True Believer: Jack Carr

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The book is divided into three sections—Escape, Transition, and Redemption. Are these the basic themes of a hero? Guessing, redacted zones give the creative visual team for Prime a wide breath of interpretive options. Now a reluctant tool of the United States government, Reece must travel the globe, targeting terrorist leaders and unravelling a geopolitical conspiracy that will have worldwide repercussions . . . All this congestion must have slowed them down, he thought as he dialed a number on his phone per his instructions and waited impatiently for an answer. Just when Reece was sure that the seas couldn’t get any rougher, the storm dialed up its intensity. The craft surged upward as a flash of lightning illuminated the ocean, and for a split second Reece was sure it wasn’t the tumor that was going to kill him; he was riding directly toward the crest of a wave that towered above the boat’s mast.

Borrowing what audio are available from the library. Using audible tokens for the others. Ray Porter does a wonderful job adjusting his voice for various characters. Adding to the action. Not my typical genre’. Am a hooked hard bound series owner to include the special edition show release. My long term goal is an autographed copy of each. I started writing TRUE BELIEVER soon after I retired from the military in 2016, before I had even submitted The Terminal List to the publisher. I started writing it while I was still finishing up edits on the first novel prior to submission because I knew that I would always write at least two books. I went to Mozambique where I researched the first part of TRUE BELIEVER where James Reece learns to live. There are too many instances where authors’ first works don’t hit but they keep going. If John Grisham had stopped after writing A Time To Kill, we would never have had the pleasure of reading The Firm, The Pelican Brief, or The Client, and he’d still be practicing law. It’s difficult not to fall for a guy who serves the nation who’s lost his family and betrayed by his country with a brain tumor that was a result of unauthorized tests.Now a reluctant tool of the United States government, Reece must travel the globe, targeting terrorist leaders and unravelling a geopolitical conspiracy that will have worldwide repercussions . This is where the story really takes off. They’d met on the rugby pitch at the University of Montana in the fall of 1995, Reece playing outside center and Raife as the number eight, by far the most skilled competitor on the team. Rugby was an obscure sport to most Americans in the early 1990s, so the community and the culture it fostered was a tight one. The running joke was that they were a drinking team with a rugby problem. Nice muley, Reece commented, nodding at a shoulder mount of a mule deer measuring what Reece figured to be over two hundred inches. So powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written—rarely do you read a debut novel this damn good’ Brad Thor Replicating that life in the private sector is an exercise in futility. The operator’s search for the sensations of the battlefield on the home front can manifest in unproductive and unhealthy endeavors. A new mission with a constructive purpose is necessary, one that fulfills the quest to be a part of something greater than oneself. The old life will always be a part of us, but we need to move forward.

Finally, in this “badass, high velocity round of reading” (Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling author), Savage Son follows Reece as he recovers in the Montana wilderness, unaware that the Russian mafia has him in their crosshairs.For me, listening to this adds to the literary action. Adding a faster audio speed vibes intensity. Feels like I’m reading at a sprint through the bullets and explosions. Stephen King books have similar impact ramped up. It’s something my dad gave me before I drove down. ‘Three Ships,’ it’s called. From South Africa. I don’t think you can get it here. When Reece figured he had reached the point where his prowess on the pitch had earned him some time with the team captain, he decided to pry. At one of the famed rugby team parties at Raife’s off-campus house, Reece made his approach. You’ve said that you can trace your life by the novels you were reading at the various stages of your life. What are you reading now? My favorite difference in book one from the show, the ending. Book is WAY better. Curious how the second two will compare.

The Terminal List ended with James Reece on a voyage after having exacted his vengeance on those who had killed his family and his team. True Believer starts off with James Reece still at sea, unaware of the miracle that his tumor, as a result of illegal experiments done on him and his team, is in fact operable. While the beginning of the book is a slow burn, it is in keeping with Reece coming to terms with his death by the tumor, not knowing that it is operable. The sea voyage takes him to the wilderness of Mozambique, Africa, where he reunites with an old acquaintance who offers Reece shelter. Reece finds a new purpose in fending off illegal poachers on the Niassa Game Reserve. It is crystal clear from the descriptive writing of Mr. Carr that he spent considerable amount of time researching the fundamentals of how the game reserve works and the intricacies that come along with it. It is a calming experience being inside Reece’s head as he slowly but gradually finds a reason to hold onto life after his violent tragedy of losing his family. Mr. Carr writes this aspect beautifully, invoking strong emotions within readers as they read through the book. The omissions makes the story more believable. It did or could have really happened. Considering how crazy the action is in the first book and show I’m now wondering … could someone in the military actually pull off each one of those tactically wildly sometimes unbelievable missions? A high-intensity roller-coaster race against time, True Believer is “one of this year’s hottest thrillers, and a perfect fit for fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Daniel Silva” ( The Real Book Spy ). Not exactly. The hero’s journey is more layered but certainly shares similar characteristics across cultures. In writing these novels, I’m aware of these stages and consciously work them into the framework of the modern political thriller. The challenge becomes working on individual novels with their own themes and journeys into an overarching longer term journey that will span an entire series. It’s a construct I love to think about and explore.

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True Believer explores the psyche of a man who has killed for his country and broken society’s most sacred bond in a quest for vengeance. Can this man, who transformed into the very insurgent he’d been fighting, find peace and purpose, and learn to live again? I’ve never read anything an author didn’t edit out “redacted”. For me, this is gold. Given my clearance and experience appreciate the gap of information. Reece turned his head to see what his daughter was pointing at off the stern. A massive wave crested above the sailboat as if in slow motion.