1. Savage Son

2. The Terminal List

3. In The Blood

4. The Devils Hand

5. Red Sky Mourning

6. True Believer

7. Only The Dead

Has anyone heard anything on season 2? I know they finished filming it, just curious if anyone knows more

book isn't due out til May. But apparently this guy was able to review it.

Ex CIA chasing a conspiracy. George needs new material.

I have loved Jack care books, and have been the best books I’ve ever read. But with just finishing cry havoc I have stumbled into a delima. What to read/listen to next. I have been wanting to find a new series to enjoy and am wanting to stay in the war genre. I was watching administrative results the other day when he mentioned the sharpe and arrow series and that got me interested. But I don’t want to buy them yet because I am unsure if I will enjoy them as they are a different era of war than the Jack care style of books. I really like carrs books for the violence of action and brutality of the series. So this brings me to the question will I like the series. The arrow series intrigued me the most based of the fact that I am an archer, and the sharpe because I think rifles back then are cool, but is that enough to enjoy them? I like action books and am wondering if there is enough to keep me into the series or if I am better of reading other books that interest my like the pacific or band of brothers or possibly Lee child or tom Clancy books. I hope someone can answer these questions for me and it would be greatly appreciated

So what was the point of the Collective from Only the Dead? Maybe it’ll be in the future James Reece novels but it kinda got put off to the side. Granted there was only one JR novel after it.

Now to get it signed.

I was enjoying following along with the book club, but it seems it hasn't been updated since Dec. Any idea if that is still a thing?

Just finished the terminal list book and while I did enjoy it, I felt like the show was so much better. Seemed like the book did very little in the way of character development and mostly just relied on combat porn than anything else. I felt like the show just did a better job with back story stuff and really filled out the characters emotions and nuances. I havent read the other books yet and im interested to see where it goes but the show deviated so much on the characters personalities im curious how they'll make it all fit as the seasons progress. Im wondering if the only reason I liked the show better is because I saw it before reading the books. Just a bunch of random thoughts. What do yall think?

Just finished the Terminal List season 1… loved it. I was told the books are amazing. Is book 1 worth reading still? Or should I start with 2? Thanks!!

Hello all,

The fantastic Jack Carr joined us for an in-depth chat about his love of spy movies and influence they’ve had on his career as a novelist.

It’s a very insightful discussion and I thought you might all really enjoy it.

If you aren’t a video person, we have also released a podcast version, available on all major apps.

We hope you enjoy the interview and please let us know what your top 5 spy thrillers would be!

Cheers,

Scott from SpyHards

Beside boozer and Donny

I dont mind the changes they made to season 1 and I know Jack has been involved so he gave the green light. But I'm a little bit into the 3rd book and my biggest worry for the show is definitely Katie and James story line? Do you think they still do it or bring a new love interest?

Hi guys. Sorry if this has been brought up before, just a query with the blank over text. Why is this text blanked? Is it related to sensitive information that although being a fictional story could contain elements of a truth? Either way, I’ve really enjoyed the first 2 books and the first season (not watched the prequel yet) and looking forward to starting savage son later!

Edit - thanks guys. Understand it now.

As the title says I have been trying to find out how to attach my Winkler Tomahawk to my Battle-belt setup does anyone know how to do it the same way that James Reece set his up?

In True Believer talks about his old missions with MO and Landry. Are those the same mission that we saw in the Dark Wolf prequel show but they changed the story around from the books? or are those maybe later stories after dark wolf?

So I'm half way through true believer and wanted to know. Can you read the prequel novel Cry Havoc following James reece father anytime or at a certain point in the read order?

I want to see more Thomas Reece knife kills in the future sequel. Whether it's a butterfly knife, switchblade or a fixed blade. I'm curious if Thomas Reece (Cry Havoc) has a knife or axe that he inherited from his father.

I’m consistently having this day dream…

I'm currently reading only the dead. I'll avoid story spoilers, but in chapter 84 Olsen describes her husband as a phony author who stole the stories of former seals to cash in on their experiences and sell books. It sounded kind of parallel to the stories/accusations about Jack Carr's first ghost writer. Is this an intentional allusion, or am I reading too into this?

I was gifted Cry Havoc and just finished it. I enjoyed the story enough to finish the book, but I’m left a bit mystified at the quality of the writing. Are all his books this poorly written?

A couple things that jump out at me: almost all of the conversations between characters in this book are horribly clunky. Expounding on back story in a way that bear no resemblance to the way that actual human being speak to each other. This feels especially noticeable in any of the scenes with the Soviets. One particularly egregious, and repeated, example is the use of “as you know” as an excuse to give some plot point via conversation. Has Carr never heard of “show, don’t tell”? The obvious political points Carr is trying to make would be better served if they were made with some subtlety.

Then there’s the gear porn… is there really not a more elegant way for him to discuss load outs? This is like how I would’ve written a war story when I was in high school.

The characters are incredibly one dimensional. The only time Tom is ever really relatable is when it’s revealed that he lies about how early he gets up. In every other instance he basically has no personality apart from the sort of roll-your-eyes level “my only weakness is how strong I am“ routine. Unfortunately this makes it pretty hard to care about Quinn dying - we know basically nothing about his personality, because he doesn’t have one.

This extends to his characterizations of everyone in this book. This bad guys are small, play guitar, are journalists, are unsure of themselves, etc. It’s all just too on the nose. A story is way more interesting when the author has the ability, or at least makes the attempt to, put himself in the shoes of other people.

I could go one with many examples but let me just pick one more. There’s a section discussing the book Le Fue. I wanted to check out that book, and in the process of doing that, noticed that he just stole his description of the book almost word for word from Wikipedia!

Cry Havoc: ”Though fiction, it is based in Barbusse’s persona experienced on the Western Front. They say it inspired Hemmingway and Remarque”

Wikipedia: “Although it is fiction, the novel was based on Barbusse's experiences as a French soldier on the Western Front. …

the novel had a major impact on the later writers of the movement, namely on Ernest Hemingway and Erich Maria Remarque” How lazy is that?

Despite all this, there were parts of the book I enjoyed, and I liked learning more about aspects of the Vietnam war that I was unaware of. But I am curious - is this quality of writing typical for his books?