Agent in Place

As someone who has been a voracious reader for more than 7 decades, my interests have ranged from the traditional scientific to the esoteric, to the classics to well-written assassin/spy novels. Lately, I have become a fan of the “Gray Man series” and I just finished the 7th novel (Agent in Place by Mark Greaney710 page paperback) in this popular series.Like the previous Gray Man books this one is filled with fascinating characters and various twists and turns making it a great read if you are into this assassin/spy series.I never give away too much information when reviewing any novel, if you like action packed, fast moving, well-written spy/assassin books, "Agent in place" is for you.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author; Tanto-Jutsu Techniques: An official Bush Satori manual.

Kept my interest up. It is a bit dated but not so much that it is not entertaining. Worth the price.

Great action. Compulsively readable. I’ve read the last 8 books in just over two months. I Don’t find myself getting bogged down with my poor background in spy craft nomenclature. I love the Gray Man’s character. I would enjoy seeing Gray Man developing a love interest and develop a new relationship with his father.

Another great read. This was seventh in the series and I've already got 8 ordered. What's great is that all these books can be read as stand-alone and do not need to be read in succession. All thrillers at their best!

Great book so far. The author seems to spend more time developing the different characters compared to past Gray Man books. And there also seems to be more characters!The author is demonstrating his knowledge of international affairs in this book and connecting it with the fictional story! Enjoying that a lot.Another great book and I plan to read the entire series!

Different from most, good, but not great. Still plenty of action, majority of it takes place in Syria. The prologue definitely reels you in, as the first chapter takes place a week earlier, then you get the prologue toward the end of the book.Revolves around a mistress of Syrian dictator Ahmed Azzam (Assad)? an heir to the throne, and vengeful wife of Assad, who has hired a Swiss mercenary. The Gray Man is hired to retrieve the heir out of Syria, but with the Syrian Army, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Russians and Iranians in the mix, can he succeed in this mission.

This series is so good! I've bought and read all the books so far. I would highly recommend it. A definite must read!

500 pages. Exactly 500 pages of intense action that made this book difficult to put down. For this reader, this was the first book read by author Mark Greaney. The writing was incredible and realistic. “Agent in Place” is the 7th book in a series about the Gray Man, Court Gentry, who was a former Christian-In-Action, who continues to provide services to the Agency, as well as his own contract assignments. His assignments are frequently assassinations.Supporters of the Free Syrian Army are in exile in Paris. They are well funded and are focused on bringing down Syrian President Ahmed Azzam (aka Bashar al-Assad). They learn that Ahmed has a mistress, who is a Spanish model and modeling in Paris. Arrangements are made with Court Gentry to kidnap Bianca Medina, as they know that she knows about a meeting taken in Tehran, that should the Russians discover, perhaps would end the dictatorship of Ahmed.Court is successful in the kidnapping, only that it was not easy and was most certainly bloody. At the same time the wife of Ahmed, Shakira al-Azzam (Asma al-Assad) is having an affair with her Swiss financial advisor, and he is a dangerous man that is wanted throughout Europe. Shakira learns of her husband’s mistress and wants Bianca killed while in Europe. The Free Syrian supporters in Europe learn that Bianca has a son, by Ahmed, in Damascus and refuses to help their cause, unless her son can be brought to Europe.Once again Court is called upon, as they need him to go to Syria and snatch the child. Now, who would be crazy enough to go to Syria and snatch the son of the president? Well, that would be Court Gentry, who is not a typical man, and has abilities that most could only dream about.For this reader, reading this novel, it felt like being back on the streets of Damascus. And, what is most interesting is that this novel is in real time, in that the war being fought by several groups is realistically written. It is today’s news. Prior to writing the Gray Man series, Mark Greaney had coauthored the late Tom Clancy novels. While this reader has thoughts about franchising a dead man’s name for novels, Mark Greaney, in his own name, is simply an exceptional writer of action & adventure novels. Time to go on Amazon and order the six previous Gray Man novels.

Absolutely LOVE this book series. I must for any Rainbow Six or Jack Carr fans. The details of every interactions are spot on. I have recommended this author to many of my friends.

Another outing for Court Gentry in some war torn corner of the world. Lots of action as usual and great for a holiday read.

All in order

This GRAY MAN story is one Greaney's best, with a solo brave man in a new, dangerous land.

Buon libro, un vero page turner!