Child brothers detail AI-plot villains in Reacher novel Chain Reaction
In a Collider interview, Lee Child and Andrew Child explain how an AI startup hides a criminal operation in the latest Jack Reacher novel.
Lee Child and Andrew Child gave an exclusive interview to Collider in which they discussed the plot and villains of the latest Jack Reacher novel, Chain Reaction. In the book, Reacher investigates a case involving an AI startup called Everything Everywhere Forever (EEF).
The story centres on the murder of investigator John James Bisley, who was looking into five large data centres in Summertown, Colorado. EEF is run by Axel Brill and Saxby Cameron, and the company's technology business conceals a criminal operation, according to the authors.
Reacher is also reunited with Susan Turner, who now commands the G-99 Section.
Keeping villains grounded
Andrew Child told Collider that the brothers deliberately avoided escalating threats in order to keep the villains grounded, a concept they call "villain inflation".
Chain Reaction is the latest Jack Reacher novel from Lee Child and Andrew Child, and the character has been a fixture of crime fiction for nearly three decades.
Quick answers
What is the new Jack Reacher novel called?
It is titled Chain Reaction and is written by Lee Child and Andrew Child.
What is Chain Reaction about?
Jack Reacher investigates a case involving an AI startup called Everything Everywhere Forever and the murder of investigator John James Bisley, who was looking into five large data centres in Summertown, Colorado.
Who runs the AI startup in Chain Reaction?
The company is run by characters Axel Brill and Saxby Cameron, and its technology business conceals a criminal operation.