War and romance collide in the sweltering heat and political unrest of 1960's Aden--a port city in today's Yemen--where the British Royal Military Police battle local militia in an intense struggle to control the strategically important port. The officers know only too well that a lapse in luck or judgment risks death. But do they know what their wives are risking at the local country club, where the swinging '60s are in full swing?

A contract killer takes a cab driver hostage to ferry him around from hit to hit; ambitious driver Cole Trickle fights to return to racing after a crash causes him to lose his courage; ex-military investigator Jack Reacher teams up with a young defense attorney to find an unseen enemy who is manipulating events; Jack Reacher gets drafted back into the Army, where he confronts life-changing elements from his past; in 2054 a special police unit known...