a wife and daughter. Then, an assassin he has been researching surfaces in the U.S. and he goes on the road to track him. Events from the past criss-cross with Weaver's current case and he ends up on the run, not sure who to trust. The book is really well written and makes a great post-Cold War spy novel. It's not action-packed like a Ludlum story, but more like something by Le Carre. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.