Mark Greaney: Armored - Danger Close with Jack Carr

Today's guest is No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney.
Mark is the creator of The Gray Man series. The first book in the collection was recently turned into a hit Netflix film starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans.
He collaborated with Tom Clancy on the novelist’s final books, co-authoring and then authoring seven Clancy books in the Jack Ryan series. Mark also collaborated with Lieutenant Colonel H. Ripley Rawlings IV for Red Metal.
Mark’s new standalone thriller Armored tells the story of a group of American security contractors who must fight for their lives against drug cartels in the mountainous terrain of Mexico.
You can find out more about Mark’s work at markgreaneybooks.com, and you can also follow him on Instagram @markgreaneybooks
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[@theplourde]

I hope Mark doesn’t quit writing the Gray Man series. They’re such good books. Cannot wait for #12.

[@jeffclarkofficial]

Love Mark and The Gray Man. Excellent books and such a great guest. Jack knows how to do it!

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

This man's books are ridiculously good. The Gray Man Amazon movie is great, but it still doesn't hold a candle to how breakneck and high stakes the book is. Cannot recommend The Gray Man novel enough.

[@dmike2010]

Armored is freakin AWESOME!

[@dr2759]

The movie had WAY too much bad CGI.

[@charlie6delta]

Terminal List was outstanding as a series and a book! Nice CHUCK HEAVY shirt Jack! 👍

[@brianbrusa7462]

New studio is awesome. Great conversation. Keep crushing it Jack. Going to buy Armored next.

[@AlexanderJKenji]

Great interview Jack. I really appreciate that even though you were a great SEAL and are now a successful author, I can sense your humility and drive to constantly improve. Wish you all the best.

[@rscottstevens]

I really enjoyed Armored as Audio play. Very interesting presentation.

[@johndavis6338]

I just saw the movie. What a fun movie! The subliminal hints to the character's youth. I like the sarcastic humor of the two top hit guys also. Great action sequences. The relationship of the girl with six her surrogate uncle was award winning. It was also nice to see the hot chick from "Blade Runner 2049" back with Gosling again.

[@holdenr.7479]

Loving the new studio Jack! It looks great! Thank you for all the effort you put into your work for all of us to enjoy! The amount of projects, books, podcast, businesses, etc your involved in and exicuting at a high levels is crazy!

[@lindacunningham9343]

Great interview! Two out of my three favorite authors. Read all the books. So happy for both of you and your success

[@jefffarnham3325]

This is one of my favorites! I just started reading the Gray Man books a few months ago and it’s great to see Jack and Mark talking shop! I had been wondering how Jack and Mark felt about how their books were depicted on screen and this gave me the answer. I was a little taken back when I first started watching The Terminal List but then figured it was just another way to tell the tale. I am thankful to Jack Carr for getting me back into reading thrillers like his as I hadn’t read anything like them since the 90s when I was reading Tom Clancy. But now I have gotten back into these books and have really enjoyed James Reece’s adventures.

[@donculver8671]

I'm a huge fan of Jack & Mark, congrats on your mainstream success. In this woke, snowflake era I find your stories refreshingly rooted in your military exploits of real life (military service that is). Still hoping to see Randy Wayne White's character Doc Ford on Netflix's radar that would be awesome.

[@TBK1966.]

I'm now reading The Devils Hand. The books are all amazing, but Jack's writing is now serious stuff. It's a fantastic read. 👌

[@JohnnyK62]

If two people read the same book they will not perceive any of it the same was your age and experience change what your minds eye sees and then to switch to film let alone the time in a movies or mini series is so limited to the hours and days represented in a fantastic novel You both rock so keep on keepin on

[@djchucknorris]

It’s so funny watching this I watched the movie and them read the whole series

[@scottmoody3926]

Watched that movie 3 times already

[@geoplaten337]

Regarding the “complaints” about changes from book to screen, I’ll simply say, these authors should take them as the compliments they are. I LOVE the gray man novels, recommend them to everyone who reads action thrillers. I feel and do the same with Jack’s Reece novels. I also really enjoyed the Netflix movie and Amazon series. But they aren’t the books, obviously. I understand some of the changes, but I certainly don’t agree with all of them. Making Fitzroy Six’s CIA handler is an unforced error, it cus out far far far too much, with minimal gain. Sorry, that’s my opinion and I’m sticking with it. I get that any author would be crazy to kill the golden goose and would want to be cooperative. But that doesn’t mean the readers should. Having said all that, I think abandoning either series of novels because of the changes is cutting off your nose to spite your face…

[@j24ish]

Wondering if Jack ever has had a chance or desire to interview Peter Nealen, I find I’m most waiting for books to drop between those two. Bought Armored and it’s on the list after In The Blood

[@basher2209]

Is not that the movie was different from the Gray Man series. The issue is they didn’t capture the uniqueness of the Gray Man and his story line. The film essentially just used the character’s names and 25% of the story line. I was disappointed

[@melissar9254]

The critics are ALMOST ALWAYS wrong! not sure how they keep their jobs. I love the series and the Netflix series did not disappoint and honestly that has hardly ever happened for me. It seems like the book is always better.

[@cinesploreblubblub4025]

Jack died horribly in the tv series.

[@starkparker16]

I thought it was cool that he got to be killed by his own character.

[@j24ish]

My wife got startled when I jumped up, pointed at the screen and yelled “That was Jack!” during that scene. Amusing for sure.