Prodigal Son: An Orphan X Novel

Gregg Hurwitz

Jan 2021 · Orphan X Book 6 · Sold by Minotaur Books

About this ebook

Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed—in Prodigal Son, the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X book from Gregg Hurwitz.

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.

Ratings and reviews

Evan Smoak is back! A trained assassin, he is now retired He has traded an unofficial pardon for a life of leisure ... at least he has to stop all covert activities. But then he receives a phone call asking for help from someone he never expected ... his birth mother who gave him up for adoption ... a woman he's never known. What she wants is for him to help Andrew Duran. he happened upon something he shouldn't have and now there is a brother-sister assassin team tracking him. Duran has no place to go..no one to turn to. This is the last option he will have. But by helping this man, Evan is putting everything on the line .. including his own life. While technology pays a large part of this book, the focus is mainly on the relationship between Evan and his birth mother. There's a tremendous amount of action starting with the first page. The conclusion is a bit of a cliff hanger .... have we seen the end to this series? Although this is 6th in the series, this one is okay as a cliff hanger. From the very first book, this has been an explosive series. Many thanks to the author / St Martin's Press / Minotaur Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

thrilling and intense. another on the edge of your seat page tuner.

I love this book! I love this series!!! Warning. It ends in a cliffhanger!!!

About the author

GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X books, including Into the Fire. Critically acclaimed, his novels have graced top ten lists and have been published in 22 languages. Additionally, he’s written screenplays for and sold scripts to many of the major studios, and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. Hurwitz resides in Los Angeles.