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