{"id":12618,"date":"2019-07-22T20:18:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T00:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2019-07-22T20:18:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T00:18:49","slug":"on-target-by-mark-greaney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=12618","title":{"rendered":"‘On Target, by Mark Greaney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019m grateful to my friend Mark<\/strong> for recommending Mark Greaney\u2019s Gray Man series of thrillers. Thrillers aren\u2019t usually my cup of tea, but these are very satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first book, The Gray Ma<\/em>n, the hero, Court Gentry, was kind of a force of nature. Single-minded, relentless, highly skilled, this legendary assassin will let nothing stop him from completing a job \u2013 so long as he thinks the job is justified. No odds deter him, no setback dismays him, no injury stops him. It was very exciting, but a little fantastic. On Target<\/a><\/em>, the second book in the series, mixes the formula up a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, Court has weaknesses. Still feeling some pain from the horrific injuries he suffered in The Gray Man<\/em>, he\u2019s gotten hooked on pain killers. He\u2019s been reduced to taking work from a man he distrusts \u2013 a Russian who idolizes assassins. But the target is a \u201cworthy\u201d kill \u2013 the president of Somalia, a venal monster with the blood of thousands on his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only the game changes when one of his old CIA comrades\ncontacts him. They know about the deal, and want Court to alter it somewhat. If\nhe helps them kidnap the president, bring him out for trial, Court will be\nreinstated. The \u201cShoot On Sight\u201d order that now stands against him will be revoked.\nHe\u2019ll be part of the team again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can Court say no?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the days that follow, everything will go wrong. Court\nwill be diverted on a quixotic detour to save a lady in distress. Friends will\nbecome enemies, and vice versa. Never has Court been so alone, in so much\ndanger, so far from any help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book almost defines the phrase, \u201cpage-turner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tension never lets up. This new, slightly vulnerable\nCourt is more interesting than the earlier one. There\u2019s considerable pathos in\nhis constant fight, not only to survive, but to do what\u2019s right \u2013 if he can\njust identify it among all the lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highly recommended. Cautions for violence and language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m grateful to my friend Mark for recommending Mark Greaney\u2019s Gray Man series of thrillers. Thrillers aren\u2019t usually my cup of tea, but these are very satisfying. In the first book, The Gray Man, the hero, Court Gentry, was kind of a force of nature. Single-minded, relentless, highly skilled, this legendary assassin will let nothing … Continue reading ‘On Target, by Mark Greaney<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[581,1762,2088,2881],"class_list":["post-12618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-reviews","tag-court-gentry","tag-mark-greaney","tag-on-target","tag-the-gray-man"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}