Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California He doesn't get far On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born He thinks, what's one extra day? He takes the detour At the very same moment, close by, a car breaks down Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere It's a strange place but it's all there is The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town He knows his father never went back Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place? So begins another nailbiting, adrenaline-fuelled adventure for Reacher The present can be tense, but the past can be worse That's for damn sure