TWO MEN TO WATCH
AUTHOR JACK CARR AND HIS UNRELENTING CHARACTER JAMES REECE BRING A NEW DIMENSION TO THE THRILLER GENRE
Author Jack Carr, who was featured at the 2020 Southwest Florida Reading Festival, just released his third thriller, Savage Son. Find out why his storytelling is so riveting and why James Reece is a character worth watching.
Southwest Florida was introduced to author Jack Carr during the 2020 Southwest Florida Reading Festival held in early March at the downtown Fort Myers Regional Library. The diverse line-up of nationally recognized authors for adults, teens and children included adult writers Jack Carr, Lincoln Child, Michael Koryta, William Kent Krueger and Erik Larson, among others.
“We are really honored to share these authors with the community and provide readers and fans the opportunity to meet the writers personally and learn more about their work,” noted festival organizer Melissa Baker.
An avid reader of political military thrillers, I fell in love with Mitch Rapp, a counterterrorism operative fighting the bad guys, several years ago—reading every Vince Flynn novel I could get my hands on at lightning speed. I even fantasized how Mitch Rapp was the perfect man—masculinity fine-tuned.
I then met Scot Harvath, a former Navy SEAL who became an intelligence operative. He amazed me so much with his resourcefulness as a spy that I would scour the library shelves for any book by Brad Thor so I could follow this amazing character’s career as he hopped across the globe getting out of impossible situations—and sometimes saving the world.
Now, after reading The Terminal List at record speed, I’ve become a fan of James Reece, a fearless Navy SEAL out for revenge with a newly tapped vengeance that surprises on every page. The protagonist in author Jack Carr’s first book came on the literary scene in 2018 and the high-intensity character continues to build momentum and enthrall readers.
Not surprisingly, The Terminal List is being made into a television series starring Chris Pratt as James Reece. The actor is also the executive producer of the TV series in development at MRC Television.
The Terminal List (March 2018), his first book, introduces James Reece. On his last combat deployment as a Navy SEAL, the lieutenant commander’s entire team is killed in an ambush. On the day of his homecoming, his family is murdered. Reece discovers it was not an act of war by a foreign enemy, but a conspiracy involving his own government. He’s out for revenge.
In True Believer (July 2019), James Reece, now America’s most-wanted domestic terrorist, is the connection to a shadowy former Iraqi commando who could provide leads to a series of attacks against the Western world. In an effort to stop the bloodshed and economic freefall, the CIA strikes a bargain with Reece—who becomes a reluctant tool of the U.S. government.
Savage Son (April 2020) is Carr’s latest release. When the Russian intelligence-mafia consortium targets Reece, he recruits a team of former commandos. Dealing with terrorist organizations, drug cartels, human trafficking syndicates, cyber technologies and organized crime, Reece finds himself fighting a new kind of war.