Book cover for The Fourth Option: A Novel by Jack Carr and M.P. Woodward

The Fourth Option

A Novel

2026 Released
432 Pages
7-8 Hours
Paperback Available March 9, 2027
Atria/Emily Bestler BooksISBN 9781668072042

When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a new thriller series.

Disillusioned by the government and institutions he dedicated his life to serving, former Navy SEAL and CIA ground branch operative Chris Walker is about to end his life when he receives a call that saves it. The wife of a teammate he lost in Afghanistan has now lost her son to the opioid crisis and needs Walker’s help. Thrust into a conspiracy that goes deeper than he ever imagined, Walker must go up against the system and the very Constitution he once swore an oath to support and defend in order to find justice for his friend’s widow.

With ambitious FBI agent Jarrett Stanton on his tail, Walker—accompanied by his loyal Belgian Malinois and using his off-the-grid VW pop-up camper filled with a hidden cache of weapons—takes the law into his own hands, exposing corruption and issuing a long-forgotten brand of lethal outlaw justice.

In the tradition of the great “stranger comes to town” Westerns of the past comes a modern interpretation of the mysterious vigilante gunslinger legend from “the hottest author on the thriller scene today” (The Real Book Spy). Get ready for a new kind of hero. Justice is coming.

Jack Carr

Jack Carr is a former Navy SEAL who led special operations teams as a team leader, platoon commander, troop commander, and task unit commander. He lives with his wife and three children in Park City, Utah. He is the author of the Terminal List series, the Targeted series, and the Fourth Option series. The Terminal List and True Believer were adapted into the #1 Prime Video series starring Chris Pratt. Visit him at OfficialJackCarr.com and follow Jack on Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube @JackCarrUSA.

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M.P. Woodward

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.

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