then stage an assault on the mansion. Gentry eventually kills Verdoorn after a brutal fight and catches up to Cage, who lets Roxana go. Court decides not to kill him and castrates him instead. Roxana and Corbu then reunite, as Gentry is picked up by Hightower and summoned for a new mission. Characters Courtland Gentry: Freelance assassin, former CIA Special Activities Division (Ground Branch) paramilitary operations officer Liliana Brinza: Moldovan citizen Ratko Babic: Former general, Bosnian Serb army Captain Niko Vukovic: Chief of police, Mostar, Bosnia, and Herzegovina Talyssa Corbu: Europol criminal analyst Giancarlo Ricci: Security director of the Alfonsi crime family, Italy Roxana Vaduva: Romanian university student Dr. Claudia Riesling: American psychologist Kostas Kostopoulos: Greek sex trafficker Kenneth Cage: Hollywood-based investment fund manager Sean Hall: Bodyguard to Ken Cage Jaco Verdoorn: Director of White Lion Security and Risk Zack Hightower: CIA contract employee, former CIA Special Activities Division (Ground Branch) paramilitary operations officer Matthew Hanley: Deputy director for operations, CIA Suzanne Brewer: CIA officer Chris Travers: CIA Special Activities Center (Ground Branch) paramilitary operations officer Shep "Papa" Duvall: Former CIA, former JSOC (Delta Force) operative Rodney: U.S. Army veteran Kareem: U.S. Marine Corps veteran A.J.: U.S. Army veteran Carl: U.S. Army veteran Development In researching for One Minute Out, Greaney went to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, and Los Angeles, locations that would later be featured in the novel. On how he came up with the plot, the author said: "The initial idea for this one began with me picturing the Gray Man on a vengeance mission for something far in the past, but in the process of discovering something unrelated, that’s bigger and more deadly. I soon decided on focusing on human trafficking after doing some research on the subject." Reception Commercial One Minute Out debuted at number one in the Combined Print and E-Book Fiction category of the New York Times bestseller list for the week of March 8, 2020, making it Greaney's first number one solo entry. His last number one was with co-author Tom Clancy in his final novel Command Authority (2013). In addition, the book charted at number four in the Hardcover Fiction category of the same list. The book debuted at number three on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list for the week of February 27, 2020. Critical The book received positive reviews. Publishers Weekly called it "memorable" and continued: "Gentry is up