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"Bourne for the new millennium." -James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author.
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...
Anonymous
Posted March 2, 2013
A BIG PILE WITH FRESH KILL AND HIDDEN ONLY WHERE CATS OF THE CLAN MEMBERS CAN FIND
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Posted May 30, 2012
Court Gentry is hiding-out in the jungles of South America but someone has tracked him down and is minutes away. Braving crocodiles and losing his meager belongings on the way, he manages to evade the small force which is closing on him and even find the hunter responsible. And that is just the re-introduction to our hero and his skills.
The focus then shifts to Mexico and the drug cartels who effectively run everything. Gentry hears that an old friend has died at the hands of a cartel, which leads us to the first of some nicely done flashbacks. These introduce us to an earlier version of the Gray Man and to Eduardo Gamboa who saved his life. Court decides to visit the grave to pay his respects.
And this is where the main story begins. After meeting Gamboa’s pregnant wife and sister he decides that he needs to help them battle the cartel who have targeted them for death.
I really enjoyed this book and thought that it just edged in to the area occupied by my gold-standard author, Barry Eisler. The pacing of the book was very good. We hear about Gentry’s attacks on the cartel infrastructure mostly from the cartel POV, which has a nice effect of slowing down the story for the end. The end blew it for me. But perhaps not for you. Certainly if you enjoyed the first two books (and I recommend reading them in order, as I do with all series) then this book will not disappoint.
But, for me, the end was weak.
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
So why was the end weak for me? Three things that took me out of the story ...
Court confronts the bad guy with seemingly nothing to bargain with for the release of the girl. Weak.
He has a Glock 18, with half a second of ammunition in the magazine, which he uses as a part of an escape scenario which I found I could not suspend belief for. Weak.
But the worst part was the scene inside the helicopter. The tallest point of the interior of an EC135 is just under 4’ 2”, just behind the pilot seats. Further back it is 3’ 9”. The pilot seats reach almost all the way to the roof. In Executive and VIP configurations, even that space does not exist. But, even assuming a more utilitarian setup I don’t think even the five foot girl would have got through. Weak.
Then he reached the foot pedal while upside down to stop the rotation? And he was able to bring it to a hover over water at night? And he found the engine switches? Why “land” on water, he had done the hard parts?
I’ve ranted enough. I have some experience with aircraft, your mileage my vary(!).
I'm still looking forward to the next Gray man book!
[I read a paperback edition (Berkeley Books, October 2011, 467p, Trade) which I bought for my brother and borrowed for this review.]
Anonymous
Posted February 5, 2012
Just like the others..... very good!
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Posted December 30, 2011
Just finished reading all three Gray Man books back to back. I read a lot of books, but I haven't enjoyed a series this much since the John Rain series. I hope there are more on the way! Nonstop action from page one until the end makes it very difficult to find a stopping point for the day, so I usually just stay up half the night to see what happens next. I don't know what to read now. I am afraid anything else will seem tame by comparison. Five stars for sure!
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Posted October 23, 2011
Very good series so far
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Overview
"Bourne for the new millennium." -James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author.
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 ...