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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 ...