Lee Childs new stomach-churning, palm-sweating thriller turns back the clock to Jack Reachers army days. For the first time we meet a younger Reacher, a Reacher not yet disillusioned with military life. A Reacher with family. A Reacher in dogtags and starched uniform who imposes army discipline, if only in his own pragmatic way. Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Son. New Years Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The Cold War is ending. Soon, America wont have any enemies left. A soldier is found dead in a sleazy motel bed. Jack Reacher is the officer on duty. The soldier turns out to be a two-star general. Then Reacher finds another corpse: the generals wife. Lee Childs stomach-churning thriller turns back the clock. We meet a younger Reacher, in dogtags, far from the no-ties, no-last-known-address drifter of the other novels. A Reacher who imposes army discipline. Even if only in his own pragmatic way.