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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I feel privileged in that I think I am the first Brit to review this excellent follow up to The Gray Man.
The Gray Man was an absolute blast, real page turning action - relentless from start to finish. It was going to be a challenging one to follow up and here the author takes his character in a slightly different direction - he makes him vulnerable with a dependency on painkillers as a result of injuries from his first adventure.
So it is a weakened Gray Man that accepts a job in the Sudan, actually he accepts two jobs which are in conflict with each-other and both have their challenges. In the first book Court Gentry (the Gray Man) was a killing machine and here we see more personality, character and one or two flaws. It's a brave departure for the author that may disappoint fans of the first book looking for more of the same, but it's the right thing to do to move the character forward and credit readers with the ability to grow with the character.
This story blends high action (including military action) with a very Bourne like character and it is hugely enjoyable. There will be more in this series and we are given a welcome taster at the end of the book. An intelligent and well written thriller that deserves a big audience.
The Gray Man was an absolute blast, real page turning action - relentless from start to finish. It was going to be a challenging one to follow up and here the author takes his character in a slightly different direction - he makes him vulnerable with a dependency on painkillers as a result of injuries from his first adventure.
So it is a weakened Gray Man that accepts a job in the Sudan, actually he accepts two jobs which are in conflict with each-other and both have their challenges. In the first book Court Gentry (the Gray Man) was a killing machine and here we see more personality, character and one or two flaws. It's a brave departure for the author that may disappoint fans of the first book looking for more of the same, but it's the right thing to do to move the character forward and credit readers with the ability to grow with the character.
This story blends high action (including military action) with a very Bourne like character and it is hugely enjoyable. There will be more in this series and we are given a welcome taster at the end of the book. An intelligent and well written thriller that deserves a big audience.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is fast paced, high velocity, can't-put-down action at the top of its game.
Court Gentry is a former CIA operative who is now an assassin for hire. He is working for a Russian mafioso, Sidorenko, a man he doesn't like and doesn't trust. Gentry's assignment is to assassinate the Sudanese President, but the CIA offer him amnesty in exchange for kidnapping rather than assassinating the President - a task that seems near impossible. Most of the book is set in the Sudan, a brutally harsh and challenging environment. At one point the author references the military expression "Black Hawk Down" and there are strong elements of that film in parts of this book.
"On Target" follows on from The Gray Man, but it's sufficiently stand alone that you don't need to have read the predecessor. In fact it's a better book: more tightly plotted, more credible and with virtually no let up in action. Gentry makes occasional errors of judgement that add significantly to the tension. As in the first book, he's a highly skilled operative, but one with emotional baggage and flaws.
Court Gentry is a former CIA operative who is now an assassin for hire. He is working for a Russian mafioso, Sidorenko, a man he doesn't like and doesn't trust. Gentry's assignment is to assassinate the Sudanese President, but the CIA offer him amnesty in exchange for kidnapping rather than assassinating the President - a task that seems near impossible. Most of the book is set in the Sudan, a brutally harsh and challenging environment. At one point the author references the military expression "Black Hawk Down" and there are strong elements of that film in parts of this book.
"On Target" follows on from The Gray Man, but it's sufficiently stand alone that you don't need to have read the predecessor. In fact it's a better book: more tightly plotted, more credible and with virtually no let up in action. Gentry makes occasional errors of judgement that add significantly to the tension. As in the first book, he's a highly skilled operative, but one with emotional baggage and flaws.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The author owes me most of a weekend. As soon as I got this I thought I would sneak a quick chapter and then get back to the other book I was reading. No chance, I couldn't put the bloody thing down.
Mark Greaney has taken his character Court Gentry and moved him forward from the non stop blast of the first novel. Now we see some flaws in our 'perfect' assassin as he undertakes two missions at the same time with no way to complete them both, so who will he make an enemy of?
Pace, characterisation and some hard core "Blackhawk Down" type action. Not sure what more you could ask for and I eagerly await the next installment.
Recommended.
Mark Greaney has taken his character Court Gentry and moved him forward from the non stop blast of the first novel. Now we see some flaws in our 'perfect' assassin as he undertakes two missions at the same time with no way to complete them both, so who will he make an enemy of?
Pace, characterisation and some hard core "Blackhawk Down" type action. Not sure what more you could ask for and I eagerly await the next installment.
Recommended.
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