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Back Blast by Mark Greaney Publishing information: Paperback; 528 pgs Publisher: Penguin; 16 Feb 2016 ISBN: 9781101989173 Series: Grey Man #5 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Book Depository Synopsis: "Five years ago, Court Gentry was the CIA’s best covert asset. Then, without warning, his masters at the Agency put him at the top of their kill list. Court fled his country and became an enigmatic killer for hire known as the Gray Man. Determined to find out what made the Agency turn against him, he plans to get his hands on the men who sent him on his last mission, Operation BACK BLAST. What he doesn’t realize is that the questions that arose from his time as an American assassin are still reverberating in the U.S. intelligence community, and he’s stumbled onto a secret that powerful people want kept under wraps. The result: everyone has Court in their crosshairs..." It's no secret that I love a good thriller and I think that Mark Greaney's Grey Man series is...

Dead Eye by Mark Greaney Publishing Information: Paperback; 496pages Publisher: Berkley; 3 Dec 2015 ISBN: 978-0425269053 Series: Gray Man #4 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Ex-CIA master assassin Court Gentry has always prided himself on his ability to disappear at will, to fly below the radar and exist in the shadows—to survive as the near-mythical Gray Man. But when he takes revenge upon a former employer who betrayed him, he exposes himself to something he’s never had to face before. A killer who is just like him. Code-named Dead Eye, Russell Whitlock is a graduate of the same ultra-secret Autonomous Asset Program that trained and once controlled Gentry. But now, Whitlock is a free agent who has been directed to terminate his fellow student of death. He knows how his target thinks, how he moves, and how he kills. And he knows the best way to do the job is to make Gentry run for his life—right up until the moment Dead Eye finally ends it…" I enjoy the ...

Ballistic by Mark Greaney Publishing Information: Paperback 480pgs Publisher: Berkley; 4 October 2011 ISBN: 978-0425244081 Series The Gray Man #3 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Ex-CIA assassin Court Gentry thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past finds him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust-and arrives too late. His friend is dead and buried. Years before, Eddie Gamboa had saved Court's life. Now, Eddie has been murdered by the notorious Mexican drug cartel he fought to take down. And Court soon finds himself drawn into a war he never wanted. But in this war, there are no sides- only survivors..." This is the third book in The Gray Man series (The Gray Man review here ) and (On Target review here ) and while I thought the last book, On Target, was a little bit of a miss. Ballistic really gets things b...

On Target by Mark Greaney Publishing Information: Paperback; 544 pages Publisher: Jove; 28 Sept 2010 ISBN: 978-0515148459 Series: The Gray Man #2 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Killing is his business. But his business is about to get personal. Four years ago, Court Gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the CIA. To survive, he had 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, with one crucial catch to his orders: Instead of a difficult assassination, the job will entail a near impossible kidnapping—and Court must return his quarry to the very CIA team that turned on him. With his unforgiving employers on one side, his blackmailing former friends on the other, and a doomed mission ahead, Court Gentry would kill to get out of this one ...

The Gray Man by Mark Greaney Publishing information: Paperback; 464 pages Publisher: Jove; 29 September 2009 ISBN: 978-0515147018 Series: Gray Man/Court Gentry #1 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Courtland Gentry is a good man. But he’s a great assassin. To those who lurk in the shadows, he’s known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target. Always. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. Forces like money. And power. And there are men who hold these as the only currency worth fighting for. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. But Court Gentry is going to prove that, for him, there’s no gray area between killing for a living and killing to stay alive…" I love a good thriller and have a special place in my heart for Tom Clancy. When Clancy's health started to go down hill, he brought in Ma...