On Target
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4.2 • 359 Ratings
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- £5.49
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
The killer second Gray Man thriller by number one New York Times-bestseller Mark Greaney sees the past catching up with Court Gentry with fatal results.
Four years ago, Court Gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the CIA. To survive, he has to eliminate his own brothers in arms. Now, as a master assassin known as the Gray Man, he makes his living killing other people. But when an old comrade he thought dead returns to haunt him, his own life is put in the crosshairs.
The man wants Court to complete a mission - but instead of an assassination, the job will entail a nearly impossible kidnapping - and Court must return his quarry to the very CIA team that turned on him...
Soon to be a major Netflix series, On Target takes the Gray Man into the depths of danger - and ready to fight.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Disgraced former CIA agent Court "The Gray Man" Gentry (introduced in 2009's The Gray Man) makes ends meet as an assassin working for clients he cannot trust. Russian arms merchant Sidorenko wants Court to kill Sudan's President Abboud, arguably the man responsible for the genocide in Darfur. The CIA makes a counteroffer: kidnap Abboud and give him to American officials in exchange for amnesty. Court cannot refuse and treks through Sudan in pursuit of nebulous, ever-changing goals. Every element in this book is familiar, but Court is endearing in his perseverance even as his schemes are undermined by sympathetic victims, misleading information, outright lies, poor planning, betrayal, conflicting agendas, and simple bad luck. What could have been a storm of clich s becomes an action-filled yet touching story of a man whose reason has long ago been subsumed by his work ethic.
Customer Reviews
Perfect for Jack Reacher and Orphan X fans
If you are a fan of Jack Reacher or Evan Smoak, you will love Court Gentry. A great racing read where you are rooting for him through all the bullets to emerge as the honourable killer. Possibly a little more fallible than Jack and Evan, with his own set of demons to conquer, you will love getting to know The Gray Man.
On target
Another great read.
Too far fetched
Enjoyed the first in series but this was far too far fetched for one man, poison arrows, assassins with political views, a relationship with the kidnapped president. Struggled to finish. Sorry too much.