title: Ballistic Basics: A writer's primer on firearms and the forensics that track them
author:  J. Gunnar Grey 
description: <span>Hi, I'm Gunnar Grey. I write books. I'm a historian, political junkie, target shooter, and retired adventurer and equestrian. I read avidly and post reviews or at least ratings for most of the books I read. Occasionally my poor husband surfaces from beneath a pile of paperbacks gasping for air... but I shouldn't bore you with personal issues.</span><br /> <span></span><br /> <span>I live in Humble, Texas, just north of Houston, with four parakeets, the aforementioned husband (who's even more entertaining than the birds), an orange betta fish with no manners, a fig tree, the lawn from the bad place, three armloads of potted plants, and a coffee maker that's likely the most important item we own.</span>
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  # TITLES BY MARK GREANEY
  
  
  THE GRAY MAN
  
  
  ON TARGET
  
  
  BALLISTIC
  
  
  DEAD EYE
  
  
  BACK BLAST
  
  
  GUNMETAL GRAY
  
  
  AGENT IN PLACE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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