Ballistic

Mark Greaney

2011 • 467 pages

Ratings25

Average rating3.9

#1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney presents the third Gray Man novel, featuring the ex-CIA assassin being hailed as “Bourne for the new millennium” (James Rollins). After Court Gentry was betrayed by his compatriots and forced to take on a near-suicidal covert mission by the CIA, he thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past finds him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust—and arrives too late. His friend is dead and buried. Years before, Eddie Gamboa had saved Court's life. Now, Eddie has been murdered by the notorious Mexican drug cartel he fought to take down. And Court soon finds himself drawn into a war he never wanted. But in this war, there are no sides—only survivors...

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Brig Berthold

I like the level of backstory we get in this installment.

Also, the imagery in this story was more smoothly accessible. This is the main reason it earned four stars.

November 25, 2015

Jason Cox

The Gray Man series is right up there with Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne as a fun action series. This particular novel - Ballistic - involved Cort getting unintentionally involved with a Mexican Cartel and the family of a man who once saved his life. These are fast-paced action novels that work well. If you like the genre, you'll like these books.

April 30, 2020

Steve Manke

The Gray Man wages a one-man war on the drug cartels south of the border. It's non-stop action, as one comes to expect from the series, but this book shows just how smart Gentry is. He has to stay in front of many, many forces out to kill him. At the start of the book he's just trying to stay alive. But once he's motivated to take more practice action, it's not long before the bad guys are running for cover. This makes for a frenetic level of action and a crazy fun read.

December 10, 2018