Intense, bloody and emotionally charged, The Hard Line is a masterful continuation of the celebrated Gray Man series. Filled with enough action, danger and death to choke a horse, it will pump adrenaline through your body, elevate your heart rate and make you sweat as you become fully invested in the outcome. It’s another smash hit by the great Mark Greaney!
The United States intelligence community is under attack as a wave of assassinations take place. Court Gentry is part of a deep black, sub-rosa direct-action team tasked by the CIA to investigate and determine who’s directing the attacks, and interdict multiple kill teams loose in the Washington DC area. But that’s not all the Gray Man needs to be concerned with. A renowned assassin codenamed Whetstone has come out of retirement for one more mission – to eliminate the man who killed his son. Which just happens to be the fabled Gray Man. Setting up a showdown of epic proportions.
Greaney dials up the violence and tension to eleven right off the jump and keeps it there throughout this insanely engaging novel. And while thriller junkies will flip head over heals for the action sequences, what makes The Hard Line so fantastic is how it highlights the relatability, vulnerability and moral compass of the great Gray Man and his colleagues. Which is an incredible feat given that the vast majority of us are not world class assassins/operators, and yet the personal nature of storylines in this book humanizes the exceptionals and makes it quite easy for us commoners to empathize with.
This novel has all the hallmarks of a best-selling thriller, and you won’t be able to put it down. And when you finish it your mind will be blown, and you will be jonesing hard for the next Gray Man adventure. Which is certain to be unhinged in the best way as Court Gentry is unleashed to do what he does best. Put bodies in the ground.
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