Overview

"""Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier' s son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army' s brightest stars. But in every cop' s life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case. New Year' s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The world is changing. And in a North Carolina hot-sheets motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Jack Reacher has his orders- Control the situation. But this situation can' t be controlled. Within hours the general' s wife is murdered hundreds of miles away. Then the dominoes really start to fall. Two Special Forces soldiers - the toughest of the tough - are taken down, one at a time. Top military commanders are moved from place to place in a bizarre game of chess. And somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U.S. Army, Jack Reacher - an ordinarily untouchable investigator for the 110th Special Unit - is being set up as a fall gu"

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A fabulously suspenseful prequel.... [Lee Child's] best so far. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Textured, swift, and told in Reacher's inimitably tough voice ... Child has few peers in thrillerdom. --Publishers Weekly, starred review The best showcase of Child's talent to date. .... one of the best thriller writers at work. --Rocky Mountain News The Enemy sizzles with suspense and action. Child sets a breathless pace. --Orlando Sentinel A rip-roaring read from the first page to the last . --St. Petersburg Times [Jack Reacher is]. . .the thinking reader's action hero a surprisingly tender combination of chess master and G.I. Joe. --Seattle Times Will keep you guessing until the final page. --Playboy From the Hardcover edition. A fabulously suspenseful prequel....[Lee Child's] best so far. Kirkus Reviews, starred review Textured, swift, and told in Reacher's inimitably tough voice Child has few peers in thrillerdom. Publishers Weekly, starred review The best showcase of Child's talent to date. .... one of the best thriller writers at work. Rocky Mountain News The Enemysizzles with suspense and action. Child sets a breathless pace. Orlando Sentinel Arip-roaring read from the first page to the last. St. Petersburg Times [Jack Reacher is]. . .the thinking reader's action hero a surprisingly tender combination of chess master and G.I. Joe. Seattle Times Will keep you guessing until the final page. Playboy From the Hardcover edition.

A fabulously suspenseful prequel.... [Lee Child's] best so far. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Textured, swift, and told in Reacher's inimitably tough voice ... Child has few peers in thrillerdom. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review The best showcase of Child's talent to date. .... one of the best thriller writers at work. -- Rocky Mountain News The Enemy sizzles with suspense and action. Child sets a breathless pace. -- Orlando Sentinel A rip-roaring read from the first page to the last . -- St. Petersburg Times [Jack Reacher is]. . .the thinking reader's action hero a surprisingly tender combination of chess master and G.I. Joe. -- Seattle Times Will keep you guessing until the final page. -- Playboy From the Hardcover edition.

A fabulously suspenseful prequel....[Lee Child's] best so far. Kirkus Reviews, starred review Textured, swift, and told in Reacher's inimitably tough voice Child has few peers in thrillerdom. Publishers Weekly, starred review The best showcase of Child's talent to date. .... one of the best thriller writers at work. Rocky Mountain News The Enemysizzles with suspense and action. Child sets a breathless pace. Orlando Sentinel Arip-roaring read from the first page to the last. St. Petersburg Times [Jack Reacher is]. . .the thinking reader's action hero a surprisingly tender combination of chess master and G.I. Joe. Seattle Times Will keep you guessing until the final page. Playboy From the Hardcover edition.

A fabulously suspenseful prequel.... [Lee Child's] best so far. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review<br><br> Textured, swift, and told in Reacher's inimitably tough voice ... Child has few peers in thrillerdom. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review<br><br> The best showcase of Child's talent to date. .... one of the best thriller writers at work. -- Rocky Mountain News <br><br> The Enemy sizzles with suspense and action. Child sets a breathless pace. -- Orlando Sentinel <br><br> A rip-roaring read from the first page to the last . -- St. Petersburg Times<br><br> [Jack Reacher is]. . .the thinking reader's action hero a surprisingly tender combination of chess master and G.I. Joe. -- Seattle Times <br><br> Will keep you guessing until the final page. -- Playboy <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.

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"""Lee Child is the author of eight Jack Reacher thrillers, including the critically acclaimed Persuader, which is available in paperback from Dell. His debut, Killing Floor, won both the Anthony and the Barry Awards for Best First Mystery. Foreign rights in the Jack Reacher series have sold in thirty-nine territories. Child, a native of England and former television writer, lives outside New York City, where he is at work on his ninth Jack Reacher thriller. i>From the Hardcover edition."""

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