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    Second Son: A Jack Reacher Story
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    Second Son: A Jack Reacher Story
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    Second Son: A Jack Reacher Story

    Written by Lee Child

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In this new short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, available exclusively as an eBook, a young Jack Reacher knows how to finish a fight so it stays finished. He knows how to get the job done so it stays done. And, in one of his earliest challenges, he knows that his analytical brain is just as important as his impressive brawn.
     
    Okinawa, 1974. Even at thirteen, Jack Reacher knows how to outwit and overpower anyone who stands in his way. And as the new kid in town, that's pretty much everyone. His family has come to the Pacific with his father, who's preparing for a top-secret Marine Corps operation. After receiving a rude welcome from the local military brats, Reacher and his older brother, Joe, intend to teach them a lesson they won't forget. But it's soon clear that there's more at stake than pride. When his family's future appears to come crumbling down, it's the youngest Reacher who rises to the occasion with all the decisive cunning and bravura that will one day be his deadly trademark.
     
    Second Son also includes a thrilling excerpt from Lee Child's forthcoming novel, The Affair.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Audio
    Release dateDec 24, 2013
    ISBN9780553397710
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    Second Son: A Jack Reacher Story
    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. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently the CWA's Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.

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    • 4/5
      This novella gives us a glimpse into Jack Reacher's teenage years. Even back then, his parents knew he would be big and that they would need to teach him restraint. His powers of observation were strong for a thirteen-year-old and he already had an acute sense of right and wrong.Funny SN: Even though the rest of the family goes by first names, Jack is called Reacher from childhood. Lol!
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this short story. It was interesting listening to a story about Jack Reacher when he was a boy.
    • 4/5
      Set in Okinawa, Japan in 1974 this novella is the first book in the Jack Reacher series by chronology and in publishing order comes after Worth Dying For. It's a light and short story giving some further background to Reacher himself, his childhood and the family dynamic. Within we see the characteristic investigative style of Reacher beginning to form, as well as his way with the ladies.Overall, a good little background piece with a short yet interesting story arc.
    • 5/5
      A short story in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Reacher is 13 years old and just moved to Okinawa with his marine father and his mother and brother. Reacher establishes himself on the street with the other boys. He assists the marines in finding a code book.
    • 3/5
      I had been planning to try this series since the movie adaptation featuring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike came out in 2012. Come 2014, and I started with this short novella the first in the series, chronologically, with a teenaged Jack Reacher. I read this book, fully knowing that this short novella was written with the soul purpose to give some kind of background to Jack Reacher, his history, his roots and nothing else; there still was more action than expected. A satisfying read, for now I will continue with the series.
    • 3/5
      This short story had good points, but I didn't like the fact that it portrayed Reacher as having been essentially fully formed by age 13. In this story he not only fought the same way at 13 that he does as an adult, but he figured out 2 mysteries in basically the same way as well. This presents Reacher as not only preternaturally strong and street smart as a kid, but as a person for whom growing up didn't entail much of anything but getting bigger.
    • 5/5
      good
    • 4/5
      A well-done tale of Reacher's childhood that left me wanting more. In this story, we find out a lot more about Reacher's family background. I've lamented recently that, since Reacher ages in real time, his present day adventures will soon be hampered by the fact that he's past 50 (no spring chicken), and can't keep taking down the nastiest bad guys indefinitely. I've thought that more forays into our hero's past is the way to go. In this story we get a glimpse that maybe there are a lot of untold tales of Jack and his more cerebral brother Joe. I can see them as more ass-kicking version of the Hardy Boys. Their globe-trotting youth as military brats would be a great springboard for stories of the young brothers Reacher.
    • 3/5
      Available as an e-book only, Second Son by Lee Child is a short story that gives fans a glimpse of everyone's favorite tough guy, Jack Reacher, as a 13-year-old kid just arrived on an Okinawa Army base. It came out just before The Affair, so there's a preview of that book included. An enjoyable enough story, but doesn't build much in the way of suspense.
    • 3/5
      Reacher as a 13 yr old was far more intelligent than your normal teen at this age. Almost beyond belief, that's why I only gave it a 3 rating. Short 69 page read, but like I said, things he did at that age was really encroaching on make believe, and I am really a Lee Child fan.
    • 4/5
      This short story takes place in the early '70s when Reacher is a 13-year-old boy. But he is still Reacher. On one hand this is fun. On the other hand, Reacher never quite seems to be a 13-year-old boy; he's more of an adult in a slightly smaller body who lives with his parents. But the story was fun enough. 
    • 4/5
      This is a very short story, detailing a single incident of the teenage years of Jack Reacher. It's interesting to meet Jacks family, but the story is unrealistic. Nevertheless, it is well executed and interesting.
    • 5/5
      This is a wonderful short story shedding more light on Reacher, Lee Child's incredible fictional character. It's a quick read, extremely well worded, delicious. I'm always hungry for more Jack Reacher and this one just makes me all the more hungry for the new Jack Reacher book coming September 27, 2011.