by Mark Greaney
Part of Gray Man, book 13
First published 2024
Court Gentry seeks peace in Central America with Zoya Zakharova under false identities. Someone systematically murders top robotics and artificial intelligence experts across three continents. A car crash in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston. The killer targets scientists who could revolutionize warfare with AI weapons that respond at computer speed. An old contact of Zoya's tracks them down and requests help extracting a Russian scientist from the death list. Court and Zoya refuse the job, but the meeting exposes their location. Assassins close in immediately. Flight proves futile as their pursuers anticipate every move and stay ahead at each turn. With nowhere left to run, Court must fight back against enemies who wield artificial intelligence as their weapon. The world's most dangerous governments, terrorists, and billionaires already want him dead. Now he faces killers who harness technology that could reshape global power forever. Court discovers that surviving requires matching ruthlessness with an opponent that never tires and never miscalculates.
Genres: science-fiction, military-fiction, adventure, action, artificial-intelligence, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, high-stakes
Setting: Boston, Central America, Japan, Russia, Seoul
Period: Contemporary
556 pages · Kindle Edition · Berkley
Content warnings: violence