The Gray Man by Mark Greaney
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The Gray Man
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Series: Gray Man, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Publisher's Summary
Now a Netflix film starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas
The first Gray Man novel from number one New York Times best-selling author Mark Greaney.
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. 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....
Get ready for white-knuckled listening. Greaney's debut novel introduces the enigmatic and elusive Court Gentry, a former CIA operative and a legendary hired gun. With a terrifying ability to vaporize targets and a strict moral code, he stalks the gray margins of the world, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, then fading away. When his government and former employers turn on him, there is no safehouse to run to, no way to lie low. In a constant state of escape and pursuit, Gentry tears through the Middle East and Europe in a riveting life-or-death race against time.
©2009 Mark Greaney (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
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Not for everyone
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I scored it a 4 and will buy another one in the series but need to make it clear that the book is not going to be for everyone.
It’s fast paced and action packed in a similar vein to Tom Wood’s “Victor” series. However, you will need to the ability to accept the fanciful and push reality aside to enjoy the entertainment.
Without giving away any spoilers you will need to be able to believe that the best assassin in the world has a moral compass and his body is able to withstand amazing injury and still out-fight dozens of able bodied military trained professionals.
Jay Snyder did a pretty good job. Some of the accents were a little suspect and some of the cuts from different recorded takes were evident but the latter is really a production issue rather than the narrator’s to be fair.
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AdrianP
Solid story and main character.
A good yarn. The “world” is described in sufficient detail that it’s easy to travel along with the Gray Man. The action scenes are gripping with only a little suspension of reality required to make it all possible. Narration is generally good although some of the characterisation, particularly accents” jars. It is, however, always clear who’s speaking.
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