On Target
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4.1 • 154 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney comes the second entry in the explosive thriller series featuring the lethal assassin known as the Gray Man.
When an old comrade Court Gentry thought was dead returns to haunt him, his own life is put in the crosshairs.
The man wants Court to complete a mission, with one crucial catch to his orders: Instead of a difficult assassination, the job will entail a nearly impossible kidnapping--and Court must return his quarry to the very CIA team that turned on him.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Mark Greaney’s high-octane thriller finds expert American assassin Court Gentry (aka the Gray Man) ensnared in a particularly perilous mission. The CIA is already hot on his tail with shoot-to-kill orders when a Russian mob boss hires Court to assassinate the Sudanese president. But things get even more complicated when an old comrade Court thought was dead reappears. Whether he’s tromping through the drizzly streets of Ireland or the scorching deserts of Darfur, the Gray Man is a fun and exciting character. Greaney puts his hero in dire jeopardy at every turn, with a web of allies and enemies that can be hard to tell apart. And thanks to its tight prose and short chapters, On Target is a surprisingly swift read whether or not you’re familiar with the series already.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Disgraced former CIA agent Court "The Gray Man" Gentry (introduced in 2009's The Gray Man) makes ends meet as an assassin working for clients he cannot trust. Russian arms merchant Sidorenko wants Court to kill Sudan's President Abboud, arguably the man responsible for the genocide in Darfur. The CIA makes a counteroffer: kidnap Abboud and give him to American officials in exchange for amnesty. Court cannot refuse and treks through Sudan in pursuit of nebulous, ever-changing goals. Every element in this book is familiar, but Court is endearing in his perseverance even as his schemes are undermined by sympathetic victims, misleading information, outright lies, poor planning, betrayal, conflicting agendas, and simple bad luck. What could have been a storm of clich s becomes an action-filled yet touching story of a man whose reason has long ago been subsumed by his work ethic.
