Antihero / Gregg Hurwitz.

By:

Hurwitz, Gregg [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Hurwitz, Gregg. Orphan X novel ; Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2026Edition: First editionDescription: 416 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781250871770

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Genre/Form:

Thrillers (Fiction)

DDC classification:

813/.54 23

LOC classification:

PS3558.U695 A84 2026

Summary: "...Evan Smoak takes on his most complex mission yet-one where he has to not only protect but also avenge, and find a way to balance vengeance with mercy. Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn. When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to meet Luke. While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help-and sets out tracking down the young men responsible. But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods-no vengeance and, in particular, no killing. Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. In a mission that takes Evan from coast to coast, from the poorest corners of society to the richest, Orphan X must figure out a way to protect the innocent, avenge the victimized, and balance justice, with a measure of mercy"-- Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: New Adult Fiction

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC HURWITZ	Checked out	03/03/2026	36748002639591

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the next book in this New York Times best-selling series, Evan Smoak takes on his most complex mission yet―one where he not only has to protect but also avenge, and find a way to balance vengeance with mercy.

Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn.

When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world, has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to help him. While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help―and sets out finding the young men responsible. But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods―no vengeance and, in particular, no killing. Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. In a mission that takes Evan from coast to coast, from the poorest corners of society to the richest, Orphan X must figure out a way to protect the innocent, avenge the victimized, and balance justice with a measure of mercy.

"...Evan Smoak takes on his most complex mission yet-one where he has to not only protect but also avenge, and find a way to balance vengeance with mercy. Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn. When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to meet Luke. While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help-and sets out tracking down the young men responsible. But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods-no vengeance and, in particular, no killing. Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. In a mission that takes Evan from coast to coast, from the poorest corners of society to the richest, Orphan X must figure out a way to protect the innocent, avenge the victimized, and balance justice, with a measure of mercy"-- Provided by publisher.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Following Nemesis, Hurwitz's 11th "Orphan X" novel dives into the conscience of Evan Smoak, a boy taken from a Baltimore orphanage and trained by Jack Johns to become an elite assassin for a government black-ops program. Yet Jack, the closest Evan would ever have to a father, also worked to teach compassion and moral restraint. Years after leaving the Orphan program, Evan tries to reconcile his past with the humanity Jack instilled in him. Now known as the Nowhere Man, Evan uses his skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. Here Evan is helping survivors of sexual assault, only to be unsettled when they forbid him from killing on their behalf. Torn between his lethal instincts and their moral boundaries but dead-set on justice, Evan gets help from his protégée, Josephine (whom he wants to save from the life he once led), and from law-enforcement allies--a test of the limits of his code and the redemption he still seeks. VERDICT A relentless battle between vengeance and virtue, where even an assassin must confront his own morality. For fans of Lee Child, David McCloskey, and Jack Carr.--George Lichman

Kirkus Book Review

The Nowhere Man crisscrosses the country to rescue a new crop of young victims. In East Los Angeles, innocent 15-year-old Lesandro Candella, mistaken for a gang member and brutally attacked, loses an arm. Johnny on the spot is--who else?--"Orphan X, the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak." Very soon after, Anca Dumitrescu, a young woman who's been kidnapped in the Bronx, resourcefully fashions a plea on a note card in yarn: "Please help me." Evan, a former government operative, has outlived the defunct Orphan Program but still executes vigilante justice under a moral code that prohibits assassination. Readers new to Hurwitz's propulsive, muscular series are advised to buckle up for a wildly entertaining ride. After 10 big novels and six novellas, the author continues to satisfy fans by incorporating characters who've been introduced in previous volumes even as he throws everyone immediately into the middle of the action and hurtles forward at full throttle. Keeping the backstories to a minimum provides an effective tease that directs new readers to earlier episodes. Acting as Evan's sidekick is Josephine "Joey" Morales, a young former Orphan operative and Evan's surrogate daughter. Other returning characters include billionaire Luke Devine, a target in a previous installment spared by Evan's never-kill code, and Aragón Urrea, once similarly in Evan's crosshairs but now an ally. Hurwitz combines nonstop twists and punchy action with the ethical conflict that regularly arises from Evan's moral code. A dynamic thriller set in an imagined world that broadens and deepens with every new episode. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.