Influences of Military Background on Writing Thrillers

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The chapter explores how the author's military experiences inspire their passion for writing thrillers, emphasizing the importance of capturing emotions over just technical details. They discuss weaving military culture details into their writing, sharing how small references can resonate with readers and spark curiosity about historical events and military topics.

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Former Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author, Jack Carr, joins Joe for a powerful discussion ahead of the release of his 7th book in The Terminal List series, Red Sky Mourning. They explore the following:

Why leaders need to be readers
The perfect way to gift a book
Transitioning from the military
The importance of values in decision-making
Finding your purpose
How Jack became a writer
and much more!!

From a young age, Jack Carr had two dreams: serving his country in uniform as a Navy SEAL and becoming an author. Following twenty years in the SEAL Teams, Jack shifted his sights to publishing and fulfilled his literary objective with the release of his debut novel, The Terminal List.

Since then, he has captivated readers worldwide with the gripping tales of James Reece in his New York Times bestselling novels True Believer, Savage Son, The Devil’s Hand, In the Blood, and Only the Dead.

The Terminal List was adapted into a thrilling #1 Amazon Prime Video series starring Chris Pratt and has been greenlit for a second season based on Jack’s second novel True Believer (release date TBA).

In addition, a prequel origin story series based on the character Ben Edwards titled The Terminal List: Dark Wolf starring Taylor Kitsch is currently in production.

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