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Hellbent
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 3)
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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Orphan X
- Evan Smoak, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 11 h et 15 min
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Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X - until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail.
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Fun and fast paced
- Écrit par Nic le 2018-09-15
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Trust No One
- With Bonus Audio Short Story, "The Awakening," a Prelude
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 11 h et 27 min
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Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist - someone Nick has never heard of - has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up. And the only person he’ll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick the truth behind the events that shattered his life twenty years ago.
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Gray Man
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
- Narrateur(s): Jay Snyder
- Durée: 11 h et 11 min
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Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man—a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.
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sad laughable
- Écrit par Robert Pozer le 2019-02-27
Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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The Kill Clause
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Peter Friedman
- Durée: 6 h et 5 min
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Tim Rackley, a deputy U.S. marshal, watches helplessly as his daughter's killer walks free on a legal technicality. He is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options, a quest that leads him into the welcoming fold of "The Commission".
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Survivor
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 13 h et 4 min
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Nate Overbay, a former soldier suffering from PTSD and ALS, goes to an 11th-floor bank and climbs out the bathroom window onto the ledge, ready to end it all. But as he’s steeling himself to jump, a crew of gunmen bursts into the bank and begins viciously shooting employees and customers. With nothing to lose, Nate climbs back inside, confronts the robbers, and with his military training, starts taking them out, one by one. The last man standing leaves Nate with a cryptic warning: “He will make you pay in ways you can’t imagine.” Soon enough, Nate learns what this means.
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terrible book
- Écrit par peace seeking lady le 2017-11-11
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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You're Next
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 14 h et 1 min
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Mike Wingate, abandoned by his father at four and raised in foster care, is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he's happily married with a precocious 8-year-old daughter, and his construction company is about to finish a "green" housing development that will secure a solid future for them all. But then something from his own past, a past he doesn't even remember, comes back to visit terror upon him and his family.
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Great story
- Écrit par leon heidema le 2021-03-19
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Orphan X
- Evan Smoak, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X - until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail.
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Fun and fast paced
- Écrit par Nic le 2018-09-15
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Trust No One
- With Bonus Audio Short Story, "The Awakening," a Prelude
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 11 h et 27 min
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Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist - someone Nick has never heard of - has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up. And the only person he’ll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick the truth behind the events that shattered his life twenty years ago.
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Gray Man
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
- Narrateur(s): Jay Snyder
- Durée: 11 h et 11 min
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Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man—a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.
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sad laughable
- Écrit par Robert Pozer le 2019-02-27
Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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The Kill Clause
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Peter Friedman
- Durée: 6 h et 5 min
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Tim Rackley, a deputy U.S. marshal, watches helplessly as his daughter's killer walks free on a legal technicality. He is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options, a quest that leads him into the welcoming fold of "The Commission".
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Survivor
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 13 h et 4 min
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Nate Overbay, a former soldier suffering from PTSD and ALS, goes to an 11th-floor bank and climbs out the bathroom window onto the ledge, ready to end it all. But as he’s steeling himself to jump, a crew of gunmen bursts into the bank and begins viciously shooting employees and customers. With nothing to lose, Nate climbs back inside, confronts the robbers, and with his military training, starts taking them out, one by one. The last man standing leaves Nate with a cryptic warning: “He will make you pay in ways you can’t imagine.” Soon enough, Nate learns what this means.
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terrible book
- Écrit par peace seeking lady le 2017-11-11
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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You're Next
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 14 h et 1 min
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Mike Wingate, abandoned by his father at four and raised in foster care, is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he's happily married with a precocious 8-year-old daughter, and his construction company is about to finish a "green" housing development that will secure a solid future for them all. But then something from his own past, a past he doesn't even remember, comes back to visit terror upon him and his family.
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Great story
- Écrit par leon heidema le 2021-03-19
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Tower
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 12 h et 21 min
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Allander Atlasia is an infamous psychopath whose heinous crimes have earned him a lifetime stay at the Tower, the world's most extreme maximum-security prison. But after a brilliant and brutal escape, the criminal mastermind begins a killing spree that is intensely personal. Jade Marlow is an ex-FBI profiler and tracker whose fearlessness is only surpassed by the severity of his own inner demons. With a record of irrational behavior and a genius for putting himself into the mind of a criminal predator, he may be the one man diabolical enough to catch Atlasia.
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Loved the book
- Écrit par Cher Desmarais le 2019-06-18
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Tell No Lies
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 12 h et 39 min
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The scion of an old-money San Francisco family, Daniel Brasher left his well-paying, respectable money-manager position to marry his community organizer wife and work at a job he loves, leading group counseling sessions with recently paroled violent offenders. One night he finds an envelope - one intended for someone else that was placed in his office mailbox by accident. Inside is an unsigned piece of paper, a handwritten note that says, "Admit what you've done or you will bleed for it."
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Great story!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2023-02-19
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Do No Harm
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 16 h et 6 min
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Someone is stalking the UCLA Medical Center - a depraved madman who is preying upon the staff, particularly those who are young and female. No stranger to the terrible ravages of senseless violence, E.R. Chief Dr. David Spier must keep the emergency room running smoothly and efficiently, even as his terrified co-workers wonder who will be the next victim. But when the monster himself is dragged into the E.R. in handcuffs - hideously burned, suffering, and begging for mercy - the nightmare is far from over. It has only just begun.
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Nail biting suspence, nonstop action
- Écrit par fanceyd le 2019-08-12
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Tier One
- Tier One Thrillers, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 11 h et 39 min
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John Dempsey's life - as an elite Tier One Navy SEAL named Jack Kemper - is over. A devastating terrorist action catapults him from a world of moral certainty and decisive orders into the shadowy realm of espionage, where ambiguity is the only rule. His new mission: hunt down those responsible for the greatest tragedy in the history of the US Special Ops and bring them to justice.
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Great narration and really good story
- Écrit par Stuart Rankin le 2020-10-01
Auteur(s): Brian Andrews, Autres
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They're Watching
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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Patrick Davis is a man with troubles. First his Hollywood dreams crumble, then his storybook marriage hits a snag. Finally, DVDs start being delivered to his house – DVDs which show that someone is watching him and his wife, that the two of them are being stalked and recorded by cameras hidden around and within their house. Then the e-mails start, and someone offers to fix everything, to take the mess his life has become and make it all right. Patrick figures it's the offer of a lifetime.
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What A Ride... Great Book.
- Écrit par Lisa Blais le 2020-01-23
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Terminal List
- A Thriller
- Auteur(s): Jack Carr
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 12 h et 3 min
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On his last combat deployment, Lt. Cmdr. James Reece's entire team was killed in an ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. Now, with no family and free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he's learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward revenge.
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Reality Check! Well written and read
- Écrit par Josh le 2018-09-13
Auteur(s): Jack Carr
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Killing Floor
- Jack Reacher, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Lee Child
- Narrateur(s): Dick Hill
- Durée: 17 h et 47 min
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Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.
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Sleepless in Vancouver
- Écrit par BilldeMooy le 2020-01-19
Auteur(s): Lee Child
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Armored
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
- Narrateur(s): Adam Gold
- Durée: 16 h et 45 min
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Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent — a professional bodyguard — and he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is, he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high. Josh lost his lower left leg.
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Jammed packed with action and surprise twists
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-09-10
Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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Don't Look Back
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Cassandra Campbell, Scott Brick
- Durée: 13 h et 47 min
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Eve Hardaway, newly single mother of one, is on a trip she’s long dreamed of - a rafting and hiking tour through the jungles and mountains of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. Eve wanders off the trail, to a house in the distance with a menacing man in the yard beyond it, throwing machetes at a human-shaped target. Disturbed by the sight, Eve moves quickly and quietly back to her group, taking care to avoid being seen. As she creeps along, she finds a broken digital camera, marked with the name Teresa Hamilton.
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This book wasn't Hurwitz best work
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2017-11-03
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Killer
- Victor the Assassin Series, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Tom Wood
- Narrateur(s): Rob Shapiro
- Durée: 15 h et 21 min
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Meet Victor. He's an assassin - a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He's given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He's The Killer. Victor arrives in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency - only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life.
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New Author
- Écrit par PE anonymous le 2023-02-08
Auteur(s): Tom Wood
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Minutes to Burn
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 16 h et 14 min
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In the future, two scientists are accompanied by a team of Navy SEALs to position critical tectonic equipment on a deserted island in the Galapagos and find themselves immersed in a brutal war for survival that could determine the fate of the world.
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Unusual
- Écrit par Susan G le 2022-11-02
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Termination Orders
- Auteur(s): Leo J. Maloney
- Narrateur(s): John Pruden
- Durée: 9 h et 23 min
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In the tradition of bestsellers by Robert Ludlum and Vince Flynn, Termination Orders introduces Dan Morgan, a retired black-ops agent who must return to duty to thwart a deadly international conspiracy.
Once a trained killer for the CIA, Dan Morgan has built a new life for himself. But when he receives a desperate plea from his former black-ops partner - reportedly killed in a foreign battle zone - he flies in to help. It should be a routine mission, extracting a human asset from the region, but it’s not - it’s an ambush.
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Great story
- Écrit par Karen le 2022-05-18
Auteur(s): Leo J. Maloney
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Evan Smoak - government assassin gone rogue - returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series.
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers and dedicated to helping the truly desperate.
But this time, the voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the man who raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Secret government forces are busy trying to scrub the remaining assets and traces of the Orphan Program and they have finally tracked down Jack. With little time remaining, Jack gives Evan his last assignment: find and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program.
But Evan isn't the only one after this last Orphan - the new head of the Orphan Program, Van Sciver, is mustering all the assets at his disposal to take out both Evan (Orphan X) and the target he is trying to protect.
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- Steven
- 2018-04-25
One of the best of the entire genre EVER
An excellent plot, the perfect narrator for the characters and some of the best descriptive writing you'll encounter. You'll want to rewind many parts so you don't miss the detail of the writing. I can't wait for the next one. X
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- Langer
- 2021-08-26
The Best Book In The Series
Yes, there are plot holes and clichés worthy of eyerolling in this Action-Thriller, but the relentless pacing, mind's-eye quality description, pulse-quickening violence, and tech/tactic excellence more than make up for the deficiencies. In this installment in the 'Orphan X' series, Gregg Hurwitz sends his Equalizer/Jason Bourne character on a 'Buddy-Cop'-styled mission that demonstrates Evan Smoak's unsurpassed training & experience (while simultaneously showing his uncommon empathy, ethics & desire for redemption) and presenting a legitimate threat - his former Black-Ops colleagues are getting dangerously close - and revealed to be working for powerful forces.. the protagonist is in nailbiting jeopardy from Chapter One. It takes some suspension of disbelief, but this action-packed story is a genuine rollercoaster ride.. full of brilliantly choreographed unarmed combat, knife fights, gun battles, and car chases.
Less fortunately, Hurwitz continues to treat this cartoonish stuff so seriously (like his kids' lives depend on success) that the melodrama is almost laugh-inducing at times.
Scott Brick compounds that offense in this recording. His tone is emotive, but whispery and far too serious. Once again, setting playback speed to 1.15X is required to make up for Brick's signature plodding pacing and irritating cadence, but he does a passable job overall.
Should you decide to buy 'Hellbent', my advice is to set aside reservations and take this book for what it is: a relatively silly action-adventure.. but if you can do it, it's quite the enjoyable adventure. The 'Orphan X' series is well-worth reading (much superior to 'The Gray Man' or 'Jack Reacher' in my opinion), and this 9/10 star third episode is worth a Credit.
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- cory
- 2021-03-23
The best in whatever genre this is!!
I have Listened to the jack Ryan series the Jason Bourne serious this one is by far the best of them all Scott Brick is the perfect narrator and I will definitely be continuing on and on and on and when I’m done with the series I’ll probably start from the beginning and do it all over again; saying Greg Hurwitz sticks the ending
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- Brigitte Ouellet
- 2021-03-09
Excellent
The best of the series so far. Couldn’t put it down. Excellent from beginning to end.
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- Tom
- 2018-09-18
The best of the Orphan series
Orphan X must stop the forces trying to eliminate him - can he do it? You are left wondering through the adventure. I really enjoyed all three books - but this one the most. #Audible1
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- pnogas
- 2023-01-10
not a fan of the ending
A solid next step in the Orphan X series, but I prefer the 2nd one more.
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- Robo1867
- 2022-04-06
Favorite Orphan X so far
I am reading the Orphan X story in order of published date. I enjoyed the first two and this one has been my favorite.
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- ROBERT
- 2021-12-05
Loved it!
Funny that I read this while watching "Hawkeye" and enjoyed the parallels. Great story with grit and heart and action. And Scott Brick is a rock star!
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- Heather McKeen
- 2021-02-13
Characters with realistic appeal
Gregg Hurwitz has the ability to describe situations that create pictures in your mind. Listening to Scott narrate is like watching a movie that you can’t leave.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2021-01-24
great series
A great continuation of a story that I enjoyed so much.
can't wait to read the next and hoping its not the last
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- Wayne
- 2018-01-31
Easily earns 5 stars!
I was not a huge fan of author Gregg Hurwitz until he released Orphan X two years ago. Evan Smoak is one of the most compelling new protagonist to be introduced in the suspense thriller genre during recent years. The second book titled The Nowhere Man arrived a year ago. I wrote a 3 star review of The Nowhere Man which is wrong and which I regret (and which I wish I could rewrite). Hellbent, the just released third novel in the Evan Smoak series released today, is outstanding in every way. Scott Brick's narration is pitch perfect.
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- shelley
- 2018-01-31
OUTSTANDING! Hurwitz writing & Brick narrating!!
I cannot believe someone gave this a one star! No review left either. Not fair to the author or other readers.
This book is such a sensational addition to the Orphan X series. I could not stop listening to this the once I turned it on. When Charles Van Sciver locates and kills Jack Johns. Evan watches helplessly on a virtual screen produced by a specialized contact lens. He knows his next mission will be a personal one. Evan next travels to where Johns was killed, he finds a hidden message pointing him where to go next. He thinks there's a package waiting for him to protect. He finds the place and a 16 year old girl (Joey) who tries to kill him. It takes a little while but he finally realizes that she's the package. On the heels of finally subduing her, here come the black SUVs containing Van Sciver's men to kill them both.
It's a race to get to one of his safe houses and hack a computer taken from one of VanSciver's men. He and Joey believe information contained on it will lead them to VanSciver. Meanwhile VanSciver along with his closest subordinate and Candy McClure are killing their way through the orphans trying to find them.
Ok, so this pretty much happened in the first 1/4 of the book. Now everyone is getting started. Make yourself comfortable because once you start you are not going to want to miss a single word.
Scott Brick is his brilliant self! He and Gregg Hurwitz make an amazing team.
I can't say enough about this book. This is one of the best I've listened to in a long time. MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!!!'
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- GigiD.
- 2018-01-31
Great Addition To The Series, Action Packed!
I'm not a reviewer. I just know what I like and I really enjoy this author, this series and Scott Brick is my favorite narrator so, for me, this is the winning combination I wait for on Audible.
Worth my wait and my credit.
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- DobieChuck
- 2018-02-01
FanFreakinTastic
Make no mistake, Evan Smoak is back and better than ever, and yes that includes the 1st in the series... An edge of your seat ride that keeps comin’ at ya... I literally found myself scootching forward in anticipation of the next event the tension was so well wrought...Love the next gen orphan thing, and Joey is one to be reckoned w/, and Vanskyver is a superb Bondian style villain... Imo what makes this the best so far is an utterly masterful plot, superbly sequenced action, and character interplay w/ impressive emotional depth... Most of all I dug the maturity of Orphan X, and his questioning, adjusting, and plain scrappin’ things when needed to get it right... Very satisfying resolution, and boy howdy sets up for a ripper of a next installment;). Narration was superior as usual... Worth the read/listen and only complaint is that it was over too soon... I actually stopped at times as I saw the end approaching so I could draw out the enjoyment a little longer;). Go ahead, you know ya’ wanna;). Enjoy...
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- Janice
- 2018-02-05
Bring the thunder
Evan Smoak's commandment to “Never make it personal” literally goes out the window with the death of his mentor, Jack. But bloodlust gets stalled as he is forced to take on a rescue mission – Jack’s last assignment to him. Now he has a new dilemma – how to mix revenge and rescue without blowing either or both missions. The young girl, Joey, that he is now stuck with, forces him to face what he used to be before the Orphan program made him into who he is now, and this stirs conflicting feelings that he would rather not face. They are a distraction to his revenge obsession. But Joey’s distractions provide the heart and humor to the story, and even inspire Evan to start making some new commandments of his own – “Don’t fall in love with plan A”.
There are some minor nits to pick – the constant vodka and fire arms tutorials get a little old, and the sub plot with his neighbor, Mia, was an unnecessary sideline in this outing. But setting those aside, I still enjoyed the inventiveness of Evan’s schemes to vanquish the bad guys, and the continued character growth. A strong willingness to suspend disbelief is needed for this series, but if you are willing and able to just go for the ride, then Evan will take you on one wild roller-coaster, tugging on your heartstrings at the same time.
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- RealWoman8
- 2019-06-14
Just don't like the narrator
I keep coming back to the Orphan X series because I like the characters and the plots, but I just cannot stand the narrator. I know most people like him, so it must just be me, but he reads everything as if he is THE BATMAN, breathless and melodramatic and quivering. It's like nails on a blackboard to me and totally disrupts the enjoyment of the story. I guess I'll try reading one on Kindle and give up on the audio versions.
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- Silverhamr
- 2018-02-05
Best in series so far!!
I read the first book in the series and it was great. I did not read the second book because of reviews that revealed Evan was in captivity during much of the book and was tortured. I just can’t deal with torture. So, this third book was excellent and I can’t wait for the next installment!!
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- Amazon Customer JB
- 2018-02-03
Loved it!
As usual, I was thoroughly engaged throughout the book. Evan's dimensional "being" is heartwarming and frightening at the same time. Plenty of action and I loved Joey, Enough said. A great read...
Jae
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- James
- 2018-03-01
A good story.
I. Wish. Someone. Could. Explain.
To. Scott. Brick. That. Over. Acting. Is. Excruciatingly. Annoying.
So. Much.
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- Trudy Owens
- 2018-02-01
Rated X for AWESOME!
When Evan Smoak's "Do you need my help?" is answered by in the affirmative by the only father figure X has ever had, the story leaps into action. X must break several of the Commandments he has lived by for 20 years, the most important of which is to never let it get personal. X doesn't do normal life; he finds it too complicated and messy, and he is totally untrained for it. Yet, in this tale, he is bombarded with demands for normal relationships-- from Jack Johns, from Mia and her son, from Joey. And at the same time, he must protect himself and Joey from former orphans we have already met. And into this mix, someone calls his Nowhere Man line begging for help from one of the worst gangs in the world.
The story is full of top-notch action, but also plenty of soul searching and growth for Evan. This saves it from just being emotionless killing. There is tension, grief, fear for the deaths of those we have come to love and respect, and fist-pumping retribution.
The story of Orphan X could very well end here and it would be a satisfying trilogy, but the ending hints that there could still be more left for the Nowhere Man to do.
Scott Brick does make some mistakes in sentence emphasis, but all in all, he does a great job giving voice to all the characters so he still gets 5 stars.
If this is your genre, you will love the series, especially this one.
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