Alan Ritchson Wants to Adapt This Jack Reacher Book for Season 2

“I would want to go to Die Trying,” he told CinemaBlend in a recent interview. “I would just keep going in order. As I read, I read them all sequentially, although they bounce back and forth in time, as far as the story is concerned. Each book got better than the last. I loved Die Trying, and I’d love to see that one made some day.”

The plot of Die Trying, the second book in the series, transports Reacher from Margrave, Georgia to Chicago, Illinois, where he comes to the aid of a young woman, only for them both to be abducted. Each book in the series takes place in a different location, and so presumably Ritchson would remain one of the sole performers from season one.

Showrunner Nick Santora has not yet revealed whether season two will follow the order of the book series chronologically, or skip ahead to later novels which Child wrote as prequels and take place prior to Killing Floor, which might make sense as Ritchson would then look the same age.

Unlike a certain other TV show based on a hugely popular book series, however, the show will likely never encounter the problem of running out of material to adapt: there are currently 26 novels in the series, with a 27th due to be published this October. Child also releases a new Jack Reacher each year, meaning the show could technically air in perpetuity. And given how well-loved the character is, that isn’t entirely out of the question.