When Reacher regains consciousness handcuffed to a bed in a makeshift hospital, his memory of the past is a blank slate and his belongings have vanished. The last moment he can piece together is a violent ambush that forced the car he was riding in off the road, killing the driver. His captors, convinced he was the driver's accomplice, tend to his wounds while preparing to extract information—a strategy destined to spectacularly unravel.
