The Fourth Option
Published on 4. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-3985-6683-5 (ISBN)
Description
When the system fails, there's one final option.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a blistering new thriller series co-written with New York Times bestseller M.P. Woodward.
Former Navy SEAL and CIA operative Chris Walker has lost faith in everything he once served. On the brink of ending his life, a call pulls him back: the widow of a fallen teammate needs help. Her son is dead - another victim of the opioid crisis - and she wants justice.
What Walker uncovers is far bigger than one tragedy. Drawn into a deep-rooted conspiracy, he's forced to confront the very institutions he once swore to defend.
With driven FBI agent Jarrett Stanton closing in, Walker goes off-grid. Traveling with his fiercely loyal Belgian Malinois and a hidden cache of weapons, he becomes judge, jury, and executioner - exposing corruption and delivering a brutal, long-forgotten brand of justice.
In the spirit of classic 'stranger comes to town' Westerns, this is a modern vigilante story -lean, relentless, and explosive.
A new kind of hero is here.
Justice is coming.
Praise for Jack Carr:
'Jack Carr is the real deal' ANDY MCNAB
'Seriously good' LEE CHILD
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a blistering new thriller series co-written with New York Times bestseller M.P. Woodward.
Former Navy SEAL and CIA operative Chris Walker has lost faith in everything he once served. On the brink of ending his life, a call pulls him back: the widow of a fallen teammate needs help. Her son is dead - another victim of the opioid crisis - and she wants justice.
What Walker uncovers is far bigger than one tragedy. Drawn into a deep-rooted conspiracy, he's forced to confront the very institutions he once swore to defend.
With driven FBI agent Jarrett Stanton closing in, Walker goes off-grid. Traveling with his fiercely loyal Belgian Malinois and a hidden cache of weapons, he becomes judge, jury, and executioner - exposing corruption and delivering a brutal, long-forgotten brand of justice.
In the spirit of classic 'stranger comes to town' Westerns, this is a modern vigilante story -lean, relentless, and explosive.
A new kind of hero is here.
Justice is coming.
Praise for Jack Carr:
'Jack Carr is the real deal' ANDY MCNAB
'Seriously good' LEE CHILD
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 5029 mm
Width: 3302 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3985-6683-5 (9781398566835)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Jack Carr | M. P. Woodward
The Fourth Option
E-Book
05/2026
Simon + Schuster LLC
€9.02
Available for download
Persons
Jack Carr is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Sniper. He lives with his wife and three children in Park City, Utah. He is the author of The Terminal List, True Believer, Savage Son, The Devil's Hand, In the Blood, Only the Dead and Red Sky Mourning, as well as the non-fiction book Targeted: Beirut. His debut novel, The Terminal List, was adapted into the #1 Amazon Prime Video series starring Chris Pratt. He is also the host of the top-rated podcast Danger Close. Visit him at OfficialJackCarr.com and follow along on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook at @JackCarrUSA.
M.P. Woodward is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Ryan, Jr. series and The Handler CIA espionage series (The Handler and Dead Drop). He served as a US naval intelligence officer before going on to an international career in tech and streaming media. He lives in Redmond, Washington.
M.P. Woodward is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Ryan, Jr. series and The Handler CIA espionage series (The Handler and Dead Drop). He served as a US naval intelligence officer before going on to an international career in tech and streaming media. He lives in Redmond, Washington.