Agent in Place

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!

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.

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!

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

This is my first Gray Man book. Much better than 007 or Jack Ryan. I can’t wait to start in book One.

This latest in the Gray Man series is lacking some of the zest that was in the two previous books in the series. This author started out with pure action - as I wrote in a previous review of those earlier works - think Mack Bolan from the 1970's - this author evolved into something much better - however, he has slipped just a bit with this book, Agent in Place.Also, he barely mentions the gear that the characters in the book use, which he had done a masterful job of in his prior books in this series. Always nice to know what gear is getting the nod from the action boys, that Greaney interviews.In this novel, our Gray Man, has no romantic involvements and his two women from the prior book are mentioned only in passing.To me the plot was a little thin, but with action novels one does not expect a lot, but I had gotten used to more in the last few books in this series.The plot is pretty straight forward - the Gray Man is hired to "rescue" the mistress of the leader of a Middle-Eastern country, so, she can be used to help bring about regime change - which of course goes totally sideways and ends up with "our hero" having to travel to the Middle-East on another rescue missing, plus more.The Gray Man is as close as we can currently get to a real "Matt Helm" type of character, but still it was bothersome for the Gray Man to be moralizing about the tactics used by some of the military contractors.If you are into the series - you have to buy this one, just to stay current. If you are not into the series yet - buy them all and read them in order of publication.

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.

Good shape and on time

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!