Two small towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four redneck deputies, a vagrancy charge and a trip back to the line.

Mistake.

They're picking on the wrong guy. Reacher is a big man, and he's in shape. No job, no address, no baggage. Nothing, except bloody-minded curiosity. What are the secrets the locals seem so determined to hide?

A hard man is good to find. Lee Child's ex-military cop Jack Reacher is today's most addictive hero. Now he pulls on a tiny loose thread, to unravel interlinked conspiracies that expose the shocking truths behind America's greatest scandals.

Because, after all, Jack Reacher has nothing to lose.