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"The Gray Man deals in death with mathematical precision, but this time he may finally find himself on the wrong side of the equation in this blistering thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney. Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. The mysterious passenger is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley. When they land at an isolated airbase in the UK, they are attacked by a hostile force that kidnaps the prisoner. Gentry, the lone survivor, is ordered to track down the assassins and rescue the asset. In Virginia, an assault on a CIA safe house leaves dead and wounded agents littering a suburban neighborhood. The object of the attack is Court's former lover, Zoya Zakharova. She escapes, but with a team of killers on her trail. Now, two different agents on two different continents are battling blind against the impossible--but each may be holding the piece the other needs to fight their way out"--… (more)
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The action moves swiftly and for the most part “Mission Critical” is enjoyable. At points the plot feels forced, however, and needlessly padded.
Zoya, the newest Poison Apple operative, is the daughter of the terrorist leader planning the attack. She is convinced that she must be the one to kill her father, so she allows herself to be captured. Three times. That’s as far as her planning goes, so each time creates doubt about her true allegiance and the need for Gentry and Hightower to rescue her. One silly attempt to infiltrate the terrorist organization would have been enough.
Gentry finds himself overmatched by a giant of a man who beats him mercilessly. This also happens three times. Each time Gentry’s escape from death seems contrived. Greater care in plotting and more discipline in editing would have produced a superior story.
Despite these shortcomings, “Mission Critical” provides a fast-paced action thriller that readers of that genre will enjoy.
While the plot of this one seemed
The Gray Man is great.
There was a lot of action, but there were also parts that lagged for me. I never felt like I connected with any of the characters enough to