It’s Christmas Eve and Jack Reacher is in California. His plans for some relaxation change when a blizzard hits.
Reacher takes refuge from the elements in a roadhouse bar. With him is the bartender, an older couple, and two of Britain’s Royal Military Police. The officers were escorting a VIP to a military base for a classified meeting, but they’ve become separated from their charge.
To make matters worse, they’ve received a threat from an infamous assassin—the Christmas Scorpion.