In 2020, I mentioned Mark Greaney’s Relentless as one of my most anticipated books of 2021. I did the same this year, listing his next Court Gentry novel, Sierra Six, as one of my most anticipated novels of 2022. And I was right.
Mark Greaney is the best living thriller writer in the world. He delivers hit after hit, and Sierra Six is a two-for-one, emotional, heart-pounding thriller. Greaney weaves two stories together, one from Court’s past, one from the present. From the outset, it’s obvious that these two stories are on a collision course.
Gentry is on a mission to find and kill a terrorist, but it’s a man that, according to the government, is already dead. It’s another action-packed Gentry novel, in the same vein that we’ve come to expect from Greaney’s superb writing. He has the supreme ability to weave stories that never lull in action. It is an emotional story that tugs at your heart. I literally felt my pulse quicken throughout different parts of the story, and I was even fighting back tears at times (no joke). Greaney has figured out how to draw emotion out of these characters that makes them feel so real.
Greaney combines these realistic characters with these plots, stories, and action sequences that seems so plausible and possible. It does make me wonder, is Mark Greaney actually Court Gentry in real life? I’ve never seen them in the same room together…
Sierra Six is a quick contender for one of my favorite books of 2022. It is hard to imagine anything could compare. It’s like having Usain Bolt running your first leg of a relay. He’s so far ahead, that it seems impossible that anyone will be able to catch him. Greaney delivers over and over, and Sierra Six should be a book that all thriller-lovers will enjoy.
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