The debut novel for Mark Greaney is nothing short of a grand slam. His main character, Court Gentry, is amazing. Court is a burned CIA operative that has been a contract killer for his handler at the “Network”. The back cover of the book has this blurb on it; ”To those that lurk in the shadows, he’s known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target, always.”
Greaney fills his ethical assassin with an inordinate amount of humility, fortitude, perseverance, compassion, self sacrifice and a strong moral barometer. Yes he kills, but as Arnold Schwarzenegger said in True Lies, “But they were all bad.” This is a no holds barred action adventure from word one to the end. Thankfully the end is not near for Greaney/ Gentry. The second novel in the series, On Target is due to drop on September 28th. Mark Greaney just got back from spending three weeks in Mexico doing research for the third novel in the series, “ Ballistic”. On Target picks up with Court Gentry about 3 months after the end of The Gray Man. It takes place in Ireland, Russia and the Sudan. Other Gray Man news, the film option was sold last year and a screen writer has been attached to it. The screen writer is Adam Cozad. Cozad is also attached to the new Jack Ryan/Tom Clancy feature film that is starring Chris Pine (Captain James T. Kirk /Star Trek) and Brotherhood of the Rose, the classic David Morrell book.
Court Gentry’s story is unique and sad. He is a great character and it is going to be fun to see him grow and have more of his back story unfold. I think it will be neat to see who plays him in the movie and how that translates from the novel to the movie and vice versa for future novels. If you haven’t read this novel, don’t miss it. Get it in your Goodreads- to read- list and make sure it is at the top. Excitement and action will be coming at you hard and quick. You can’t ask for much more from a debut novel, Sept 28th can’t come fast enough.
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