Review: Another enjoyable Reacher tale!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2012
We are introduced to Reacher, his brother Joe, 15 years old, their Mum, Josie and Dad, Stan, when Reacher is thirteen years old. They have just been transferred to the military base at Okinawa, in the Pacific.In this short story, Reacher shows how his `toughness' began at an early age. He immediately attracts the ire of a group of teenage bullies who think they own the military base, and want to put Joe and himself in their place. But of course, Reacher is having none of that, and when Joe gets accused of stealing the exam papers from the local school, for the test the two boys have to sit, to assess their qualifications, then their Dad also gets into trouble for `losing' an important folder, Reacher decides to fix things, in his usual indominable way!I loved this take on Reacher, showing us his very early years. All the usual enjoyment, fast pace, thrills and spills were still there, making for a quick, enjoyable read.