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  • Published: 15 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781448109081
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 14 min
  • Narrator: Kerry Shale

Second Son: (Jack Reacher Short Story)




A brand-new Jack Reacher short story, published as a digital exclusive!

Ever wondered what early experiences shaped Reacher's explosive career as butt-kicker supreme, the one-man guided-missile battler for justice? In this original new short story, Lee Child looks back on an incident in his hero Jack Reacher's teenage years as the younger son of a tough career US Marine, on a faraway military base in the Pacific.

'The coolest continuing series character now on offer' Stephen King

  • Published: 15 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781448109081
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 14 min
  • Narrator: Kerry Shale

About the author

Lee Child

Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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