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The Gray Man: Now a major Netflix film Digital – 15 November 2012

by Mark Greaney (Author)

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Book 1 of 12: A Gray Man Novel

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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.

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. In their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness.

But Court Gentry is going to prove that, for him, there's no grey area between killing for a living and killing to stay alive...

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480 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Sphere
Publication date

15 November 2012
ISBN-10

1405518448
ISBN-13

978-1405518444
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Hard, fast, and unflinching--exactly what a thriller should be. ― Lee Child

[A] fast-paced, fun debut thriller. ― Publishers Weekly

Through the carnage, Gentry remains an intriguing protagonist with his own moral code. Comparisons will be made to Jason Bourne, but the Gray Man is his own character. The ending screams for a sequel, but it will be difficult to maintain the intensity level of this impressive debut. ― Booklist

Here is a debut novel like a well-honed dagger: sharp, merciless, and deadly. Mark Greaney's The Gray Man is Bourne for the new millennium. ― James Rollins

Writing as smooth as stainless steel and a hero as mean as razor wire The Gray Man glitters like a blade in an alley. ― David Stone

A high-octane thriller that doesn't pause for more than a second. For readers looking for a thriller where the action comes fast and furious, this is the ticket. ― Chicago Sun Times

Book Description

The first in the Court Gentry all-action thriller series, from Tom Clancy's co-writer Mark Greaney.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sphere; 1st edition (15 November 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Digital ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405518448
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405518444

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Mark Greaney

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Mark Greaney is the #1 NYT bestselling author of SIERRA SIX, a Gray Man novel. The film version of the first book in the series, THE GRAY MAN, will debut on Netflix in July 2022, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Mark has written or co-written seven Tom Clancy novels, and is also the co-author of the 2019 military thriller, RED METAL, and the Audible Original Audio Drama, Armored (optioned for film by Sony Pictures). The Gray Man series also includes, RELENTLESS, ONE MINUTE OUT, MISSION CRITICAL, AGENT IN PLACE, GUNMETAL GRAY, BACK BLAST, DEAD EYE, BALLISTIC, ON TARGET, and THE GRAY MAN.

Mark lives in Memphis, Tennessee

Learn more at MARKGREANEYBOOKS.COM

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Unbelievable Action Hero!

Reviewed in Australia on 2 March 2020

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Great story, if somewhat stretching for the imagination, NEVER have I read of one man taking on such odds, and still coming out alive, let alone with the ability to absorb such punishment and have his body still able to move.
Gripping activity all the way and never a dull moment. Seems to belittle the skills, and stamina, of his opponents though, but the “bad guys” are always hampered by some level of “bad luck” Stands to reason I guess.
Still, very well worth the read.

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Reviewed in Australia on 30 June 2022

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"The Gray Man" by Mark Greany is a competent thriller that will keep you turning the pages. the lead character is somewhat unbelievable, but once you accept this I am sure you will enjoy the book.

Reviewed in Australia on 27 February 2020

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What a high adrenaline adventure. As much as I wanted to finish the book, I had to delay reading it for shorts times as I didn’t want it to finish. Brilliant. A tougher meaner but likeable Jack Reacher.

Impressive read

Reviewed in Australia on 23 May 2022

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I am a fan of many Authors, Lee child etc, and were keen to find a supplement to the enjoyment had reading him. This dude is the goods. A gritty hero, who has issues. Love it

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Reviewed in Australia on 17 February 2019

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I'm delighted to discover this Author! Thoroughly enjoyed this edge of the seat thriller and have already ordered book two AND three!

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Reviewed in Australia on 10 April 2015

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I liked this book because it had lots of action,and was written quite well. I have not read any other books by this author, but I will be in the near future.

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Reviewed in Australia on 17 February 2020

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Interesting read, but just too far fetched. No one could possibly survive all this.

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Classic action fiction

Reviewed in Australia on 13 August 2020

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Enjoyable classic action fiction a bit like Borne. Amazing how many ways the author can come up with to make him survive!

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James

The Grey Man - Amazing read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 May 2020

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Without a shadow of a doubt the best book I’ve read in 2020.

This book is wonderful, fabulous writing, locations, characters, development, action, it has it all. I’m genuinely gutted I’ve finished it but I guess I’ll just have to move on to the second installment...

The Grey man is a ghost who moves in the shadows and is the very, very best at what he does. When he is double crossed he has to take matters into his own hands to right the wrongs and save the family of the man who crossed him.

Gentry is a one man waking army, from the opening scene where he saves a young army officers life from militant Taliban soldiers to the final parts of the book in France, it’s just none stop action and flows so well. Greaney is a superb writer.

Can’t rate this book highly enough.

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The Gray Man is Coming

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2021

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A wonderful action thriller, I came across this by accident and I'm so glad I did! Following Court Gentry the Gray Man a killer of legend even with his peers, able to do the most difficult jobs and slip away like smoke he is feared by all. But the Gray Man only takes contracts that he deems needs doing, the worst of the worst. Betrayed by the Government he worked for he is now in the employee of a private contractor and he has just completed a job that will leave him on the run again from some of the best assassins and kill teams in the world.
While the Gray Man is a figure of legend, Court Gentry is a flesh and blood man and this is what I liked most about the book, is that he wasn't some all powerful, untouchable machine... he gets hurt and by hurt I mean real bloody, he is sometime ruled by his heart more than his head and gets himself into trouble as much as he gets out of it. This makes him feel like a real person and added a palpable feel of danger to the story as he squares off against a veritable army of killers in order to save some innocents from his past.
This was taught, well thought out break neck action at its best, a brilliant mix of gunplay, spy craft and hand to hand action. The author obviously knows his stuff. I enjoyed this book so much I immediately bought book two when I finished this. If you like action thrillers then I highly recommend this read.

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Luke

Phenomenal first book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2020

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The best way of describing this book is like I was reading the final book in a series. It was an absolute treat to read with constant action and constant movement.

Some action books try and build life around the protagonist but Mark Greaney managed to give Court Gentrey more personality in a book that contained pure action than these other books do by having them have personal lives.

Not only have I fallen in love with a new action hero but I'm wholly backing him to succeed every time. If any first book in a series really wanted to introduced their protagonist as a badass, this book did it. Thoroughly looking forward to reading the sequel and all sequential books!

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Booker

Much too predictable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2021

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It's not that it's a really poor book and actually some of the descriptions of the various locations is quite good. It's just a predictable story line with abosolutly zero twists and turns in the plot. The story is basically a straight line from A to B and you know exactly what is going to happen right the way through to the end. Just a few really annoying things in the story. The lady's French accent "Zee" every sentence - not good!! Also the Channel Tunnel under the North sea? And fighting for Her Highness? in the 2nd World War!! Just a bit grating as the research wasn't good enough. Overall doesn't make 3 stars, 2 and half or 5 out of 10 for me. Maybe the series get's better

3 people found this helpful

Mr. William Oxley

All Out Action

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2017

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The Gray Man is the ultimate action man.

Make sure you run in the opposite direction to where the Gray Man is because he will most likely be in the middle of a crazy all guns blazing fight. Here we are introduced to Court Gentry as an elite assassin with a conscience who is usually hunting his target but he has now become the hunted.

There are now seven books in the series and this is the first, On Target is the second in the series, followed by Ballistic.

A great all action book where you can switch your brain off from convoluted plots and enjoy the roller coaster ride.

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