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Freelance mercenary Court Gentry is tasked with assassinating former Serbian general Ratko Babic at his compound in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. While infiltrating his house, Gentry discovers that it is also a way station for young girls waiting to be transported east and sold into [[sex slavery]]. After killing Babic, Gentry manages to escape with one of the girls named Liliana while taking heavy fire from the general’s men, leaving the other girls behind. |
Freelance mercenary Court Gentry is tasked with assassinating former Serbian general Ratko Babic at his compound in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. While infiltrating his house, Gentry discovers that it is also a way station for young girls waiting to be transported east and sold into [[sex slavery]]. After killing Babic, Gentry manages to escape with one of the girls named Liliana while taking heavy fire from the general’s men, leaving the other girls behind. |
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Liliana informs Gentry about Captain Niko Vukovic, a police chief stationed on the nearby city of [[Mostar]] |
Liliana informs Gentry about Captain Niko Vukovic, a police chief stationed on the nearby city of [[Mostar]] who is Babic’s associate. After sending the girl home safely, Gentry goes to Mostar and surveils the police officer, later apprehending Hungarian mobsters sent to kill him. While there, he encounters Talyssa Corbu, a Romanian financial analyst working for [[Europol]]. She had gone rogue from her agency to find her sister Roxana, who is missing and presumed dead or sold into sex slavery. They agree to work together to save the trafficked girls as well as Roxana. |
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Gentry snatches Vukovic and tortures him for information. The police officer reveals that the next way station or “pipeline” for the trafficked girls is in [[Dubrovnik, Croatia]], and that he works for a global enterprise called the Consortium, which deals in money laundering and sex trafficking. Gentry and Corbu then proceed to Croatia, where he uses her as bait to attract Consortium men by asking around about the organization. Eventually, Albanian mobsters working for the Consortium kidnap Corbu. Gentry then chases them through the streets of Dubrovnik, eventually saving the analyst and killing her captors. While captive, Corbu overhears of a Consortium hideout near the Croatian coast. They venture there, where Gentry finds a yacht where the young girls are being transported and decides to follow it. |
Gentry snatches Vukovic and tortures him for information. The police officer reveals that the next way station or “pipeline” for the trafficked girls is in [[Dubrovnik, Croatia]], and that he works for a global enterprise called the Consortium, which deals in money laundering and sex trafficking. Gentry and Corbu then proceed to Croatia, where he uses her as bait to attract Consortium men by asking around about the organization. Eventually, Albanian mobsters working for the Consortium kidnap Corbu. Gentry then chases them through the streets of Dubrovnik, eventually saving the analyst and killing her captors. While captive, Corbu overhears of a Consortium hideout near the Croatian coast. They venture there, where Gentry finds a yacht where the young girls are being transported and decides to follow it. |
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The Director of the Consortium, Hollywood producer Kenneth Cage, sends his security chief Jaco Verdoorn to Croatia to dispatch Gentry and Corbu. The former South African special forces member is also tasked with shepherding the yacht full of trafficked young girls to an auction in [[Venice, Italy]]. Meanwhile, Gentry infiltrates the yacht and finds Roxana, who now goes by the name of Maja and is selected as one of the VIPs to be personally delivered to Cage. However, she refuses to be rescued, |
The Director of the Consortium, Hollywood producer Kenneth Cage, sends his security chief Jaco Verdoorn to Croatia to dispatch Gentry and Corbu. The former South African special forces member is also tasked with shepherding the yacht full of trafficked young girls to an auction in [[Venice, Italy]]. Meanwhile, Gentry infiltrates the yacht and finds Roxana, who now goes by the name of Maja and is selected as one of the VIPs to be personally delivered to Cage. However, she refuses to be rescued, vowing to help her sister identify the Consortium's top players. Gentry reluctantly leaves her, narrowly escaping the yacht while under pursuit from Verdoorn and his men. |
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Court then tries to enlist the [[CIA]]'s help for resources. However, his boss Matthew Hanley declines, claiming to have no knowledge about the Consortium and sternly telling |
Court then tries to enlist the [[CIA]]'s help for resources. However, his boss Matthew Hanley declines, claiming to have no knowledge about the Consortium and sternly telling that he is needed back stateside. Gentry then asks for help from an Italian crime family he had worked with in the past in infiltrating the Venice auction, while he instructs Corbu to travel to the [[Netherlands]] and coerce a [[blackhat]] hacker into accessing the Consortium's financial records. |
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Unknown to Gentry, Hanley sends a Ground Branch paramilitary team led by his former team leader Zack Hightower into Venice to apprehend |
Unknown to Gentry, Hanley sends a Ground Branch paramilitary team led by his former black ops team leader Zack Hightower into Venice to apprehend the mercenary. They soon get into a gunfight with Verdoorn and his men and are forced to move out. Gentry witnesses this and demands to know how Hanley knew his whereabouts. His boss replies that Cage is an important Agency asset and must not be harmed, but reluctantly allows Court to rescue Roxana and the girls as long as he does not kill the Consortium head. Gentry then joins Hightower and the Ground Branch team as they return to the United States. |
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Meanwhile, Corbu tracks down a ranch outside Los Angeles where Roxana and the girls are being kept. At Hightower's recommendation, Gentry enlists the services of |
Meanwhile, Corbu tracks down a ranch outside [[Los Angeles]] where Roxana and the girls are being kept. At Hightower's recommendation, Gentry enlists the services of a group of former [[Delta Force]] operators led by Shep Duvall, who used to raid brothels in the [[Philippines]] until they got caught, imprisoned, and later extradited stateside. Together they storm the ranch, rescuing the girls. However, Duvall is killed in the firefight, and Verdoorn manages to escape with Cage and Roxana. They later regroup to the Consortium head's mansion in Los Angeles. |
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The next day, Roxana manages to inform her sister about their whereabouts. Court and |
The next day, Roxana manages to inform her sister about their whereabouts. Court and Duvall's surviving teammates then stage an assault on the mansion. Gentry manages to kill Verdoorn and catch up to Cage, who eventually lets Roxana go. He then decides not to kill the Consortium head, but castrates him instead. Roxana and Corbu then reunite, as Gentry is picked up by Hightower and summoned for a new mission. |
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Revision as of 23:07, 19 August 2020
| Author | Mark Greaney |
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| Audio read by | Jay Snyder |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Gray Man |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Berkley Publishing Group |
Publication date | February 18, 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover), Audio, eBook |
| Pages | 493 |
| ISBN | 9780593098912 |
| Preceded by | Mission Critical |
| Followed by | Relentless |
One Minute Out is the ninth novel by Mark Greaney, published on February 18, 2020. It is also the ninth book in the Gray Man series. In the novel, main character Court Gentry tracks down a global sex trafficking organization across eastern Europe.
One Minute Out debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, making it Greaney's first number one solo entry.[1]
Plot summary
Freelance mercenary Court Gentry is tasked with assassinating former Serbian general Ratko Babic at his compound in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While infiltrating his house, Gentry discovers that it is also a way station for young girls waiting to be transported east and sold into sex slavery. After killing Babic, Gentry manages to escape with one of the girls named Liliana while taking heavy fire from the general’s men, leaving the other girls behind.
Liliana informs Gentry about Captain Niko Vukovic, a police chief stationed on the nearby city of Mostar who is Babic’s associate. After sending the girl home safely, Gentry goes to Mostar and surveils the police officer, later apprehending Hungarian mobsters sent to kill him. While there, he encounters Talyssa Corbu, a Romanian financial analyst working for Europol. She had gone rogue from her agency to find her sister Roxana, who is missing and presumed dead or sold into sex slavery. They agree to work together to save the trafficked girls as well as Roxana.
Gentry snatches Vukovic and tortures him for information. The police officer reveals that the next way station or “pipeline” for the trafficked girls is in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and that he works for a global enterprise called the Consortium, which deals in money laundering and sex trafficking. Gentry and Corbu then proceed to Croatia, where he uses her as bait to attract Consortium men by asking around about the organization. Eventually, Albanian mobsters working for the Consortium kidnap Corbu. Gentry then chases them through the streets of Dubrovnik, eventually saving the analyst and killing her captors. While captive, Corbu overhears of a Consortium hideout near the Croatian coast. They venture there, where Gentry finds a yacht where the young girls are being transported and decides to follow it.
The Director of the Consortium, Hollywood producer Kenneth Cage, sends his security chief Jaco Verdoorn to Croatia to dispatch Gentry and Corbu. The former South African special forces member is also tasked with shepherding the yacht full of trafficked young girls to an auction in Venice, Italy. Meanwhile, Gentry infiltrates the yacht and finds Roxana, who now goes by the name of Maja and is selected as one of the VIPs to be personally delivered to Cage. However, she refuses to be rescued, vowing to help her sister identify the Consortium's top players. Gentry reluctantly leaves her, narrowly escaping the yacht while under pursuit from Verdoorn and his men.
Court then tries to enlist the CIA's help for resources. However, his boss Matthew Hanley declines, claiming to have no knowledge about the Consortium and sternly telling that he is needed back stateside. Gentry then asks for help from an Italian crime family he had worked with in the past in infiltrating the Venice auction, while he instructs Corbu to travel to the Netherlands and coerce a blackhat hacker into accessing the Consortium's financial records.
Unknown to Gentry, Hanley sends a Ground Branch paramilitary team led by his former black ops team leader Zack Hightower into Venice to apprehend the mercenary. They soon get into a gunfight with Verdoorn and his men and are forced to move out. Gentry witnesses this and demands to know how Hanley knew his whereabouts. His boss replies that Cage is an important Agency asset and must not be harmed, but reluctantly allows Court to rescue Roxana and the girls as long as he does not kill the Consortium head. Gentry then joins Hightower and the Ground Branch team as they return to the United States.
Meanwhile, Corbu tracks down a ranch outside Los Angeles where Roxana and the girls are being kept. At Hightower's recommendation, Gentry enlists the services of a group of former Delta Force operators led by Shep Duvall, who used to raid brothels in the Philippines until they got caught, imprisoned, and later extradited stateside. Together they storm the ranch, rescuing the girls. However, Duvall is killed in the firefight, and Verdoorn manages to escape with Cage and Roxana. They later regroup to the Consortium head's mansion in Los Angeles.
The next day, Roxana manages to inform her sister about their whereabouts. Court and Duvall's surviving teammates then stage an assault on the mansion. Gentry manages to kill Verdoorn and catch up to Cage, who eventually lets Roxana go. He then decides not to kill the Consortium head, but castrates him instead. Roxana and Corbu then reunite, as Gentry is picked up by Hightower and summoned for a new mission.
References
- ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction - Best Sellers - March 8, 2020 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.