Orphan X: Gregg Hurwitz (An Orphan X Novel) - Softcover

Hurwitz, Gregg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405910704 ISBN 13: 9781405910705

Publisher: Penguin, 2016

Synopsis

*The Nowhere Man is available for pre-order now*

'OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY'
Lee Child
***

'Do you need my help?'
It was the first question he asked.
They called him when they had nowhere else to turn.

As a boy Evan Smoak was taken from an orphanage.
Raised and trained in a top secret programme, he was sent to bad places to do things the government denied ever happened.

Then he broke with the programme, using what he'd learned to vanish. Now he helps the desperate and deserving.

But someone's on his trail.

Someone who knows his past and believes that the boy once known as Orphan X must die . . .

***
Praise for Orphan X:

'Read this book. You will thank me later'
DAVID BALDACCI

'The page-turner of the season is Orphan X . . . Wonderful'
THE TIMES

'The most gripping thriller I've read in a long, long time!'
TESS GERRITSEN

'Memorable as hell'
JAMES PATTERSON

'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

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Product Description:

PERFECT FOR LEE CHILD FANS.'READ THIS BOOK. YOU WILL THANK ME LATER'DAVID BALDACCI'A RIVAL TO REACHER' The Independent-------------------'Do you need my help?' It was the first question he asked. They called him when they had nowhere else to turn., As a boy Evan Smoak was taken from an orphanage. Raised and trained in a top secret programme, he was sent to bad places to do things the government denied ever happened. Then he broke with the programme, using what he'd learned to vanish., Now he helps the desperate and deserving. But someone's on his trail. Someone who knows his past and believes that the boy once known as Orphan X must die ., . . -------------------'OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY'Lee Child'THE PAGE TURNER OF THE SEASON'THE TIMES-------------------The nail-biting sequel The Nowhere Man is available now ., . .

Review:

Orphan X blows the doors off most thrillers I've read and catapults the readers on a cat-and-mouse that feels like a missile launch. Read this book. You will thank me later (David Baldacci)

Orphan X is the most gripping, high-octane thriller I've read in a long, long time! (Tess Gerritsen)

Memorable as hell (James Patterson)

The page-turner of the season is Orphan X . . . Wonderful (Times)

Orphan X is his best yet - a real celebration of all the strengths Gregg Hurwitz brings to a thriller (Lee Child)

Orphan X is the most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity ... A new thriller superstar is born! (Robert Crais)

Orphan X is most exciting new series character since Jack Reacher. A page-turning masterpiece of suspense (Jonathan Kellerman)

A new series character to rival Reacher . . . anyone reading Orphan X won't be surprised that a cadre of peers, from Tess Gerritsen to Lee Child, have lined up to praise it (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, adopted as a child by a shadowy figure called Jack and trained to be an assassin as part of a secret US government scheme. When the Orphan programme (as it is known) is disbanded, Evan moves to California and devotes himself to good works - taking out a slum-landlord paedophile cop, for example, after his victim calls Evan's special number. However, his meticulously compartmentalised life makes him vulnerable . . . Orphan X is tight and tense in all the right places. But it wouldn't work half as well if we didn't feel Evan's pain and share his panic as the worst-case scenario unfolds: another former Orphan, with a less noble agenda, seems to be hunting him. Orphan X is weapons-grade thriller-writing from a modern master (Guardian)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1405910704
• ISBN 13: 9781405910705
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448