by Mark Greaney
Part of Gray Man, book 6
First published 2018
Court Gentry returns to CIA service after five years as a fugitive. His first assignment sends him to Hong Kong, where Chinese operatives attack him with unusual aggression. The Chinese typically observe foreign agents from a distance, so their direct assault signals something major. Gentry's investigation leads him across Southeast Asia, where he discovers his old friend Donald Fitzroy has been captured by Chinese forces. Fitzroy was hired to locate Fan Jiang, a former member of China's most classified cyber warfare division. Fan specialized in penetrating his own country's security systems, and now Beijing wants him eliminated. Two assassination teams sent after Fan have vanished without trace. The Chinese now oversee the third attempt personally. Gentry must reach Fan before his captors do and extract whatever intelligence the hacker possesses. Then comes the hardest part: surviving long enough to deliver it to American handlers.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia
Period: 21st-century
704 pages · Paperback · Berkley
Content warnings: violence