Never Go Back

Never Go Back is the eighteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child.^[1] It was published on 3 September 2013 in the United States.^[2] The book continues the storyline covered in the novels 61 Hours, Worth Dying For and A Wanted Man. The novel, like a majority of the Jack Reacher novels, is narrated in third-person point of view. Certain features suggested that it may be intended as the final installment in the series, but a sequel was eventually written.

Plot

Jack Reacher finally reaches Virginia, but his long-awaited meeting with Susan isn't meant to be. Instead, he finds a new commanding officer of the 110 MP; Susan has been arrested; and Reacher is about to be recalled back into the Army.

Critical reception

Lee Child’s bodacious action hero, Jack Reacher, has already tramped through 17 novels and three e-book singles. But his latest, “Never Go Back,” may be the best desert island reading in the series. It’s exceptionally well plotted. And full of wild surprises. And wise about Reacher’s peculiar nature. And positively Bunyanesque in its admiring contributions to Reacher lore.

—JANET MASLIN, The New York Times^[3]

Film adaptation

The 2012 film, Jack Reacher, was a film adaptation of the 2005 Reacher novel, One Shot. The film starred Tom Cruise as Reacher and was presumably intended to be a tent-pole for a film series. However, due to its lackluster run at the North American Box office, it was initially reported that a sequel would be unlikely.^[4] In February 2013, though, a sequel became more likely after the first film's gross surpassed $200 million worldwide.^[5] In December 2013, it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are moving forward with the development of a second Reacher film adapted from Never Go Back.^[6]

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