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Sierra Six: The action-packed new Gray Man novel - now a major Netflix film

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It’s been years since the Gray Man’s first mission, but the trouble’s just getting started in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. But it did get close a few times over the years. And I really haven't been that involved, other than watching it bounce around like a basketball between Hollywood studios. Sony had it a few and the Russo Brothers, who are the directors of a lot of the Marvel movies like 'Avengers: Endgame' and 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' wanted to direct it and to write the script. They had me come out to California and spend some time with them. And then Joe Russo wrote the screenplay, which was fantastic. And then the movie kind of died on the vine at Sony. Military.com: Publishers have recently been pushing military thrillers written by guys who served. You're obviously one of the most successful writers in that field, and you're a guy who didn't serve.

In their first mission they took out a terrorist leader, at a terrible price. Years have passed. The Gray Man is on a simple mission when he sees a ghost: the long-dead terrorist, but he’s remarkably energetic for a dead man. I think every time I read a new addition to the series I say this one is my favorite, and Sierra Six I think is one of my favorites – again… I am unashamedly addicted. I just love Court in all of his creative, tortured, bad-ass ways. The best way to do that is for all the satellite reception to be disabled for the next 90 minutes so the team can't see what's going on. Is there a way I could figure out how to do that and technically explain that? Probably, but I want to just say it happened because it's important for the story. So that's what I do." What I don't think I've ever read, though, is a book that so effortlessly and (more importantly) readably (is this a word?) combines both an origin story and a current story told in an alternating fashion, where both parts, the past and the present, have very real stakes and are both incredibly well done - to the point where either of them, on their own, would be an excellent book, but where together, they are even better than a single book on each would be. It means I've read a number of books that are self-contained origin stories. Many series that have the same main characters will have them. Stephen Hunter took us to Vietnam for Bob Lee Swagger's origin, for instance. The Hobbit is itself ab origin story for the Lord of the Rings. Comic books - well, they're rife with origin stories, for both heroes and villains.I am, generally, a huge fan of origin stories - assuming they're not of the generic, giant trope-y type. You know those. Those are the ones where the lead had a perfect life before violence came to visit. Let me assure you, writers and readers alike, that there is no perfect life, and the perfect lives upended by sudden violence, with a vow of revenge afterward are, in a word, boring. I want to see the lead struggle with something before struggling with another something. Unlike the last few books, Court has virtually no support. He does connect and team up with a couple of people, but for the most part, this is a solo op for him. I enjoyed the secondary character of Priya. I thought she was portrayed pretty realistically, and I liked her spunk and her willingness to help - regardless of the outcome. The other guy - Ted Appleton - I didn't like. I knew there was something with him from the very beginning. But - no spoilers, so that's all I'll say. Sierra Six is definitely not a story to miss and most assuredly a book you’re going to need to clear a weekend for. Might as well set that date right now! Every year I have to manage a little bit better. I don't have problems with big ideas for stories, but after 20-something books, sometimes it's hard to come up with a new scenario that you haven't written about before. I struggle with coming up with new fresh stuff.

Before we go on: if you're a reader jumping in at this point in the series, do yourself a favor and go to book one and begin there. About half of the things in this book will not make a lot of sense, or will appear to have no bearing at all on the other half of the book. Besides, it's a great series and a lot of fun to read. If you say no,” you shrugged. “Then you’re right. It won’t make a difference.” Language: English Words: 19,158 Chapters: 8/? Comments: 21 Kudos: 115 Bookmarks: 23 Hits: 1,830

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A decade of time hasn’t changed the Gray Man. He isn’t one to leave a job unfinished or a blood debt unpaid. Sierra Six is the protagonist of Mark Greaney’s novel ‘The Gray Man.’ He is an expert assassin who works for the CIA on several covert missions. In the novel’s film adaptation, actor Ryan Gosling essays the role of Sierra Six. In the movie, Sierra Six is recruited by Donald Fitzroy ( Billy Bob Thornton), a high-ranking CIA official who runs the Sierra Program for the agency. Fitzroy believes that Six has the capability to become a useful asset. Six stays true to his mentor’s faith in him by helping rescue Fitzroy’s niece, Claire. Image Credit: Paul Abell/Netflix Despite sharing a close bond with Fitzroy and Claire, the two never refer to Sierra Six by his real name. Instead, they opt for the code name assigned to the man who joined the Sierra Program and became Six in the process. However, as the film’s opening minutes reveal, Sierra Six’s real name is Court Gentry. Given that the Sierra Agents do not have any public records and are practically ghosts in the public eye, it is understandable that Gentry does not go by his real name. Why Was Court Gentry in Prison? It only takes a single tragedy to tear your life to shreds and make it to where you're unable to sleep through the night. You tell yourself that you will never trust a bodyguard again, but things don't go according to plan when a man with a number for a name is assigned to the Fitzroy household while your uncle is away. Language: English Words: 12,637 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 4 Kudos: 22 Bookmarks: 5 Hits: 146 This story is exciting, captivating, a little heartbreaking, and the climactic ending is a typical Greaney and Gray Man ending – tension-filled and explosive! I can never get enough.

We also get to see a possible love interest in the past. Like I said, we see more from Court in this past, but we also begin to see the events that occurred that began to harden his heart. I would have read this book even if it only had the story from the past - that's how much I enjoyed getting a peek into his beginnings with Matt Hadley and Sierra One. Military.com: The Gray Man has taken a long and winding road to the screen. Now you've finally got a movie coming out this summer. What's that experience been like? Sierra Six is an explosive entry in Mark Greaney’s Gray Man saga with a deeper than ever insight into Court Gentry’s psyche and roots. Testament to the outstanding writing found in these books, Mark Greaney brilliantly circumvents the traditional linear narration for an unconventional route this time as the narrative moves forward in two parallel chains of events, one for current timeline, and one for Court Gentry’s first ever mission with the infamous Goon Squad twelve years ago. Gentry is trained up as just an operations officer, but he came into the agency with the skills that he'd learned through law enforcement and military training at his father's firearm school. He comes into the agency with all this knowledge and got two years of very intensive training before they put him out in the field.

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This was another amazing installment of one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE series' and one of my all time favorite book characters. When you read as much as I do (over 5000 books) that is not a statement I make lightly. Ryan Gosling plays the highly skilled mercenary, CIA operative Court Gentry, aka Sierra Six. As he becomes a target for the CIA, Six finds himself being hunted by his old colleagues, as CIA handler Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans) places an enormous bounty on his head and sends a fleet of international assassins to kill him. One day, their father was on the verge of harming Gentry’s brother, so he decided to intervene and shot his father dead. As a result, Gentry was imprisoned for manslaughter and spent most of his adulthood in jail. However, he was offered a reprieve when Fitzroy recruited him to join the Sierra Program. Thus, Court Gentry becomes Sierra Six and leaves his past behind.

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