ABOUT THE BOOK
A car accident in Japan.
A drowning in Seoul.
A home invasion in Boston.
Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister?
After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest battlefield gamechanger since the creation of gunpowder. The first nation to field weapons that can act at the speed of computer commands will rule the battlefield.
It’s an irresistible lure for most, but not for the Gray Man. His quest for a quiet life has led him to Central America where he and his lover, Zoya Zakharova, have assumed new identities. With a list of enemies that includes billionaires, terrorists, and governments, they need to keep a low profile, but the world’s deadliest assassin can’t expect to hide out forever.
Eventually, they’re tracked down and offered a job by an old acquaintance of Zoya’s. He needs their help extracting a Russian scientist who is on the kill list. They reject the offer, but just being seen with him is enough to put assassins on their trail.
Now, they’re back on the run, but no matter which way they turn, it’s clear that whoever’s tracking them is always going to be one step ahead. Since flight’s no longer possible, fight is the only option left, and no one fights dirtier than the Gray Man.
MY REVIEW
Holy cow! I’m hooked. I know it’s a no no to see the movie before reading the book, but I’ve been bad. I saw The Gray Man a year or so ago and, consequently, I became captivated with the sophisticated action-packed thriller and jumped on the chance to read Mr. Greaney’s latest novel in the series.
While Courtland Gentry, aka The Gray Man, and his partner Zoya Zakharova, aka Anthem, are running for their lives from the governments they worked for, several artificial intelligence experts are being murdered one by one. And by a chance meeting with a former colleague, Court and Zoya are next.
This book creates tension and suspense from the very beginning and the idea of machines working together to destroy humans is incredible as well as terrifying. We have heard lots about artificial intelligence in the media and it’s not going away. From smart phones to autonomous Smart Cars, it’s in our daily lives, but what about our finances, our healthcare, and our defense systems? Greaney explores the idea that all of that information is dangerously floating out there in mass quantities and can be hacked and used against us in an alarming and devastating way.
It’s been a while since I read a terrific thriller and Mr. Greaney has raised the bar for me. His attention to detail is superb as he educates the reader about the ins and outs of AI while developing incredible characters who are conflicted and challenged with their morals and beliefs.
From the first nail-biting action scene to the final battle for humanity, I could not put this 556-page fast-paced book down. If you love political and military thrillers filled with gripping and chaotic action, don’t hesitate to pick up this book. It is a terrifying and tangible look into the world’s future and I’m shaking in my boots.
Thank you to Mr. Greaney for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectations of a positive review.
Gray Man Series
1. The Gray Man (2009)
2. On Target (2010)
3. Ballistic (2011)
4. Dead Eye (2013)
5. Back Blast (2016)
6. Gunmetal Gray (2017)
7. Agent in Place (2018)
8. Mission Critical (2019)
9. One Minute Out (2020)
10. Relentless (2021)
11. Sierra Six (2022)
12. Burner (2023)
13. The Chaos Agent (2024)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
#1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney’s debut international thriller, THE GRAY MAN, was published in 2009 and became a national bestseller and a highly sought-after Hollywood property. Netflix released the film version of THE GRAY MAN, starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas, in 2022.
Eleven subsequent Gray Man novels have been released to date, including his latest, SIERRA SIX. Book twelve, BURNER, comes out February 21st, 2023.
Mark is also the #1 New York Times bestselling author or co-author of seven Tom Clancy novels, including his most recent TOM CLANCY TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE. He collaborated with Tom Clancy on three Jack Ryan novels before Tom’s death in 2013.
RED METAL, a military thriller written by Mark Greaney and Lt Col Hunter R. Rawlings, USMC, became a New York Times bestseller in 2009, and ARMORED, the first book in the Joshua Duffy thriller series, was released in 2022.
Mark’s books are published in nearly two dozen languages and are also available as audiobooks.
In his research for the novels he has traveled to dozens of countries, visited the Pentagon, military bases, and many Washington, D.C. Intelligence agencies, and trained in the use of firearms, battlefield medicine, and close-range combative tactics.
Mark lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife, his three stepchildren, and his four dogs; Lobo, Ziggy, Winston, and Mars.
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