Back Blast - (Gray Man) by Mark Greaney (Paperback)

About the Book

Five years ago, Court Gentry was the CIA's best covert asset. Then, without warning, the Agency put him at the top of its kill list. Court fled his country and became the enigmatic Gray Man. Now Court plans to find out what went wrong by getting his hands on the men who sent him on his last mission, Operation BACK BLAST. What he doesn't realize is that questions from his time as an American assassin are still reverberating in the U.S. intelligence community, and he's stumbled onto a secret that powerful people want kept under wraps. The result: everyone has Court in their crosshairs...

Book Synopsis

From Mark Greaney, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes the fifth explosive thriller featuring the lethal assassin known as the Gray Man...

Five years ago, Court Gentry was the CIA's best covert asset. Then, without warning, his masters at the Agency put him at the top of their kill list. Court fled his country and became an enigmatic killer for hire known as the Gray Man.

Determined to find out what made the Agency turn against him, he plans to get his hands on the men who sent him on his last mission, Operation BACK BLAST. What he doesn't realize is that the questions that arose from his time as an American assassin are still reverberating in the U.S. intelligence community, and he's stumbled onto a secret that powerful people want kept under wraps.

The result: everyone has Court in their crosshairs...

Review Quotes

"I LOVE THE GRAY MAN."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child

"BOURNE FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM."--New York Times bestselling author James Rollins

Praise for Back Blast

"Mark Greaney reigns as one of the recognized masters of action and adventure. Back Blast is no exception."--New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Steve Berry

"Fast-paced [and] tightly written...A great ride."--New York Times bestselling author Larry Bond

"Takes the best of Clancy and Ludlum and mixes them into a fantastic story with an unforgettable character."--James O. Born, author of Scent of Murder

"A blistering thriller that builds to a soaring and explosive climax. Fast, tough, enthralling, and the best so far in the amazing Gray Man series."--Bestselling author David Bell

"Punches with bone-busting power...Flesh-and-blood priceless."--New York Times bestselling author Stephen Templin

"Greaney is a master among the top thriller writers in the world...Intense, explosive, daring, funny, and ultimately just flat out awesome."--New York Times bestselling author Ben Coes

"Greaney's unraveling of the Back Blast mystery is masterly, but it's the Gray Man's ability to outthink and outgun...that will keep readers glued to the pages."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"[A] high-energy thriller...Clancy fans will have a blast."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Mark Greaney has a degree in international relations and political science. In his research for the Gray Man novels, including Agent in Place, Gunmetal Gray, Back Blast, Dead Eye, Ballistic, On Target, and The Gray Man, he traveled to more than fifteen countries and trained alongside military and law enforcement in the use of firearms, battlefield medicine, and close-range combative tactics. He is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Tom Clancy Support and Defend, Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect, Tom Clancy Commander in Chief, and Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance. With Tom Clancy, he coauthored Locked On, Threat Vector, and Command Authority.