Prime Video has renewed its hit series Reacher for a fifth season ahead of its Season 4 premiere expected for later this year. The streamer touts the show’s “continued success and global appeal of the action-packed drama” as the reason for the early renewal , which was announced Monday. The series adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling Jack Reacher novels follows Reacher (Alan Ritchson), a drifter carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served, usually ending up in situations requiring his keen mind and hard-hitting fists. Season 4 will be based on the 13th book in Child’s book series, Gone Tomorrow . When a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong, Reacher is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.…