{"title":"Gregg Hurwitz","description":"GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times #1 international bestselling author of many thrillers, including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in thirty-three languages. Gregg currently serves as the copresident of International Thriller Writers (ITW). He lives with his Rhodesian ridgebacks in Los Angeles.","products":[{"product_id":"hellbent-an-orphan-x-novel-paperback","title":"Hellbent: An Orphan X Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan Smoak--government assassin gone rogue--returns in \u003ci\u003eHellbent\u003c\/i\u003e, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101552218335,"sku":"9781250865472","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/M2tFVHpaOUROQU5PT3duYUsyRUo4QT09.webp?v=1781071709"},{"product_id":"orphan-x-paperback","title":"Orphan X - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliantly conceived and plotted ... Read this book. You'll thank me later.\" -- David Baldacci \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho is \u003ci\u003eOrphan X?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Excellent...A smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller...might give Lee Child's Jack Reacher books a run for their money.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvan 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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No deadlier enemy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe explosive new novel in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Orphan X series is flipping the acclaimed series on its head. Find out why series superfans and new readers alike are calling it a \"knockout\" (\u003ci\u003efirstCLUE\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvan Smoak is a highly trained former government assassin who has survived for years by keeping his circle to a few trusted confidants and a strict code he calls \"The Ten Commandments.\" But when Evan suddenly finds himself at odds with his oldest friend, all the rules he lives by shatter--and the consequences are murderous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTommy Stojack might be Evan's best friend in the world. He's a gifted gunsmith who has created much of Evan's own weapons and combat gear. But now, he has apparently crossed one of Evan's hardest lines and their argument explodes into open warfare. Now Evan has no choice but to track and face down his only friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the meantime, Tommy has left town in order to honor his own promise to help a dead friend's son. While Tommy is fighting to save the son with everything he's got, Evan arrives with vengeance in mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as deadly as the former Orphan X is, there is an even more dangerous threat about to arrive on the scene. The only question left is will any of them get out alive.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102189555935,"sku":"9781250420954","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LSi7IC1TzB9781250420954.webp?v=1781079112"},{"product_id":"antihero-an-orphan-x-novel-hardcover","title":"Antihero: An Orphan X Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the next book in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling series, Evan Smoak takes on his most complex mission yet―one where he not only has to protect but also avenge, and find a way to balance vengeance with mercy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world, has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to help him. While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help―and sets out finding the young men responsible. But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods―no vengeance and, in particular, no killing. Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. 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