When some people see a situation they know, through training and experience, is going to go horribly wrong, they may choose to act or not to act. They may choose to convince themselves that what they "know" is incorrect, that they do not have all the facts; that they need to give the benefit of the doubt. They may choose to stare into space and ignore the events around them and to be just another bystander or just another witness. However, what happens when someone decides, after careful analysis of the situation, that he is right: something horrible is going to happen and he needs to act? What happens if he realizes, too late, that he was wrong? What happens if he realizes that he actually made the situation worse?

Jack Reacher has never been a sit-back-and-pretend-the- worst-won't-happen kind of guy. Therefore, when he is on an almost empty subway and recognizes a woman displaying the checklist of a suicide bomber, he cannot choose not to act. However, his heroic efforts do not have the intended reaction. Instead, they are the catalyst for him to become embroiled in the secrets of a military man turned politician, decades-old atrocities and duplicity upon duplicity. As a matter of honor, Reacher wants to get to the bottom of the situation; when he finds himself on the run, he needs to discover the truth as a matter of survival.

As the latest action-packed novel in the Reacher series, GONE TOMORROW can be enjoyed by one who has never picked up one of Child's books before, or by long-time fans.