2024 the best man series in order review

Price: $0.99
(as of Dec 07, 2024 20:59:09 UTC - Details)

Ex-CIA assassin Court Gentry 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....

Reviewer: Mabes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: WOW
Review: It is a really exciting and action filled series. Incredible and I enjoyed it immensely. Gray man is my number one read at this time and I plan on reading the whole series.

Reviewer: Fred
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pausing the Binge after this One
Review: Gonna have to take a break after this one. I blitzed through the first two, but this one I had to pace myself.I can only handle so much of this fast-paced action and dark days before I have to take a break, but I will come back to the series some day. I feel mentally drained after this book.I skipped the sex scene because that is not why I read books, but I did like that he finally cared for someone. I'm not crazy about a character that keeps pissing off everyone in the world, though. It does get old after a while. I binged these last few, though. After a break, it might get better.It was great to see Gentry care about someone and protect them, but it still feels like he's lost and trying to find his way yet.I really felt immersed in the culture of this author's fictional Mexico and want to commend the author for that. This author seems to be pretty good at pulling me into the story. I just need to be sure of how what its doing to me before I continue.I'm not sure if this is a polarizing book. I don't want to give too much away about what happens in the story. I am starting to realize that I prefer books where the white knight can have some grit and not be perfect, but a black knight who saves the day might be a little to dark for my tastes.Also, I catch my mind swearing in a foreign language after this book, so I need to scrub some of that out.

Reviewer: TMStyles
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Gray Man Does Go Ballistic
Review: "Ballistic" is Mark Greaney's third installment in his Gray Man series and it is a wild non-stop ride. Court Gentry is the Gray Man, a former government operative targeted for elimination by his former handlers and assorted government assassins. After being discovered hiding deep in an Amazon jungle, Court makes a daring escape and by chance, hears a news report that Eddie Gamboa had been killed by a merciless drug cartel in Mexico. Eddie had once saved Court's life when both were incarcerated in a Laotian jail and Court sets out to pay his respects to his old friend only to find himself in the unwanted position of defending Eddie's family from the marauding cartel.Daniel de la Rocha is the ruthless crime lord of the cartel who has made the killing of the entire Gamboa family a personal quest and will stop at nothing to kill Eddie's widow and her unborn son along with Eddie's lovely sister, Laura. Relucantly, Court jumps in to aid the family and a full scale war between the Gray Man and Rocha's cartel erupts; however, this deadly cartel has never faced a man as deadly and destructive as Court Gentry once he is motivated. Court declares a blood feud war against the Mexican cartel and soon the reader is gasping and turning pages as fast as possible.There is breathtaking action and the body count mounts by the chapter, yet court employs many other skills to bring down the evil cartel such as maneuvering a rival cartel into assisting him and manipulating leaders within each cartel to betray their own. But make no mistake, "Ballistic" is a non-stop action thriller that will appeal to those who love the lone vigilante exacting personal justice even when confronted by powerful seemingly insurmountable forces. Greany does a fine job of making the saga of a lone vigilante against an evil drug cartel seem reasonably plausible and he ties the tale up in a satisfactory and, perhaps to some, surprising manner. If you enjoy action thrillers and do not worry about the size of the body count, grab this one for a quick, fun read. Greaney has evolved Court Gentry into a most interesting character who is now on my must read list.

Reviewer: Anne W.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lots of action with enough character plots to be interesting
Review: These books sustain your interest with good characters and interesting settings which make each book unique. There is lots of action, and it is well-balanced with the story development.

Reviewer: RS
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Ballistic
Review: I was critical of the first two Gray Man novels. While I liked the concept and the character of Courty Gentry, the first two books had simple, threadbare plots, shallow, flat characters, and repetitive overly-long, action scenes. But they were still well-written and fast-paced books.In this third novel, Mark Greaney has improved considerably as a writer. For the first time, Courty Gentry actually comes across as a real person. The other characters are believable and not just cardboard cutouts. The story is more complex, mature, and well-developed. Rather than non-stop action, there is build-up to the action scenes, and Greaney does a much better job of creating suspense and maintaining tension.While Flynn, Thor, and Silva are re-writting the same Muslim terrorist stories over and over again, Greaney sets Ballistic south of the border. Courty Gentry, still on the run in South America from CIA and Russian mafia assassins, arrives in Mexico to pay respects to a dead friend. There, he becomes embroiled in the drug wars as he protects his friend's family from a Mexican drug cartel and corrupt police. Greaney does a good job of depicting the bleak, violent conflict taking place in Mexico, without overloading his story with background and historical information. He portrays his fictional cartel leaders as these people are in real life; sadistic and completely apathetic to human life.But, Ballistic did not quite make it to a five-star rating from me. The fast pace of the novel comes to an dead halt in the middle of the novel, where Court Gentry and the family under his protection are beiseiged in a house. This lengthy section just dragged on for too long, but the pace quickly picked up again after this. Also, without spoiling the ending, the climax seemed a little unlikely and strayed a bit from the gritty realism of the rest of the novel.So, only two minor faults with the novel, and I enjoyed Ballistic far more than the new Daniel Silva, Brad Thor, or Tom Clancy books released this year. Mark Greaney is really starting to look like a promising author, and I'm really looking forward to more novels in this series, as well as the upcoming Tom Clancy book he "co"-wrote.

Reviewer: David Allen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best one yet
Review: I cannot put these books down. I wake myself up in the middle of the night just so i can keep reading. I freaking love these books.

Reviewer: Don Saunders
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Enthralling start to finish, as all grey man hooks are. Reading all thirteen in sequence…. Don s

Reviewer: Jack Bauer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Once I've picked up a Gray Man novel I finish it within a few days. This one was no exception, great action, good build up and never a dull moment.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I liked Greaney's novel from the Jack Ryan series. Thats why I took this book, but it was quite different. Fast paced, tbe gray man has no time to breath, being attacked by the police, narcos, more police, passers by and God knows who else. At some point it becomes too much, like watching a cartoon. Coyote chasing the bird again and again and again...

Reviewer: MSteinbach
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: a read I really enjoyed. Fast packend Action, always on the brink of the impossible mixed with a purpose for the Last Hope that there is a Good somewhere. All in all more credible that the action in the previous books he'd done severely wounded.

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is an excitement machine of a book...a good continuation of the Gray Man's story. He is still on the run, still facing insurmountable odds, but this time he is in a position he is not used too, having to think about and look after someone else.