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Out of the Dark
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 4)
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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Into the Fire
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 5)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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Evan Smoak lives by his own code. Once he was known as Orphan X. Trained as an off-the-books government assassin and spoken about only in whispers, Evan Smoak was one of the most talented - and most feared - men in the Program. But he broke free and reinvented himself as The Nowhere Man, a figure shrouded in mystery, known for helping the truly desperate. If anyone is truly desperate, it’s Max Merriweather.
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Great characters
- Écrit par Dennis Legere le 2023-01-07
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Hellbent
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 3)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 12 h et 30 min
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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.
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One of the best of the entire genre EVER
- Écrit par Steven le 2018-04-25
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Prodigal Son
- An Orphan X Novel
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 14 h et 15 min
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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.
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i can't burn through these books fast enough.
- Écrit par Riena le 2021-06-18
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Nowhere Man
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 2)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 12 h et 12 min
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Who is THE NOWHERE MAN? He is spoken about only in whispers. He comes to those in greatest need of his protection. There is no enemy he cannot fight. He lives by his own code. He takes no prisoners. His name is Evan Smoak. Taken from a group home when he was young, Evan was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin.
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Disappointing follow up
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-01-10
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Dark Horse
- An Orphan X Novel (Orphan X, Book 7)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 15 h et 7 min
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Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission—The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble.
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Violent and tedious
- Écrit par Cbaptist le 2022-03-04
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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Into the Fire
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 5)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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Evan Smoak lives by his own code. Once he was known as Orphan X. Trained as an off-the-books government assassin and spoken about only in whispers, Evan Smoak was one of the most talented - and most feared - men in the Program. But he broke free and reinvented himself as The Nowhere Man, a figure shrouded in mystery, known for helping the truly desperate. If anyone is truly desperate, it’s Max Merriweather.
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Great characters
- Écrit par Dennis Legere le 2023-01-07
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Hellbent
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 3)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 12 h et 30 min
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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.
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One of the best of the entire genre EVER
- Écrit par Steven le 2018-04-25
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Prodigal Son
- An Orphan X Novel
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 14 h et 15 min
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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.
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i can't burn through these books fast enough.
- Écrit par Riena le 2021-06-18
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The Nowhere Man
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 2)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 12 h et 12 min
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Who is THE NOWHERE MAN? He is spoken about only in whispers. He comes to those in greatest need of his protection. There is no enemy he cannot fight. He lives by his own code. He takes no prisoners. His name is Evan Smoak. Taken from a group home when he was young, Evan was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin.
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Disappointing follow up
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-01-10
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Dark Horse
- An Orphan X Novel (Orphan X, Book 7)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 15 h et 7 min
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Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission—The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble.
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Violent and tedious
- Écrit par Cbaptist le 2022-03-04
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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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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The Intern: An Orphan X Short Story
- Evan Smoak
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 30 min
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Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a few as Orphan X. But he now lives by hiding in plain sight, keeping his head down and his eyes clear. So when a local summer intern for a tabloid news site finds herself trailing an aggressive reporter into a crime zone, things go terribly awry. The only person who can help her is a man with the background and the skills of the Nowhere Man.
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Not worth $2.
- Écrit par KHinch le 2019-03-06
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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Buy a Bullet
- An Orphan X Story (Evan Smoak)
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 37 min
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The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy - a near legendary figure who helps those lucky few who are given the means to reach out to him. Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a few as Orphan X. This is the story of Smoak's first outing as the Nowhere Man, where after completing a mission in Northern California, he happens to spot a young woman at a coffee shop....
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wish I hadn't used a credit
- Écrit par Jamie S. le 2022-09-08
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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The List
- An Orphan X Short Story
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 1 h et 32 min
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Joey Morales was the last recruit of the government's full black operation, the Orphan Program. Trained to be an assassin until she washed out, she was rescued by Evan Smoak, the former agent known as Orphan X. Now Joey, still a teenager and under the watchful eye of Evan Smoak, lives on her own (with Dog the dog) and attends college. While on campus, she tries to stop a young woman's suicide attempt - and fails. Then Joey uncovers the reason for Becca Morgan's desperate act - a document called The List.
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Witty
- Écrit par Keys225 le 2020-08-29
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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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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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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Some good twists & turns!
- Écrit par C. MacDonald le 2022-12-31
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 Last Orphan
- An Orphan X Novel, Book 8
- Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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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.
Auteur(s): Gregg Hurwitz
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One Minute Out
- Gray Man, Book 9
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
- Narrateur(s): Jay Snyder
- Durée: 15 h et 59 min
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From Mark Greaney, the New York Times best-selling author of Mission Critical and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes another high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man. While on a mission to Croatia, Court Gentry uncovers a human trafficking operation. The trail leads from the Balkans all the way back to Hollywood. Court is determined to shut it down, but his CIA handlers have other plans. The criminal ringleader has actionable intelligence about a potentially devastating terrorist attack on the US.
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Good but Weird
- Écrit par Austin Oginski le 2022-03-15
Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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Mission Critical
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
- Narrateur(s): Jay Snyder
- Durée: 17 h et 1 min
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Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. They want to kick Gentry off the flight but are overruled by CIA headquarters. The mystery man is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley. When they land in an isolated airbase in the UK, they are attacked by a hostile force who kidnaps the prisoner. Only Gentry escapes. His handlers send him after the attackers, but what can one operative do against a trained team of assassins?
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My last Gray Man novel
- Écrit par lewis chandon le 2019-03-11
Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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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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Sierra Six
- Gray Man, Book 11
- Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
- Narrateur(s): Jay Snyder
- Durée: 15 h et 58 min
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Before he was the Gray Man, Court Gentry was Sierra Six, the junior member of a CIA action team. In their first mission, they took out a terrorist leader, at a terrible price. Years have passed. The Gray Man is on a simple mission when he sees a ghost: the long-dead terrorist, but he's remarkably energetic for a dead man. A decade of time hasn't changed the Gray Man. He isn't one to leave a job unfinished or a blood debt unpaid.
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Great action sequences
- Écrit par Susan G le 2022-02-22
Auteur(s): Mark Greaney
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*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
"This novel will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the year." --Associated Press
"A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." --Robert Crais
When darkness closes in - he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 international bestselling Orphan X series in Out of the Dark.
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets - i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan's past is catching up to him.
Someone at the very highest level of government has been trying to eliminate every trace of the Orphan Program by killing all the remaining Orphans and their trainers. After Evan's mentor and the only father he ever knew was killed, he decided to strike back. His target is the man who started the Program and who is now the most heavily guarded person in the world: the President of the United States.
But President Bennett knows that Orphan X is after him and, using weapons of his own, he's decided to counter-attack. Bennett activates the one man who has the skills and experience to track down and take out Orphan X - the first recruit of the Program, Orphan A.
With Evan devoting all his skills, resources, and intelligence to find a way through the layers of security that surround the President, suddenly he also has to protect himself against the deadliest of opponents. It's Orphan vs. Orphan with the future of the country - even the world - on the line.
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- Lilianne
- 2019-02-14
The amazing Gregg Hurwitz and Scott Brick.
wonderfully made and performed. Orphan X come back soon please can't wait for next book. thank you
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- Matt Jay
- 2019-02-06
Like the character but the story was terrible
This is a great character but the story was particularly bad. I found myself, every 30-45 minutes, thinking about giving up on this one.
Just kinda lame writing. Much of it seemed to have been written by a 14 year old kid.
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- John Collicott
- 2019-04-03
Binged it until done
I do long distance running and spend credits on good books. I love this series and can't wait for the next one. A+
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- Roxie Leigh
- 2019-03-28
Another cracking success from the dream-team!
Another cracking success from dream-team Gregg Hurwitz (words) and Scott Brick (voice). I love the Evan Smoak character and his struggle to atone, and the audiobook version is bloody excellent. He is larger-than-life with a quiet vulnerability and I want him to be my best friend!
I LOVED the character cameos from previous books, and both main story lines in this novel were a blast.
Whip smart, lightning pace, and funner than a room full of puppies. I can't recommend the Orphan X series enough. I was expecting book #4 to wrap up and end the series, but I get the sense there may be more on the way. At least I hope so! I'll be first in line if that's the case :)
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- Christie Schipper
- 2022-03-14
Cheesy but I love it
Pretty cheesy story in a way but I find it so relaxing to listen to when I’m cooking and cleaning … #guiltypleasure
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- Langer
- 2021-08-28
A Very Good 'Orphan X' Entry
The Seventh Commandment - 'One Mission At A Time' - needs to be retired. Sure, Evan Smoak violates that commandment in every novel, but in this one, Gregg Hurwitz gives his 'Equalizer-meets-Jason Bourne' hero Three missions to simultaneously complete (most novels just have two).
Setting aside the inconsistencies, this character is a blast to follow - acting as an ethics-driven vigilante while simultaneously trying to get final retribution against those who hunt him - and using well-thought-out tech and tactics to provide satisfying adrenaline-fueled thrills. Hurwitz's character does more than chase bad-guys and use unapologetic violence to get justice, however.. Smoak has intriguing motivations and conflicts, an interesting OCD personality, and an uncommonly strong conscience.
The plots in these novels are undeniably captivating, the writing is descriptive enough to be mind's-eye vivid, and the villains - while often cartoonish - are realistic enough to make the conflicts suspenseful. Despite being overpowered, it feels as though Smoak is in legitimate jeopardy.
This novel is no different. It's a fair exemplar for what 'Orphan X' stories have to offer and well worth your time if you enjoy the character. My main issue with this particular story is that the author seems to be trying too hard: this book involves unnecessary allies, contemporizes too much (including modern slang and frequent scenes of characters taking 'selfies' & the like), applies too much familiar banter, and suffers from '"Too-Many-Villains" syndrome.
Scott Brick is best listened to at 1.15X (it improves his smarmy delivery, plodding pace, and irritating One. Word. At. A. Time. cadence). Still, he does a very professional job reading this series.
All told, despite some deficiencies, 'Out Of The Dark' merits 8.5 stars out of 10 for fans of the Action-Thriller genre. Hurwitz isn't flawless, but he's one of the better writers of this type of story. Spend the Credit and Enjoy.
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- BillyBee 63
- 2019-11-19
Another Great Book!
I've long felt that Scott Brick was such an awesome narrator in the John Corey series by Nelson Demille. Oddly enough, Scott turned out to be my gateway drug into the world Orphan X. These books are excellent and I highly recommend them. I generally read the hard copy book and then listen to the audiobooks on my commute later. For the record, Scott narrates far better than I read, but I can live with that!
Gregg is one of my favourite authors and Scott Brick remains my favourite narrator by far.
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- April
- 2019-10-26
ok book, not superb
the writing jumped a lot to filler content but overall the story was interesting
narrator was good
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- shelley
- 2019-01-30
SMOAKIN' HOT!!!!
As the forth book in the Orphan X series this book does not disappoint. Gregg Hurwitz has written another winner with a super storyline. Although each of the books in this series can be listened to as a stand alone, I would suggest listening to them in the order which they were written for continuity and background info. This book starts out with a glimpse into Evan Smoak's beginnings. At the age of 19 he's sent out into the world as a trained killing machine. He's well trained but his handler has given him one thing 25 other well trained killing machines do not have, a conscious.
Fast forward and Evan is long out of the agency formed by the US government. The creator of the Orphan program is now the POTUS and he's eliminating all members of his anonymous (even to each other) team. He's using them to kill each other. Evan sees clearly what is going on and realizes he must take out the head for any of them to be safe.
Meanwhile in what has become a formula for the Orphan X series, while Evan is battling his demons he continues to be a beacon for people with no one else to turn to but in more trouble than they can handle.
So Evan is being pursued when he receives a call from Trevon, a young autistic man who has gotten himself on the wrong side of a drug cartel. They've murdered almost his entire family and are setting him up to take the fall.
This is book is so far the best in this series. I believe Hurwitz has raised his own bar so high, I can't begin to imagine what his next book will be!
Scott Brick's narration is as always amazing.
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS!
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- Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com
- 2019-01-30
A Time to Kill
Out of the Dark is the 4th fantastic book in the Evan Smoak series of page-turning adventures by The New York Times best-selling thriller writer Gregg Hurwitz. When I reviewd Orphan X a few years ago, I fell instantly in love with Gregg‘s work and I found myself backtracking through many of his previously released ”on the edge of your seat” thrillers, enjoying them very much and now I am glad to be able to say that I listened to all of the them.
Spoken about only in whispers, it is said that when the Nowhere Man is reached by the truly desperate, he can and will do anything to save them, but now, he is the one who puts the fear of God into his enemies.
The story follows Evan Smoak a.k.a The Nowhere Man. He is a skilled assassin trained in the, now defunct, off the books, Orphan program. Usually, Evan uses his knowledge, resources and talents to help desperate people that have nowhere else to turn, to find solutions for their, seemingly, unsolvable problems, but now everything is personal. The most deadly assassin in the World is hunting the most unavailable and well protected man in the World, but, at the same time, this man is hunting Evan as well...
Filled with non stop, over the top action, Out of the Dark is unputdownable and you’ll find yourself holding your breath from time to time as you cheer Evan on his quest. Gregg Hurwitz did a great job preparing this book for first timers to the series, but I highly suggest that you treat yourself to all other previously released books, as there are great and you will understand the story arc better.
As always, Scott Brick is the narrator of choice for almost all Gregg Hurwitz’s thrillers and he delivers another amazing performance in Out of the Dark. The entire book is filled with anxiety, tension, urgency, drama and paranoia. Scott will make you feel and live all of them. I found myself holding my breath, feeling anxious and, at some points, scared. I felt sad and angry, I smiled and almost cried… Out of the Dark is definitely better experienced as an audiobook, in the detriment of its paperback or Kindle Edition.
Scott Brick is one of the best narrators in the Audiobook Industry and every book recorded by him is great! He gives life to all the characters and, at the same time, he paints a vivid picture of everything happening in the story. The immersion is total, while his narration is mesmerizing and unparalleled.
If you like thrillers, if you like The Bourne Identity, One Shot, Back Blast, The English Spy and American Assassin, you’ll love what Gregg Hurwitz has done with Out of the Dark. I listened to the entire audiobook in the last 24 hours because I could not stop! Now, I will await the next adventure. The good news is that Mr. Hurwitz has signed a deal for three more Orphan X novels!
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- Wayne
- 2019-02-01
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WOW! OUT OF THE DARK was released 2 and 1/2 days ago and there are already 10 reviews and 96 ratings. The fourth novel in the Orphan X/Evan Smoak series is a clear winner. With this series Gregg Hurwitz places himself among the best of the espionage series authors. Evan Smoak is a unique character among espionage novel protagonists. It was narrator Scott Brick who originally led me to Hurwitz's novels, but Evan Smoak will keep me following this author.
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- Trudy Owens
- 2019-02-04
I was expecting more light
The title led me to believe that Evan could begin to reach for a normal life, you know coming out of the dark into the light, but that does not happen. There's still a long way to go.
As usual, there are 2 cases going on here, Evan's private vendetta as well as someone who called his private line. Evan is torn with accomplishing both tasks which require him to be on opposite sides of the country at the same time. I do not see how he allowed the bad guy to get away; it seems his client would still be in danger with that guy on the loose.
Then taking on a short, easy third case creates a rift between him and his possible normal life. However, it is in this third case that Evan vocalizes his innermost conviction-- that laws do not always bring justice, and that justice is what he is about. This is the divide between law and vigilantism. Something to think about.
Nevertheless, you will enjoy the Smoak and daggar business.
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- Dubi
- 2019-11-27
... and Into the Smoak-y Twilight
You must read Hellbent, entry #3 in the Orphan X / Evan Smoak series, before Out of the Dark. You can read the first three in any order, and forthcoming #5 seems to be starting at a fresh new standalone point. But you need to have read Hellbent to understand why X and other Orphans have been targeted, by whom, and why X has in turn targeted him back. X plans one of the most dastardly deeds in modern American society, so you need to know in advance why you would root for him despite that. The details of the why are revealed in this entry, as you would expect.
The plot against the target is quite implausible, but that's the point of this type of book, isn't it, to see an implausible hero pull off an implausible stunt. I have two minor quibbles with it -- 1, the Nowhere Man side plot doesn't intersect with the main plot, as it has in previous Orphan X books, and 2. the final scene of the scheme kind of comes out of left field, and happens so quickly that I had already decided that with so little time left in the book that it was going to carry over into the next book.
Neither of these quibbles diminish the experience all that much -- from five stars to four or four and half stars. Ditto the lack of progress in Evan's interaction with the real world. After taking a couple of big leaps forward in Hellbent, Evan treads water at best, maybe even takes a step backwards -- another reason to have already read Hellbent, to understand that this is part of Evan's evolution, not a frustrating lack of character development. And interestingly, the Nowhere Man thread sheds some light on Evan's personality dysfunction.
Gregg Hurwitz has said that the initial idea of this series was to take a Bond or Bourne type of character and put him in real world social situations, where the expert covert operative becomes awkwardly inept. Of course, it has been done before, most notably in Dexter (socially awkward vigilante Dex -- rhymes with socially awkward vigilante Orphan X), as well as Alias, and I'm sure there are others. But it works nonetheless, though it must move forward in the next entry for it to mean something.
Seems like Scott Brick is revered by listeners as the voice of Evan Smoak, and he is contractually obligated to continue voicing this series. I may be in the minority, but I still have a hard time listening to him. At 1.5x speed, I'll concede that he is not bad in this series. Or maybe that's just me rationalizing the fact that I have to continue to listen to him if I want to continue reading this series in audio.
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- ITS-TONY
- 2019-01-31
Wow, Orphan X strikes again
The initial reviews of the pre-release was starting to scare me. I wondered if there could seriously be a bad OX book. They were dead wrong, this book is another incredible thrill ride of a story. Orphan X is my favorite and I listened so fast because I NEEDED to know. Now I am sad that I finished it. Buy this book, buy this series!! G. Hurwitz - thank you for your books, I enjoy them all and cannot wait to start another one. Scott Brick - Best freakin audio book narrator. Nobody, I mean absolutely nobody can touch you.
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- donald h smith
- 2019-05-08
Beyond implausible
The story is so implausible and the main character so over-the-top that is completely unbelievable and downright silly at times
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- Patricia S
- 2019-01-30
An all-night listen
I don't know how Gregg Hurwitz does it, but I hope he keeps on! He keeps ramping up the intensity of the Orphan X novels, each one surpassing what seem to be unsurpassable levels of plotting excellence and character development. If you enjoy espionage thrillers, you NEED to check out this series!
Scott Brick, as always, IS the voice of Evan Smoak, but in this book, he provided another voice, one much more innocent than before. New characters and old friends - Out of the Dark has it all!
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- speck
- 2019-07-18
Good story, not a great book
I've been a fan of the series, so I was really looking forward to a culmination of sorts between a couple of that characters. That was delivered, and it was a good story, it just didn't have the sizzle or chemistry (or magic) of what made the others in the series so special. Scott Brick's nuanced delivery is outstanding, however. One of the best in the business.
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- Gavin Markowitz
- 2019-02-01
Outstanding
Legitimately one of the best series of books I’ve read. I can’t express plainly enough how incredible this book is. So simply enough, read it, you won’t be disappointed in the slightest!
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