Die Trying (novel)
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Die Trying is the second novel in the Jack Reacher
series written by Lee Child
. It was published in 1998 by Putnam.
, Jack Reacher stops to help Holly Johnson, an attractive young woman. For his pains he is kidnapped with no explanation. She claims to be an FBI agent, but is this the truth of the situation?
but Reacher kills one of their captors and hides the body (this is discovered later). They are moved on again in the van.
Arriving in Yorke County (fictional),a remote area of Montana
, Reacher and Holly find themselves up against the Montana Militia, a band approximately 100 strong led by Beau Borken,a majestic yet ruthless megalomaniac intent on more than simple secession
from the union. Holly is the daughter of a general - the head of the joint chiefs of staff. She's defensive about her family connections, having had to work hard to dispel notions of nepotism
, so it's a while before she reveals to Reacher that she's also the President's god-daughter.
To add to the complications, there's Brogan, a mole infiltrated into the Chicago FBI team, and an undercover federal agent, Jackson, in the militia group. Before long, one betrays the other and Jackson dies a horrible death by being crucified in the woods.
Even as they close in on the Montana camp, the FBI believe that Reacher was part of the kidnap team. Reacher's old commanding officer, General Leon Garber, arrives to convince them otherwise and ends up playing a critical role.
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher is a fictional character created by British author Jim Grant who writes under the pen name of Lee Child.-Biographical information:...
series written by Lee Child
Lee Child
Jim Grant , better known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British thriller writer. His wife Jane is a New Yorker, and they currently live in New York state. His first novel, Killing Floor, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel....
. It was published in 1998 by Putnam.
Plot introduction
In ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Jack Reacher stops to help Holly Johnson, an attractive young woman. For his pains he is kidnapped with no explanation. She claims to be an FBI agent, but is this the truth of the situation?
Plot summary
Having run short on cash, Reacher has paused in his travels and is working in Chicago when he stumbles into the kidnapping of FBI agent Holly Johnson and he is also held. The pair are whisked across the United States in the back of a stolen Ford Econoline van, while back in Chicago Holly's colleagues frantically piece together the puzzle of her sudden disappearance. Initially they are detained in a barn in North DakotaNorth Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
but Reacher kills one of their captors and hides the body (this is discovered later). They are moved on again in the van.
Arriving in Yorke County (fictional),a remote area of Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, Reacher and Holly find themselves up against the Montana Militia, a band approximately 100 strong led by Beau Borken,a majestic yet ruthless megalomaniac intent on more than simple secession
Secession in the United States
Secession in the United States can refer to secession of a state from the United States, secession of part of a state from that state to form a new state, or secession of an area from a city or county....
from the union. Holly is the daughter of a general - the head of the joint chiefs of staff. She's defensive about her family connections, having had to work hard to dispel notions of nepotism
Nepotism
Nepotism is favoritism granted to relatives regardless of merit. The word nepotism is from the Latin word nepos, nepotis , from which modern Romanian nepot and Italian nipote, "nephew" or "grandchild" are also descended....
, so it's a while before she reveals to Reacher that she's also the President's god-daughter.
To add to the complications, there's Brogan, a mole infiltrated into the Chicago FBI team, and an undercover federal agent, Jackson, in the militia group. Before long, one betrays the other and Jackson dies a horrible death by being crucified in the woods.
Even as they close in on the Montana camp, the FBI believe that Reacher was part of the kidnap team. Reacher's old commanding officer, General Leon Garber, arrives to convince them otherwise and ends up playing a critical role.