‘Terminal List’ Author Jack Carr Teases New Book ‘Cry Havoc’ (Exclusive)

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In The Terminal List author Jack Carr’s new novel Cry Havoc , Tom Reece, father of The Terminal List protagonist James Reece, will uncover a mysterious plot in 1968

Carr exclusively told PEOPLE that it “was a challenge” to write the story “without the benefit of hindsight”

Cry Havoc will be available in stores and online on Oct. 7

Fans of The Terminal List are getting a blast from the past — courtesy of author Jack Carr.

Carr, 50, teased that his upcoming novel, Cry Havoc , will take fans more than 50 years into the past — following Tom Reece, father of The Terminal List 's James Reece — and introduce a new cast of characters.

"It's really interesting because I wrote every single character and all of their perspectives through the lens of 1968,” Carr tol