Prodigal Son
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3.8 • 176 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"The winning combination of Gregg Hurwitz and Scott Brick returns for another action-packed listen featuring Evan Smoak...Brick is so convincing at embodying Smoak that listeners will be forgiven for thinking they too could take on four bad guys to protect a good guy in need of help." -- AudioFile Magazine
*This program contains a deep dive into the character and history of Tommy Stojack, featuring Gregg Hurwitz and fans of the Orphan X series.*
Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed—in Prodigal Son, the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X audiobook from Gregg Hurwitz.
As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name—The Nowhere Man—and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer—in exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan has to do the one thing he’s least equipped to do—live a normal life.
But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew—his mother. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran—a man whose life has gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures. Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place to hide, Evan is Duran’s only option. But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he’s fought for is on the line—including his own life.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When the stakes are this high, even a one-man army like Evan Smoak (a.k.a. Orphan X) is bound to feel the pressure. The star of Gregg Hurwitz’s long-running high-tech thriller series—who’s just been granted a very off-the-books presidential pardon—has retired from both black-ops government work and private-sector rough justice. But then he’s called on by someone he can’t refuse: his own mother. This is the woman who should have raised him…if he hadn’t instead been trained from childhood to be an expert killer. Understandably, her appearance in his life causes an emotional roller coaster that jeopardizes the mission. Prodigal Son doesn’t skimp on action (or on Evan’s trademark gadgets!), but the family tension adds intriguing new dimensions to Hurwitz’s white-knuckle franchise. Scott Brick’s intense narration turns up the drama as Smoak mends fences with people who’ve been out of his life for decades. This mission could finally close an important chapter in Orphan X’s turbulent journey—if he manages to survive.
Customer Reviews
Orphan X Continues to Impress
I preface this review by admitting I’m a fan of the entire Orphan X series by Greg Hurwitz. Sure — I’ve enjoyed some books more than others, but find the series as a whole to be thoroughly intriguing.
With that said, I’m happy to report this latest installment of the series is anything but disappointing.
Although the series’ main character, Evan Smoak, retains his [significant] killer instincts and finely honed skills as an assassin, this installment of the series is particularly rewarding for those who have followed Orphan X progress in his lifelong and difficult pursuit to not only understand humanity but also to join it. Prodigal Son delivers more insight to Evan’s soul than any of its predecessors and real progress in his evolution as a person.
Don’t be fooled, though! It’s not all rainbows and butterflies as Evan finds himself on yet another mission to save someone in desperate need of his help.
Just as the idea of “retirement” has finally become palatable and even possible, Evan finds himself unwillingly thrust into a mission — a mission he quickly realizes will be his most challenging. Not only will Orphan X face his most formidable enemy yet, but must do so in order to save someone who does not ask nor want Evan’s help. As Evan begins asking himself whether this would-be victim is worth helping he’s suddenly forced to confront his own long-forgotten and newly discovered inner demons.
𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘰𝘯 has easily become my favorite book in the series. I found myself laughing out loud while on the edge of my seat after grabbing more tissues to wipe away the tears — all symptoms of a story well-told.
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I’m halfway through the book. I think it’s wonderful. It’s engaging and typical of Gregg hurwitz’s writing