The Fourth Option: A Novel
May 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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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.
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.
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 bran...
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32 reviews
John Paul Hare
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August 21, 2026
A riveting thriller! Jack Carr knows how to keep a reader engaged and invested. I read lots of Clancy in my 20s before finding Carr through The Terminal List. Not a dull moment to be found in his books! Each word matters. This was a fascinating take on the tale of a lone cowboy investigator with naught to lose. I hope there will be more Chris Walker in the future! He's a compelling character with lots of mileage still left in him.
Martin Derigay
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June 12, 2026
I love this novel because, The Fourth Option is set on Western Contemporary Genre and Thriller. Edge of Honor and Hidden Order by Brad Thor is one of my favorite novels in the United States of America. This book was awesome, cultural, and of course the thrilling event like a Gangstar's New Orleans that I played since when I was a kid.
Chris Mueller
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July 13, 2026
I thought The Terminal List series was awesome. This blows that away
About the author
Jack Carr is a former Navy SEAL who led special operations teams as a team leader, platoon commander, troop commander, and task unit commander. Over his twenty years in Naval Special Warfare, he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, to a platoon commander practicing counterinsurgency in the southern Philippines, to commanding a special operations task unit in the most Iranian influenced section of southern Iraq throughout the tumultuous drawdown of US Forces. Jack retired from active duty in 2016 and 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, Red Sky Mourning, Targeted: Beirut, Cry Havoc, and The Fourth Option. His debut novel, The Terminal List, was adapted into the #1 Prime Video series starring Chris Pratt. He is also the host of the top-rated Danger Close podcast. Visit him at OfficialJackCarr.com and follow Jack on Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube @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.
Jack Carr is a former Navy SEAL who led special operations teams as a team leader, platoon commander, troop commander, and task unit commander. Over his twenty years in Naval Special Warfare, he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq...
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