Throughout the writing process, I took great pains to ensure no tactics, techniques, or procedures were compromised. In order to fulfill that obligation lawfully, this manuscript was submitted to the DOD Office of Prepublication and Security Review and was cleared as amended by that office. It is about what could happen when societal norms, laws, regulations, morals, and ethics give way for a man of extraordinary capability, hardened by war, and set on a course of reckoning a man who is, for all practical purposes, already dead.ĭue to the sensitive nature of the security clearances I held while in the military as a Navy SEAL, I am required to submit any written material intended for public release, including works of fiction, to the Department of Defense. The Terminal List explores what could happen when an apex predator, a warrior at the top of his game, is thrown into a situation from which there is no return. “Told with a deft hand and a keen eye for detail, The Terminal List…is explosive and riveting” (Kevin Maurer, coauthor of No East Day) and is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Stephen Hunter, and Nelson DeMille. With breathless pacing and relentless suspense, Reece ruthlessly targets his enemies in the upper echelons of power without regard for the laws of combat or the rule of law. Now, with no family and free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he’s learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths of his family and teammates. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush. Get ready!” -Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal ListĪ Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller that is “so powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written-rarely do you read a debut novel this damn good” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author). “Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. The second devotes its first ten minutes to Reece quietly grieving, which is illustrative of the show’s general lack of urgency to move the plot forward.#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR The opening episode, directed by Antoine Fuqua ( Training Day, The Equalizer), has some solid action and twists, but even this modest excitement dissipates in the following episodes. The plot of a 400-page novel is stretched over eight episodes, which it really struggles to fill. It could be entertaining, if highly implausible, if the show took a less self-serious approach and picked up the pace. When he pushes too hard for answers, his family is threatened and Reece sets out to uncover the truth, killing anyone who gets in his way. He believes his superiors are covering something up, but they keep trying to point the finger back at him, a man whose reality has been warped by PTSD. Reece comes home a hero but can’t escape the feeling there’s more to the mission’s failure than bad luck. Based on a novel by Jack Carr, an ex-Navy SEAL sniper turned author, The Terminal List has Pratt as James Reece, the head of a SEAL team, who finds himself embroiled in a bizarre conspiracy after his team is decimated on a mission to kill a powerful terrorist.
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