by Mark Greaney
Part of Gray Man, book 8
First published 2019
Court Gentry finds himself aboard a CIA transport plane when a security team drags a hooded prisoner into the cabin. The team wants Gentry removed from the flight, but CIA headquarters overrides their request. The mysterious captive is bound for England, where a joint CIA and MI6 interrogation team plans to extract information about a traitor operating inside Langley. When the aircraft touches down at a remote British airbase, hostile forces launch a coordinated assault. They successfully capture the prisoner and eliminate most personnel on site. Only Gentry manages to slip away from the carnage. His CIA handlers immediately dispatch him to pursue the attackers and recover their lost asset. The mission seems impossible. Gentry faces a skilled team of professional killers working with superior numbers and resources. But his reputation as the Gray Man exists for good reason. Court Gentry has survived countless operations that should have killed him, and he possesses lethal skills that few operatives can match.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, mystery-thriller, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, redemption
Setting: Britain, England, Langley
Period: 21st-century
736 pages · Paperback · Berkley Books
Content warnings: graphic-violence