Prodigal Son
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- Author：Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
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Summary
Forced into retirement， Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed。
As a boy， Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program。 He was a government assassin， perhaps the best， known to a few insiders as Orphan X。 He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name – The Nowhere Man―and a new mission， helping the most desperate in their times of trouble。 But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer - in exchange for an unofficial pardon， he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man。 Now Evan has to do the one thing he’s least equipped to do—live a normal life。
But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected。 A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption， a woman he never knew—his mother。 Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran—a man whose life has gone off the rails， who was in the wrong place at the wrong time， bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures。 Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to， and no safe place to hide， Evan is Duran’s only option。 But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing， everything he’s fought for is on the line—including his own life。
As a boy， Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program。 He was a government assassin， perhaps the best， known to a few insiders as Orphan X。 He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name – The Nowhere Man―and a new mission， helping the most desperate in their times of trouble。 But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer - in exchange for an unofficial pardon， he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man。 Now Evan has to do the one thing he’s least equipped to do—live a normal life。
But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected。 A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption， a woman he never knew—his mother。 Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran—a man whose life has gone off the rails， who was in the wrong place at the wrong time， bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures。 Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to， and no safe place to hide， Evan is Duran’s only option。 But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing， everything he’s fought for is on the line—including his own life。
Reviews
Ruth Vanderhart
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I love the series， but the ending on this one。。。。well， what can I say？
Kimiko
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Evan Smoak is retired 。。。 or so we think。A strange phone number keeps calling him on his RoamZone without leaving messages。 So finally Evan calls the number which is immediately answered which leads to Evan helping another lost cause。。which brings his childhood past back to the forefront。Many twists and turns while Evan helps his "friend" Andre。Can't wait for the next installment！ Evan Smoak is retired 。。。 or so we think。A strange phone number keeps calling him on his RoamZone without leaving messages。 So finally Evan calls the number which is immediately answered which leads to Evan helping another lost cause。。which brings his childhood past back to the forefront。Many twists and turns while Evan helps his "friend" Andre。Can't wait for the next installment！ 。。。more
Patricia Menier
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Another great book in the series。 The ending was a nail-biter and of course now has me anxious for the next book！
Jody
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cliff hanger ending！
Chadd Nolen
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3。5I’ve eagerly awaited this Orphan X entry as Evan takes on his smallest foes yet。 I was struck this time by how much refinement and tech Evan has and uses， which isn’t a new development， but is unique and cool nonetheless。 I found Evan’s emotional introspection tedious and boring for the most part。 The familial revelations and his attempted connections to Joey， Mia， Peter， Lorilee， etc were awkward at best: “is this how humans feel？” I get that part of the premise is that he was trained to ret 3。5I’ve eagerly awaited this Orphan X entry as Evan takes on his smallest foes yet。 I was struck this time by how much refinement and tech Evan has and uses， which isn’t a new development， but is unique and cool nonetheless。 I found Evan’s emotional introspection tedious and boring for the most part。 The familial revelations and his attempted connections to Joey， Mia， Peter， Lorilee， etc were awkward at best: “is this how humans feel？” I get that part of the premise is that he was trained to retain some compassion but talking about how “love” is a four-letter word and weirdly stroking Joey’s hair didn’t quite connect with me。 。。。more
Susan Glisson
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Please don't tell me this is the end。。。。。 Please don't tell me this is the end。。。。。 。。。more
Ginny
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Another great Orphan X book！ Even though Evan Smoak has retired as the Nowhere Man， he is drawn into a case by a woman who turns out to be his biological mother。 She wants him to help Andrew Duran who is being threatened by an assassination team。 Wonderfully written， as always， by Gregg Hurwitz， but with an abrupt ending I still don't know what to make of。 Another great Orphan X book！ Even though Evan Smoak has retired as the Nowhere Man， he is drawn into a case by a woman who turns out to be his biological mother。 She wants him to help Andrew Duran who is being threatened by an assassination team。 Wonderfully written， as always， by Gregg Hurwitz， but with an abrupt ending I still don't know what to make of。 。。。more
Mandy Smith
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I loved this book。 I’ve been listening to this series back to back。 This one was really good bc I liked the technical aspects w/ the drones。 Evan is great at out maneuvering people but drones are a different story。 The ending left me anticipating the next book！ I hope we get many many more books to come though。 I really love all the side characters that are making reappearances！ Peter， Mia， and I love Candi McClure， Joey， Tommy， and all the people who live at his apt complex。 I hope Evan stays i I loved this book。 I’ve been listening to this series back to back。 This one was really good bc I liked the technical aspects w/ the drones。 Evan is great at out maneuvering people but drones are a different story。 The ending left me anticipating the next book！ I hope we get many many more books to come though。 I really love all the side characters that are making reappearances！ Peter， Mia， and I love Candi McClure， Joey， Tommy， and all the people who live at his apt complex。 I hope Evan stays in touch w/ Andre。 And wonder if we’ll get more from the Presidents head of security。 （Her name slips my memory）。 The narration by Scott Brick is absolutely amazing！ He deserves an Audie Award！ Seriously he does！！！ I can see why so many people love him！ I highly recommend this series。 Start at the beginning though 。。。more
Nora
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 That ending shook me to my core， there better be an announcement for the next book soon。。。And what was it with this book and destroying me emotionally with all the sensitive talks between Evan and Joey/Peter （aka his kids）， Veronica and Andre。 Seriously， I did not expect this book to make me tear up like that？Until the （hopefully） next book， I’ll just have to settle for rereading this series I guess。。。
Willem
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En weer een super avontuur van Evan Smoak。
Jamie E
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Still love X， but this was not my favorite。Anxiously awaiting （hoping for） #7。And， I'd definitely read books with Joey and/or Candy as the main character。 Those ladies are fierce。 Still love X， but this was not my favorite。Anxiously awaiting （hoping for） #7。And， I'd definitely read books with Joey and/or Candy as the main character。 Those ladies are fierce。 。。。more
Melissa Magario
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It's amazing to me that a sixth book in a series could be so good！ I absolutely love the plot of this particular Orphan X novel， and I think it's the best one so far。 Hurwitz gives us all the intense situations we would expect Evan to get himself into， along with the high-tech weaponry that makes these novels so fun。 What I really enjoyed about this particular X novel was how we get to see a more human side of Evan。 I knew he had some emotions in there somewhere！ And a CLIFFHANGER！ Half of me sa It's amazing to me that a sixth book in a series could be so good！ I absolutely love the plot of this particular Orphan X novel， and I think it's the best one so far。 Hurwitz gives us all the intense situations we would expect Evan to get himself into， along with the high-tech weaponry that makes these novels so fun。 What I really enjoyed about this particular X novel was how we get to see a more human side of Evan。 I knew he had some emotions in there somewhere！ And a CLIFFHANGER！ Half of me says nooo， and the other half is excited at the promise of more to come。 。。。more
Paula Kraft
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OMGosh！！！！！！！！！The weapon used by the enemy is the scariest yet。 Loved Mom， what an intriguing character。 So much I want to say on these topics and yet to say anything more is to give away one of the most emotional Orphan X novels to date。 Only the loss of Jack comes close to this one。 Just read it！
Brittany
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I hadn't read a Gregg Hurwitz book before this one and I didn't realize this was part of a series when I first requested the ARC but I didn't need to read the others to be able to follow this one。 I'm sure the background history from the other books would have made it better but it wasn't necessary。 It starts out with some background history of the main character， Evan， which is what helped catch me up with the series。 And then we're off！ The action starts and I'm on the ride。 I enjoyed this boo I hadn't read a Gregg Hurwitz book before this one and I didn't realize this was part of a series when I first requested the ARC but I didn't need to read the others to be able to follow this one。 I'm sure the background history from the other books would have made it better but it wasn't necessary。 It starts out with some background history of the main character， Evan， which is what helped catch me up with the series。 And then we're off！ The action starts and I'm on the ride。 I enjoyed this book。 I ended up listening to the audio and it kept me interested for most of the book。 I liked the action and face paced of the plot and enjoyed trying to figure out how the story would go。 This was a good mystery/thriller/action book with some good twists thrown in too。 。。。more
Linda Bond
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The popular Orphan X series has gathered a huge following of devoted fans， and for a good reason。 In his latest offering， author Gregg Hurwitz gives us the story of Evan Smoak who has gone from being Orphan X to becoming the “crusader” known as The Nowhere Man。 And now， he wants to have a normal life and have the kinds of experiences that others have。 But his path is about to become more difficult， when a woman who claims to be his mother asks him to help someone who can’t help himself out of a The popular Orphan X series has gathered a huge following of devoted fans， and for a good reason。 In his latest offering， author Gregg Hurwitz gives us the story of Evan Smoak who has gone from being Orphan X to becoming the “crusader” known as The Nowhere Man。 And now， he wants to have a normal life and have the kinds of experiences that others have。 But his path is about to become more difficult， when a woman who claims to be his mother asks him to help someone who can’t help himself out of a precarious situation。 But now， not only is everything Evan has worked to achieve in his life on the line， so is he。 Once again， Hurwitz has brought us a tantalizing， tense and intriguing tale of this unlikely hero – assassin gone rogue。I met this book at Auntie's Bookstore in Spokane， WA 。。。more
Kahlifornia
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Respect。 Great way to end it。 Kudos to you sir， I appreciate your gumption。 Awesome series， can’t wait for your next effort。
Linda Strong
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Evan Smoak is back！ A trained assassin， he is now retired He has traded an unofficial pardon for a life of leisure 。。。 at least he has to stop all covert activities。But then he receives a phone call asking for help from someone he never expected 。。。 his birth mother who gave him up for adoption 。。。 a woman he's never known。What she wants is for him to help Andrew Duran。 he happened upon something he shouldn't have and now there is a brother-sister assassin team tracking him。 Duran has no place t Evan Smoak is back！ A trained assassin， he is now retired He has traded an unofficial pardon for a life of leisure 。。。 at least he has to stop all covert activities。But then he receives a phone call asking for help from someone he never expected 。。。 his birth mother who gave him up for adoption 。。。 a woman he's never known。What she wants is for him to help Andrew Duran。 he happened upon something he shouldn't have and now there is a brother-sister assassin team tracking him。 Duran has no place to go。。no one to turn to。 This is the last option he will have。But by helping this man， Evan is putting everything on the line 。。 including his own life。While technology pays a large part of this book， the focus is mainly on the relationship between Evan and his birth mother。 There's a tremendous amount of action starting with the first page。 The conclusion is a bit of a cliff hanger 。。。。 have we seen the end to this series？ Although this is 6th in the series， this one is okay as a cliff hanger。 From the very first book， this has been an explosive series。Many thanks to the author / St Martin's Press / Minotaur Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this thriller。 Read and reviewed voluntarily， opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own。 。。。more
Alan
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Good fun but not his bestI like the Orphan X series a lot， not the best out there but they grab your attention and move along at a decent pace。 This one was not quite as good as the others， but worth a read nonetheless。
Meera
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3。5It wasn’t perfect but it was good to be back in this world and find out more about Evan’s background。 （view spoiler）[omg that ending though。。。 there better be another orphan x book coming。 I’m not ready for this series to be over （hide spoiler）] 3。5It wasn’t perfect but it was good to be back in this world and find out more about Evan’s background。 （view spoiler）[omg that ending though。。。 there better be another orphan x book coming。 I’m not ready for this series to be over （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Ali Coo
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Wow what a ride。 Love the Orphan novels。 I love all of Hurwitz’s side characters。 Some are side kicks who you root for and want to see more of。 Some of his side characters are less than acceptable in normal society and some are the pillars。 Some are kids being kids and he writes about this so well。All said， it’s the story that drives a book and this book is a whopper。
Bill Rixham
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As a fan of the Orphan X series I anxiously awaited this book。 I thought is was good but it did not live up to my expectations。 The villains were not well written and the story line was weak。 Of course after the previous book， which I felt was a five star effort， I may have expected too much from this one。 It is worth the read。
Tammy Minder
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Hurwitz if X dies in the next book I'm hunting you down and turning Orphan on you。 You've been warned。 Hurwitz if X dies in the next book I'm hunting you down and turning Orphan on you。 You've been warned。 。。。more
Juanabe
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Orphan X。 Prodigal SonInteresting plot。 Follows the Orphan storyline。 Could see where the story was headed early on， but Hurwitz keeps the reader guessing。 Recommended for the Orphan fan。 Overall， a good read & some fun tech talk。
Gerhard
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Adrenaline page turner I love the whole Orphan X concept。 Escapism at its best。 Every book is a page turner leaving one thinking “How can Hurwitz possibly improve on this？” And then he does！ I could not put Prodigal Son down。 I really hope we see the whole series on the silver screen one day。 I like that Evan Smoak （X） has a sense of humor （almost like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher） ， and not constantly ducking and diving capture by his own secret service （like Ludlum’s Jason Bourne）。
David Dalton
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Another great Orphan X thriller。 Some family secrets are finally revealed。 Loved it all except for the ending。 Kind of bummed out on that。
Martha
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Okay， so I'm six books in to the series and will see it to the end。 Great escape novels from your daily routine。 The protagonist in the series becomes a bit normal， more human in this continuing story。 His interactions with the other owners in his building， former work peers， former boys home mates and newly introduced biological family。 The technical details of weaponry and media are beyond my comprehension。 However， I love the villains created each new book in the series。 Start at the beginnin Okay， so I'm six books in to the series and will see it to the end。 Great escape novels from your daily routine。 The protagonist in the series becomes a bit normal， more human in this continuing story。 His interactions with the other owners in his building， former work peers， former boys home mates and newly introduced biological family。 The technical details of weaponry and media are beyond my comprehension。 However， I love the villains created each new book in the series。 Start at the beginning。。。。。。。。。。。。。 。。。more
Colleen
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This is the latest book in the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz of which I have not previously read。 It is a quick read with fast paced action throughout。 I have read others by this author that I liked much more， this was not one of my favorites。
Rick Engel
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Worth a readEasy to read。 Plenty of action punctuated with emotional stuff which was less enjoyable but required for the story I guess。
Debby
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Love Orphan X
Cammy Lowe
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The series will continue-not tired of it yet
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