by Lee Child
Part of Jack Reacher, book 21
First published 2016
Jack Reacher receives a medal in the morning and gets shipped to school that afternoon. The year is 1996, and he's still army. Two other men sit in the classroom with him: an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. Both are top operators fresh from major victories. None of them knows why they're there until they get briefed. A Saudi courier has arrived at a jihadist cell in Hamburg, seeking protection while he waits to meet unknown contacts. A CIA asset inside the cell heard the courier whisper something terrifying: "The American wants a hundred million dollars." Reacher and his new partners must identify this American before he can execute what promises to be a massive terrorist attack. Reacher brings in Sergeant Frances Neagley, the finest soldier he's ever worked alongside. Their hunt takes them from Langley to Hamburg, from Jalalabad to Kiev. They navigate false identities, betrayals, and deadly new enemies while Reacher operates both within the system and beyond legal boundaries. The stakes are global catastrophe if they fail.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Hamburg, Jalalabad, Kiev, Langley
Period: 1996
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