Rusty is determined to put his IT program back together and defeat the ransomware attack, unexpectedly joined by his former IT partner, ex-FBI agent Sarah Sands, and guarded by Reacher. Jack Reacher is Rusty's only defense against an army of foes.Īfter the original attack, the actions increase and bodies pile up. Pleasantville is a small place but a huge threat to the country as their mission becomes clear. From a detective in the police department to government agents, all are suspects until proven innocent, a list that grows with each new encounter. It is not a situation Reacher finds acceptable, so he decides to sort the good guys from the bad and leave only when Rutherford is safe. Rusty's attackers are strangers, albeit with unmistakable intentions.
That stranger, Jack Reacher, has skills, something Rutherford has as well, but only in relation to technology. It's a dense plot with a changing cast of threatening characters, a stranger rolling into town who chooses to defend a man he's never met. Most critically, a foreign government has sent a force to steal security information buried in the computer servers Rusty delegated for disposal the day he was fired. After a discussion with the lead (only) detective at the Pleasantville Police Department, Reacher learns about the city's current dilemma, ultimately refusing advice to leave town with Rusty at the mercy of police, the FBI, various gangs of thugs. Reacher interrupts an attempted kidnapping, quickly arrested for his trouble by local police. Jack Reacher, retired from Army Intelligence, has just arrived in Pleasantville, hungry for a good meal, also heading for the coffee shop. Rusty is en route to the local coffee shop for his daily visit, mere blocks from his apartment, dreading the expressions of rage and disgust on the faces of the other customers. Unable to mitigate the damage, Rutherford is literally scorned by everyone. Rusty Rutherford, recently fired IT manager of the city of Pleasantville, Tennessee, is currently the least popular person around: the city is in the midst of a ransomware attack. Book review: Lee Child and Andrew Child's *The Sentinel: A Jack Reacher Novel*
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