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 one case that changes everything. For Jack Reacher, this is that case. New Year`s Day, 1990. In a North Carolina motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Reacher has his orders: Control the situation. Within hours the general`s wife is murdered. Then the dominoes really start to fall. Somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U.S. Army, Reacher is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have. But Reacher won`t quit. He`s fighting a new kind of war-against an enemy he didn`t know he had. And against a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed.