New Year’s Day, 1990.

A soldier is found dead inside a sleazy motel bed. Jack port Reacher may be the officer on duty. The soldier actually is a two-star general. The problem is bad enough, then Reacher discovers the general’s wife.

This stomach-churning thriller turns back the clock to a younger Reacher, in dogtags. A Reacher who still feels in the program. A Reacher who imposes army discipline. Even if only in his personal pragmatic way…