Orphan X
A Novel
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4.3 • 2.3K Ratings
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Publisher Description
“Brilliantly conceived and plotted … Read this book. You’ll thank me later.” -- David Baldacci
The first in the international bestselling series!
Who is Orphan X?
The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he’s not merely a legend.
“Excellent…A smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller…might give Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books a run for their money.”—The Washington Post
Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X—until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail. Someone with similar skills and training who will exploit Evan’s secret new identity as the Nowhere Man to eliminate him.
“Hurwitz melds nonstop action and high-tech gadgetry…in this excellent series opener.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Evoking the work of Robert Ludlum and Lee Child, Gregg Hurwitz’ taut, high-tech thriller—the first book in a promising new series—took us on a fast-paced chase through the streets of Los Angeles. Evan Smoak was a government assassin known only as Orphan X until he fled and became The Nowhere Man, offering help to the desperate and needy. But when he’s saddled with a client he can’t trust and pursuers he can’t shake, Smoak realizes he’s become the target of killers as skilled as he is and far more ruthless. Hurwitz has created a sophisticated and lonely hero with a deadly drive to do good.
Customer Reviews
Orphan X
The first in the series and very nicely done!
Page-turning ride
Evan not as smart as he thought he was.
Second time
I reread this book after finishing the latest in the series. I can’t get enough of Evan Smoak. Engrossing and I always learn something new. The characters growth keeps me coming back.