Nothing to Lose

Colorado has two isolated communities called Hope and Despair. Twelve miles of deserted road separated them. Jack Reacher doesn't ever go back. It is not who he is. His only want is a cup of coffee. He receives serious difficulty. Thus, Reacher—a guy without illusions, fear, or anything to lose—goes to battle against a community that not only wants him gone, but also wants him dead in Lee Child's gripping new book.

Reacher wasn't expecting such a warm reception. He was going about his business, simply passing by. Reacher returns to Hope within minutes of his arrival, though, and sets up a base of operations against Despair, where a garrison of military police officers, whom he once commanded, wait and watch, where a small plane takes off every night and returns seven hours later, where a huge, seething, walled-off industrial site does something that no one is supposed to see, and where two young men have vanished and two scared young women wait and hope for their return.

Together with a stunning police officer who manages Hope with grace, Reacher teams up to take on Despair—against the rich man attempting to terrify him and the deputies who attempt to break him—and begins to unlock the mysteries, revealing the horrifying link to a far-off conflict that is murdering thousands of Americans.

Something has to give now, between Reacher and his conscience and between a community and its owner. Furthermore, Reacher never backs down.