Armored, Mark Greaney
Armored, Mark Greaney
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Armored

Author: Mark Greaney

Series: Armored #1

Narrator: Adam Gold

Unabridged: 16 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/05/2022

Synopsis

A novel inspired by #1 New York Times best-selling author Mark Greaney’s Audible Original drama, Armored.

Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent—a professional bodyguard—and he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is, he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high. Josh lost his lower left leg. 
 
There's not much call for an elite bodyguard with such an injury. So, Josh has to support his family working as a mall cop in New Jersey. For a man like Josh, this is purgatory on earth, but miracles can occur even in Paramus. 
 
A lucky run-in with an old comrade promises to get Josh back in the field for one last job. The UN is sending a peace mission into the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico, an area so dangerous it's known as Espinazo del Diablo—the Devil's Spine. Only a fool would think they could broker peace between the homicidal drug cartels in the region, and only a madman would sign on to keep those fools alive.

About Mark Greaney

Mark Greaney is an American novelist, best known as Tom Clancey’s collaborator on his final three books. He is also known for continuing the “Jack Ryan” character and “Tom Clancey Universe” following Clancey’s passing.

Born in Memphis, Greaney in 1968, Mark is the son of Ed Greaney, who has been a presence at WMC-TV Memphis for over 50 years . He graduated from White Station High School in 1985 and earned a degree in international relations and political science from then-Memphis State University in 1992. He worked as a bartender at Paulette's for 10 years, sold computers and worked at Wang's International and Medtronic. Mark is the son of Ed Greaney, who has been a presence at WMC-TV Memphis for over 50 years .

Mark Greaney made the transition to becoming a full-time writer after the success of his first Gray Man novel. The Gray Man became a national bestseller and was nominated for a Barry Award in the Best Thriller category. In his research for The Gray Man novels he has traveled to more than fifteen countries, visited the Pentagon and many Washington, D.C. Intelligence agencies. He’s trained alongside military and law enforcement in the use of firearms, battlefield medicine, and close-range combative tactics. Greaney credits his interest in world affairs to his father. "I get all my curiosity from my dad," he says. "He was curious about absolutely everything, including politics, sociology and military history.

As of March 2015, Greaney has published nine novels, including four novels in the Gray Man series: The Gray Man (2009), On Target (2010), Ballistic (2011), and Dead Eye (2013). Three are direct collaborations with Tom Clancy: Locked On (2012), Threat Vector (Jack Ryan, Jr.)(2013), Command Authority (Jack Ryan) (2013). The last two books continue the Clancy’s Jack Ryan universe: Tom Clancy Support and Defend (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel) (2014) and Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect (A Jack Ryan Novel) (2014).

A feature film adaptation of The Gray Man is in development by Columbia Pictures, with Joe and Anthony Russo of Captain America, to direct. Mark currently resides in Memphis, Tennessee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 04, 2022

I enjoyed this book a great deal. It’s pure action and adventure similar to a Tom Clancy shoot ‘em up (early Tom Clancy). Which is high praise. The book is long but runs very quickly. There are a lot of characters but Greany juggles them masterfully. I spotted the reveal early on but it did not ruin......more

Goodreads review by Jean on March 03, 2022

I have enjoyed reading the Gray Man Series by Mark Greaney over these past many years. I have found Greaney to be a master storyteller. When I discovered he came out with a new book that might become a series, I bought it immediately. My first surprise was the audiobook format. It was in the form of......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on June 01, 2022

Mark Greaney, who is one of the best thriller authors around, gives us a new series that is unlike anything he's written previously. Best known for his Gray Man series and continuing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series, Armored introduces us to Joshua Duffy, a Close Projection Agent (bodyguard) and former......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on September 21, 2022

Interesting plot on how to handle the cartels in Mexico, it amazes me that most presidents since the early sixties has had a plan to battle narcotica and still it's one of the biggest economies in the world. Armored by Mark Greaney is a new seris with Josh Duffy as the main character and this first......more

Goodreads review by Teju on January 20, 2024

Absolute 5 star!!!!! Loved this book. I ended up eating my words with the wife getting to know husband's activities. The twists i indefinetly didnt see coming. I did catch the red herring though 😉. Overall if you love thrillers, this will not disappoint.......more

Quotes

"Great fun for the reader....there’s never a dull page."—Kirkus Reviews

"[An] enjoyable thriller from bestseller Mark Greaney....Explosive action sequences follow as Duffy and company seek to retreat to flat land and safety, and Duffy proves to be more than just a hardened military tactician. Readers will hope he’ll be back for an encore."—Publishers Weekly

"All hell breaks loose and continues at a murderous pace...Mark Greaney is a master at this type of action thriller."—Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

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