It’s been years since the Gray Man’s first mission, but the trouble’s just getting started in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Before he was the Gray Man, Court Gentry was Sierra Six, the junior member of a CIA action team.
In their first mission they took out a terrorist leader, at a terrible price. Years have passed. The Gray Man is on a simple mission when he sees a ghost: the long-dead terrorist, but he’s remarkably energetic for a dead man.
A decade of time hasn’t changed the Gray Man. He isn’t one to leave a job unfinished or a blood debt unpaid. -from Edelweiss.com
This is the 11th book in the Gray Man series by this author, and having read all the prior novels, I think this is one of my favorite ones from the series. I'll try not to drop any type of spoiler in my short review, but be prepared there may be one, or two.
So the Gray Man, Court Gentry, we have seen for several stories, has been an independent hire, but he had to get his start from somewhere and this is s decent part of that background story, as well as a current job he is on. It was said earlier how he and Hightower had met, through the Sierra Team (Six was Gentry's call-sign) and this story takes us back to how that came to be: twelve years in the past. The tale is unravelled as is moves forward, with a current day job presents a face from Gentry's past. A face that wants to kill millions, that Gentry, once again, needs to attempt to stop.
As I mentioned above, this has got to be the best story of Gray Man I have read, mainly because there is so much more background "fleshed out" on the main character. We learn how he and Hightower met, the whole call-sign thing, why he works alone, and maybe, a glimpse of a first love. His childhood story, I don't think there is much more there, than the few casual comments the author uses, and makes me wonder if this may be one of the last books in this series. We finally have answers about the past of the Gray Man.
The language of the book was easy enough to read. Character development was big for the main character, but there wasn't much on any of the others. Most of the events seemed realistic, though you always have your hero near misses and exact timing opportunities. Would love to see another book or two in this series, but I don't so any decent reason to send this aging merc back out into the world.
Thanks to Edelweiss, the author, and publisher for allowing me to read this early copy, and provide my badly worded opinion on it.
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