Publisher's Synopsis
IF YOU'VE READ ORPHAN X YOU'LL BE DYING TO READ THIS
He was once called Orphan X.
As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from a children's home, raised and trained as part of a secret government initiative buried so deep that virtually no one knows it exists. But he broke with the programme, choosing instead to vanish off grid and use his formidable skill set to help those unable to protect themselves.
One day, though, Evan's luck ran out . . .
Ambushed, drugged, and spirited away, Evan wakes up in a locked room with no idea where he is or who has captured him. As he tries to piece together what's happened, testing his gilded prison and its highly trained guards for weaknesses, he receives a desperate call for help.
With time running out, he will need to out-think, out-manoeuvre, and out-fight an opponent the likes of whom he's never encountered to have any chance of escape. He's got to save himself to protect those whose lives depend on him. Or die trying . . .
The Nowhere Man delivers another masterclass in hi-octane thriller writing.
It doesn't get better than this.
Praise for Orphan X:
'Read this book. You will thank me later'
DAVID BALDACCI
'The most gripping thriller I've read in a long, long time!'
TESS GERRITSEN
'The page-turner of the season is Orphan X ... Wonderful'
THE TIMES
'Memorable as hell'
JAMES PATTERSON
'Outstanding in every way'
LEE CHILD
'The most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity'
ROBERT CRAIS
'A page-turning masterpiece'
JONATHAN KELLERMAN
'A new series character to rival Reacher'
INDEPENDENT
'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series'
DAILY MAIL
'There is a pristine classicism to Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X, which borrows from Robert Ludlum and superhero lore to bring us Evan Smoak . . . Orphan X is tight and tense in all the right places . . . Orphan X is weapons-grade thriller-writing from a modern master.'
GUARDIAN
'Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense'
HARLAN COBEN
'Orphan X is not good. Orphan X is great. Whatever you like best in a thriller - action, plot, character, suspense - Orphan X has it'
SIMON TOYNE
'Mind blowing! A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher'
LISA GARDNER
'Bond, Frodo, Paddington Bear - some of literature's greatest heroes have been orphans. Add Orphan X's Evan Smoak to the list'
SHORTLIST
'Orphan X is outstanding . . . a smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller'
WASHINGTON POST
'Bestseller Hurwitz melds non-stop action and high-tech gadgetry with an acute character study in this excellent series opener . . . Evan Smoak is an electrifying character'
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series'
ASSOCIATED PRESS
