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Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed...
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.
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Lone Wolf (Paperback)
Gregg Hurwitz
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Following a career in which he was always the most dangerous man in the room, ex-government assassin Evan Smoak is the last person his friends should ever have to worry about. But when Evan, formerly codenamed Orphan X, drops out of sight they’re concerned. They were right to be. A personal crisis has left him on his knees.
If anyone remembered his first name they never cared to use it. But Allman’s lack of empathy hasn’t proven any barrier to building a tech empire whose tentacles reach into every aspect of people’s lives. And in the rush to praise his genius, no one’s asking what it could mean for humanity. Nor what Allman’s got coming next.
Someone is leaving a trail of dead in their wake. Apparently chosen at random, their deaths dressed up as accidents or suicides. The woman responsible is known only as the Wolf and looks to be every bit Evan’s equal. She now has him in her sights.
How does it all connect? What is at stake? And will Evan rediscover the instinct and skill he needs to prevail? Or die trying.
The world needs a new hero, and Evan Smoak - aka Orphan X - is here to help in his electrifying 8th adventure perfect for fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher.
When Evan Smoak broke with the Orphan program, he carried secrets that the government would do anything to hide. Dedicating his skills to helping the desperate, Evan slowly found himself back on the government's radar. Having eliminated most Orphans, the government will stop at nothing to do likewise to Evan. But Orphan X has always stayed ahead of his pursuers.
Until he makes one little mistake...
Now the President is in control, offering a final deal: eliminate a rich, powerful man, and she'll let Evan survive. Now Evan has to decide what's more important- his principles or his life.
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Lone Wolf
Gregg Hurwitz
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R481
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Orphan X has spent years atoning for
his former life. Now he faces an impossible choice: kill, or be killed
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HE FACES AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE:
KILL, OR BE KILLED . . .
Trained as a government assassin codenamed Orphan X, Evan Smoak left
that life behind to protect the helpless. Saving lives beats taking
them. Until a call from the President forces him back into his old
world.
Her instruction is clear: kill a man who is a danger to the government,
or Evan himself will face execution himself. But the President should
know better. To force Orphan X's hand will only make him more
dangerous. Especially when he has reason to doubt the integrity of her
motives ...
EVERY LIFE HAS ITS PRICE
She’s known as the Wolf: an assassin working through a kill list with
cool efficiency.
Then someone gets in her way: Evan Smoak.
First, he refuses to conveniently die.
Then he stops her killing others.
Evan has the Wolf’s measure. He met plenty like her in a former life.
But not since he's had so much to lose.
And the powers behind her are bigger than he could possibly imagine.
The Wolf's got Evan in her sights.
She won’t stop. It’s kill – or be killed. Cat and mouse.
And Evan has one fatal weakness.
His humanity . . .
Pre-order Evan Smoak's thrilling return in The Last Orphan, when
everything changes and everything is at risk. As a child, Evan
Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an
off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan
program. When he broke with the program and went deep underground,
he left with a lot of secrets in his head that the government would
do anything to make sure never got out. When he remade himself as
The Nowhere Man, dedicated to helping the most desperate in their
times of trouble, Evan found himself slowly back on the
government's radar. Having eliminated most of the Orphans in the
program, the government will stop at nothing to eliminate the
threat they see in Evan. But Orphan X has always been several steps
ahead of his pursuers. Until he makes one little mistake... Now the
President has him in her control and offers Evan a deal - eliminate
a rich, powerful man she says is too dangerous to live and, in
turn, she'll let Evan survive. But when Evan left the Program he
swore to only use his skills against those who really deserve it.
Now he has to decide what's more important - his principles or his
life. Praise for the Orphan X series 'Feels like a missile launch'
DAVID BALDACCI 'Outstanding in every way' LEE CHILD 'Weapons-grade
thriller writing' GUARDIAN 'An immensely entertaining adventure'
THE TIMES
The explosive Orphan X thriller from bestselling author Gregg
Hurwitz. 'HURWITZ FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS' GUARDIAN TO THOSE WHO
TRAINED HIM, HE'S ORPHAN-X. TO THOSE WHO NEED HIM, HE'S THE NOWHERE
MAN. Once a secret government assassin, Evan Smoak walked away to
help others. But when his old handler calls with a warning - the
Orphans are being killed off - he also receives a final mission. A
young girl - the last Orphan recruit - is in danger. First, Evan
must find her. Then he must protect her. But those tasked with her
elimination will not stop. And leading them is one of Evan's fellow
Orphans - who'll do anything to see him dead . . . _______________
'WONDERFUL' THE TIMES 'MEMORABLE AS HELL' JAMES PATTERSON
A breakneck thriller from the bestselling author of Richard &
Judy Book Club selections ORPHAN X and YOU'RE NEXT. A good job, a
decent flat in Los Angeles, a quiet life - Nick Horrigan has
finally put his traumatic past behind him. Or so it seems, until a
SWAT team smashes into his place in the middle of the night. Still
in pajamas, he's dragged outside to a waiting helicopter. He's told
that a terrorist has seized control of a nuclear power plant and is
threatening to blow it up...unless he can talk to Nick. Flown into
a deadly intrigue, Nick is charged with a dangerous secret, one
that will take him from the dark alleys of the city to behind the
scenes of a Presidential race. As he rockets toward the truth,
peeling back layer after layer of lies and deception, only one
thing is certain: The long-buried secret, tied to the traumas of
his own past, threatens his life at every turn.
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New Think (Paperback)
Gregg Hurwitz; Illustrated by Mike Deodato, Ramon Rosanas
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R258
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THE GRIPPING NEW SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING
AUTHOR OF OUT OF THE DARK AND ORPHAN X 'STELLAR. GETS BETTER WITH
EACH INSTALLMENT' DAILY MAIL HE WANTED TO END IT. BUT IT CAN NEVER
BE OVER. Evan Smoak - former government assassin, 'Orphan-X',
turned white knight of last resort - is hanging up his gun. When he
gets one last call. A man, left a package by a murdered cousin, has
an assassin on his trail. Easy work for Evan. Except behind the
assassin is someone worse. And behind them something darker still.
How long can Evan keep standing? How many times can a man step into
the fire? 'Memorable as hell' James Patterson 'A new series
character to rival Reacher' Independent
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Orphan X (Paperback)
Gregg Hurwitz
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The No. 1 Bestselling The Nowhere Man is a thrilling,
pulse-pounding ride for readers and the hero of Orphan X . . . 'THE
PACE NEVER LETS UP' DAILY MAIL THEY TRAINED HIM TO HUNT. NOW HE'S
THE HUNTED . . . A former government military asset code-named
Orphan-X, Evan Smoak works as the Nowhere Man out to protect the
helpless. Until the night it all goes wrong. Ambushed, drugged and
kidnapped, Evan wakes in a locked room. He's outnumbered and
outgunned. His captors are sure they've outsmarted him. But they've
got it all wrong. He's not locked up with them. They're locked up
with him . . . ___________ 'MEMORABLE AS ALL HELL' JAMES PATTERSON
'A DIZZYING RIDE' TESS GERRITSEN
The series that started it all In this powerful follow-up to his
action-packed thriller The Kill Clause, Gregg Hurwitz, the new
maestro of pulse-pounding suspense, ratchets up the excitement with
another sensational page-turner featuring Tim Rackley, a driven
lawman motivated by honor, morality, and a deep sense of
justice.Called back into the fold of the U.S. Marshals Service, Tim
is tasked with retrieving Leah Henning, the daughter of a powerful
Hollywood producer, from a mind-control cult. As Tim wends his way
deep undercover into an insidious operation called The Program, he
confronts a brand of mind-warping manipulation beyond his worst
expectations.Tim becomes enmeshed with a diverse band of
characters--from the charismatic, messianic leader T. D. Betters to
a cult reject burnout to the intelligent yet highly vulnerable Leah
herself--and finds himself caught in a shadowy landscape of lies,
manipulation, and terror. At stake: innocent minds--maybe even his
own.
The thrilling new Orphan X book and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from
bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz 'A stellar series, and the stories
get better with each instalment' DAILY MAIL ______ He can escape
anything. Except his own past . . . 'Evan. It's your mother. I
heard you help people . . .' Evan Smoak used to be known as Orphan
X: a figure as elusive as a rumour. Plucked from a foster home and
trained as an off-the-books assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak
always fought to help those most desperate. The kind of help no one
else could provide. But now, forced into early retirement, he dares
not trust the phone call. Nor the caller claiming to be his mother,
asking him to protect a complete stranger who just happened to be
in the wrong place at the wrong time. None of it stacks up. Yet it
bears the tell-tale signs of the secret world that made him, and
from inside it, a deadly new threat to the nation's security. But
this time the danger is more personal than he could have ever
imagined. Because blood runs deep . . . Praise for Orphan X
'Outstanding in every way' LEE CHILD 'Weapons-grade thriller
writing' GUARDIAN 'An immensely entertaining adventure' THE TIMES
The series that started it all
The maestro of pulse-pounding suspense delivers an explosive new
white-knuckle thriller featuring deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Rackley --
a lawman driven by honor, morality, and a thirst for justice. The
leader of one of the country's most violent biker gangs, Den Laurey
should have been behind bars. But thanks to a daring escape on an
L.A. freeway, several deputy marshals are dead and Laurey is riding
free. Rackley, back on the Service's warrant squad, is in hot
pursuit of the outlaw and his ruthless gang -- with a media
whirlwind and the entire Los Angeles law-enforcement community
driving him.
Just when Laurey is within his grasp, circumstances force
Rackley to let him go -- with devastating results. A few miles up
the road, a sheriff's deputy is attacked: Tim's pregnant wife,
Dray. Driven by guilt, Tim vows to hunt Laurey down -- a search
that will lead him into a dark world of deception and lies, a world
of criminals and undercover cops, drugs and mutilation. And the key
to the violent puzzle lies in the discarded corpses of women --
women for whom Tim must seek justice when no one else will. With
the stakes rising, Tim must unravel a horrifying secret and
confront a deadly terror that reaches from the back alleys of
Mexico to the poppy fields of Afghanistan ... and threatens to
explode on the dark streets of L.A.
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