NMLP P-019198 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Enemy
Lee Child · Delacorte Press · 2004
The true first edition is the UK Bantam Press hardcover, published early 2004, which preceded the US Delacorte Press edition (published 11 May 2004). The Delacorte printing is the genuine US first edition but not the first appearance in print. Eighth Reacher novel, a chronological prequel set during Reacher's Army years.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019198 for "The Enemy" by Lee Child (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019198, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).