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Orphan X
- Evan Smoak, Book 1
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 11 h et 15 min
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The Gray Man
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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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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Tell No Lies
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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Trust No One
- With Bonus Audio Short Story, "The Awakening," a Prelude
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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You're Next
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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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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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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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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Trust No One
- With Bonus Audio Short Story, "The Awakening," a Prelude
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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You're Next
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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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
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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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The Survivor
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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Do No Harm
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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- 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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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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They're Watching
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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Killing Floor
- Jack Reacher, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Lee Child
- Narrateur(s): Dick Hill
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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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Tier One
- Tier One Thrillers, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
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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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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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The Russian
- A Thriller
- Auteur(s): Ben Coes
- Narrateur(s): Ari Fliakos
- Durée: 9 h et 18 min
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Ruthless, clever, and unbelievably violent, the Russian mafia has rapidly taken over the criminal underworld in the US, and law enforcement has been unable to stem the tide. When a powerful Russian mob family declares war by publicly executing two high-profile American politicians, the message is unmistakable - opposition will be met with overwhelming deadly force. With no other viable options, the President creates a clandestine assassinations team to find and eliminate the unreachable men running this deadly criminal operation.
Auteur(s): Ben Coes
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The Lions of Lucerne
- Auteur(s): Brad Thor
- Narrateur(s): Armand Schultz
- Durée: 15 h et 23 min
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On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the unthinkable has just become a nightmarish reality: thirty Secret Service agents have been viciously executed and the vacationing president of the United States kidnapped by one of the most lethal terrorist organizations in the Middle East - the Fatah Revolutionary Council. But surviving agent and ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath doesn't believe the Fatah Revolutionary Council is responsible for the attack.
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Main Character is just a Insufferable Asshole
- Écrit par Austin Oginski le 2021-12-04
Auteur(s): Brad Thor
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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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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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American Assassin
- Auteur(s): Vince Flynn
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 11 h et 44 min
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Before he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terrorist's worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world...and then tragedy struck.
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better then the movie
- Écrit par Brad Kay le 2018-09-19
Auteur(s): Vince Flynn
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Sons of Valor
- The Sons of Valor Series, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 12 h et 5 min
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Navy SEAL Keith “Chunk” Redman has been one of the military’s top doorkickers since the day he pinned on his trident: loyal, single-minded, lethal. Tasked to lead a new, covert team of Tier One SEALs—the most elite special operators in the world—Chunk can no longer simply rely on the status quo. To safeguard America, he needs help to stay a step ahead of its adversaries.
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Another Hit
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2022-02-02
Auteur(s): Brian Andrews, Autres
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“Brilliantly conceived and plotted... Read this book. You’ll thank me later.” - David Baldacci
The first in the international bestselling series!
Who is Orphan X?
The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he’s not merely a legend.
“Excellent...A smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller...might give Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books a run for their money.” - The Washington Post
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. Someone with similar skills and training who will exploit Evan’s secret new identity as the Nowhere Man to eliminate him.
“Hurwitz melds nonstop action and high-tech gadgetry...in this excellent series opener.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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- Nic
- 2018-09-15
Fun and fast paced
Found this book to be fun to listen to. Always curious to see what was going to happen next. Good story, well read. #Audible1
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- Langer
- 2021-08-14
Straight-up Brain Candy Done Well
This stuff will rot your brain if you're not careful. 'Orphan X' is cartoonish, juvenile, violent.. and addictive. Gregg Hurwitz presents a character who was kidnapped as a child for some reason, trained in espionage/ weapons/ combat/ assassination, used as a human weapon by the government, and lives as an adult secretly using his training to heroically fight evil and help wretched anonymous victims in society one at a time. The tech/tactics are well-researched, the scenarios are grim & gritty, and the descriptions are graphic - this 'Equalizer meets Jason Bourne' effort is strikingly clichéd but includes pulse pounding scenes. It's well-written and paced well enough to get adrenaline flowing and dopamine bathing your nucleus accumbens (provided you can set aside enough logic - plot holes like "Where does his money come from?", "What happened to his Foster Parents?", and "Why did Black-Ops train him to have threesomes?" are *huge*). Whatever.. It's still Crack for Action-Thriller afficianados.
Scott Brick turns in a typically professional performance: his tone and timbre are excellent and his voice-acting is commendable (even considering fairly weak female and child interpretations). The main deficiencies in Brick's narration are also typical for him: an annoyingly lazy drawl and a plodding pace - both corrected somewhat with playback set at 1.15X. I highly recommend this technique anytime you encounter Mr. Brick.
This story requires the ability to suspend disbelief, but if you can do so - compared to others in the genre - it merits 8 stars out of 10. Fans of Ludlum, Child, Greaney, or even Clancy will enjoy this stuff - but I advise taking it in moderation. As for me? On to Book 2.
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- David WP
- 2020-03-28
Great story, fantastic reader
I enjoy ever book that I have listened to with Scott Brock as the reader.
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- Tom
- 2018-09-18
Not your usual tough guy stuff
Nice twist on your Jack Reacher type character. Narration is excellent as well. Very enjoyable - even if you don't read the previous Orphan X novel. #Audible1
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- Keys225
- 2021-01-14
2nd time through
This was my second read as I am anticipating the next book in the series by listening to all previous books again. Still so good. Excellent narration!
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- Tyler
- 2019-12-20
Alright
The narrator was quite good, but the story seemed too cliche and style could've been a little better.
not bad if you like a Jason Bourne style book.
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- Steven Vanderploeg
- 2019-04-12
I'm going to stick with it, but....
I am going to stick with it as the story is good and makes the listener want to find out what happens, however the narrator is just not for me. The combination of melodramatic detail that is intrinsic to a novel of this genre with this narrators' style makes me cringe to the point where I almost want to stop listening. It's the same problem I have with the Clive Cussler novels (same narrator) where I find the plots and stories interesting, but I can't enjoy the listening experience because the syrupy, over the top almost worshippy delivery of the narrator transports it to spoof territory.
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- Andrew E.
- 2018-05-02
A fantastic thriller/espionage novel
I was hooked on the novel from the second I started it, and was always excited to get back into continuing the story.
voice actors performance was fantastic he really did do an incredible job I'm delivering the story written by Gregg hurwitz.
I hadn't heard anything about this off there before I picked up this book but after fully reading it a very glad I decided to make the purchase.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-02-15
Eddo
I find these stories engrossing and very enjoyable. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Eddo
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- Michael Bacon
- 2022-12-08
The story holds your attention and is hard to set down
The story holds your attention and begs to continue until the next riveting situation , can’t wait till the next book
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- A. Musser
- 2016-06-03
An Excellent Distraction
I've recently gone through several suspense/thriller type books lately that had good reviews and found them to be completely dissatisfying with unreliable characters, messy plot holes, and lazy writing. As such, I've been skirting away from this genre for a bit. However, this book had such high ratings, I was curious to give it a go even though suspense and thrillers aren't usually my go-to reading for a distraction. In my experience, most of the most popular writers of this genre tend to write protagonists with egos that make them absolutely hateful to me. Evan Smoak, while certainly not humble, maintained enough humanity to make me like him and want to root for him.
The story is good. The writer clearly did his homework in the research department. There was one technology the writer included with microchips the size of sand particles that were activated by digestive juices and I thought that it sounded absurd and made-up only to find from a google search that such technology does actually exist and even operates in the way the author described. It gave me a lot more respect for the author and for the plot. An author that takes care with the research definitely shows in the writing and it went a long way in making the story more enjoyable for me.
The story has a lot of graphic violence in it. If you're sensitive to high body counts and violence, this won't be the book for you. However, somehow it did not seem to be gratuitous as it was definitely all in the interest of furthering the plot and creating suspense.
Perhaps the ending wrapped up slightly more "happily ever after" than I had anticipated but I didn't feel dissatisfied with the ending. One of my pet peeves is a story that ends without wrapping up all the story lines and this book accomplished that wrap up without having to drag us along through excess fluff to accomplish it.
While suspense and thriller isn't my usual cup of tea, I definitely will be checking out this author again. And, I must admit, I found myself getting excited and having a hard time hitting the pause button during the height of the action in this book. As far as suspense and thrillers go, this is one of the best I've read.
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- Janice
- 2016-01-23
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional
This is my favorite of Hurwitz’s books that I’ve read. Within the usual need to suspend disbelief required of action thrillers, the characters feel real and Evan Smoak emerges as a hero to invest in. His commitment to help those in genuine trouble with all the skills needed to succeed makes for exciting reading when he takes on some really really dangerous opponents owning the same skills. What adds the human dimension is the supporting cast of his neighbors in his apartment building who only know him as an importer of industrial cleaning supplies and expect him to act as a normal neighbor should - attending owners association meetings and watching kids in an emergency. This adds a messiness to his life that is not entirely unwelcome, but his previous experience has never prepared him for. His advice to a neighbor child being victimized by a school bully (take out his knees) causes a big problem with the mom and school.
The central conflict Evan needs to solve is who is after his latest client. Nothing seems to add up but he can’t quite figure out why. Distracted by the above mentioned messiness, he struggles to maintain an emotionless detachment using his 10 Commandments that govern all decision making. The most sacred of the commandments, “Never let an innocent die”, is in jeopardy as danger comes from multiple directions, placing multiple innocents in danger at once – how to choose who to save? How this plays out is both exciting and emotionally satisfying. I don’t get invested in too many character series, but this is one I am eager to revisit.
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- Wayne
- 2016-01-20
Masterpiece of suspense! Magnificant!!
The day will come when Evan Smoak, Orphan X, reaches the same level of recognition and following as Mitch Rapp, Jack Reacher, Jack Ryan, Jonathan Quinn, and Jason Bourne. Orphan X is that good and Evan Smoak has the same potential as those characters. Gregg Hurwitz's concept is new and different, even unique. Orphan X is the start of a new series.
This wonderful novel was narrated by Scott Brick who is the best. His narration is, as always, flawless.
VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Orphan X is a must listen.
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- DobieChuck
- 2016-01-20
Stellar Start to a Masterful New Series
This is among the best thrillers I've ever read!!! It hooked me from the very start and didn't let go... Finished it in one sitting even though that meant losing a night of sleep... Simply couldn't put it down... The hero is unique and will be mentioned in the same breath as genre icons and stalwarts immediately.... The pace and plot are simply excellent. The characters are drawn w/ magnificent clarity and effortlessly have you invested from the outset. It's a wonderful adventure fraught w/ superior intensity, great introspection, and deft and timely action... There's some aptly placed and clever humor to go along w/ this total package as well... Put simply it is an outstanding work that will appeal to any reader, especially those enjoying the mystery thriller genre... The narration surpasses excellent as usual and makes the total experience one to inspire awe in the reader... I'd give it 6* if allowed... This series will be talked about and enjoyed by all, and is certainly worth the credit and a sleepless night...
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- Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com
- 2016-04-05
Smarter than Reacher, deadlier then Bourne
If you could sum up Orphan X in three words, what would they be?
Thrilling, Entertaining, Awesome
Who was your favorite character and why?
Orphan X, he is smart, OCD, antisocial and yet amazing
Which scene was your favorite?
The ending
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Yes, lots...
Any additional comments?
Amazing performance by Scott Brick
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- Kitty
- 2016-02-14
Gripping from the beginning to the very las word.
This is one of those books that leaves you wanting more. Evan Smoak is a bad ass hero... you cannot help being drawn in and wanting more. More of what has shaped his life, more of his continuing efforts and more of what lays in his future. This is a page turner, you will find it difficult to put this book down.
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- Chip Atkinson
- 2016-03-18
Super Heroes Always Have The Same Weakness
Spiderman, Superman, The Gray Man, Mitch Rapp, John Rain and now Orphan X. How do you defeat the undefeated? Well if they are good heroes, they all have the same weakness, innocent people. Superman will eat kryptonite to spare human life. Orphan X is the latest hero in the thriller category.
I just don't find it remotely viable. His tradecraft and surveillance technology is superior to any government's. He is a Bond like character, able not just to defeat any equally equpped super enemy, but several at the same time.
That said, if you like these types of fantasies you will love Orphan X.
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- Susan
- 2016-01-23
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!
There are no words to express the enjoyment I got in listening to this book! The details and action are wonderful. You go boy!
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- Sherry Pitcock
- 2016-02-04
hurwitz and brick, perfect
I loved it missed several days of my life just listening. but the house is clean. loved all the twists and playing with technology. great hero. here's hoping Evan comes back in another story.
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- BarbBee
- 2016-01-27
Five star worthy
The theme is different than most of the books that interest me. I dont normally choose cloak and dagger. But I was hooked almost immediately. I say"almost" because I had to read chapters 1 and 2 twice to get the rhythm of the story. I finished the entire book within 2 days! I rarely give 5-star ratings. This book was worth it. Great story, super action, likeable characters and a very easy-to-listen-to narrator!
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