Why did E.A. love this book?
I loved this book because, as always, I’ve come to expect amazing writing from Gregg Hurwitz. He mixes action prose with beautifully drawn scenes in a rare combination of accuracy and emotion.
This is the eighth book in the Orphan X series, and it still delivers great intrigue, heartfelt moments, life questions, and the quirky but deadly protagonist Evan Smoak. I like how Evan evolves from an elite assassin and the choices he has to make in a hard double life. Side characters like Candy are fun to root for.
Joey, Evan’s “adopted” daughter, makes the perfect companion for Evan, and the real family moments they share make the book have such heart that it’s very relatable.
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A heavily-armed counter-assault team, sedatives strong enough for large animals, a hood, mouthguard and Secret Service Agents asking for selfies.
Not your average meeting with the President.
But Orphan X is not your average guest. The last survivor of the off-the-books Orphan programme, Evan was trained to do his government's dirty work. Until he escaped.
Now the President makes an offer: kill a man, or be executed.
Evan spent years atoning for his former life. If this mission betrays the very principles he now follows, what is left?
Putting Orphan X in an impossible spot only makes him more dangerous...