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As a boy he was taken from an orphanage, then raised and trained. As part of a top-secret programme, he was sent out to do the things his government denied any knowledge of. Then he broke with the programme, using everything he´d learned to disappear. But now someone´s on his tail. Someone who knows he was once known simply as Orphan X.

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´OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY´
Lee Child

´Do you need my help?´
It was the first question he asked.
They called him when they had nowhere else to turn.

As a boy Evan Smoak was taken from an orphanage.
Raised and trained in a top secret programme, he was sent to bad places to do things the government denied ever happened.

Then he broke with the programme, using what he´d learned to vanish. Now he helps the desperate and deserving.

But someone´s on his trail.

Someone who knows his past and believes that the boy once known as Orphan X must die . . .

Praise for Orphan X:

´Read this book. You will thank me later´
DAVID BALDACCI

´The page-turner of the season is Orphan X . . . Wonderful´
THE TIMES

´The most gripping thriller I´ve read in a long, long time!´
TESS GERRITSEN

´Memorable as hell´
JAMES PATTERSON

´The most exciting thriller I´ve read since The Bourne Identity´
ROBERT CRAIS

´A page-turning masterpiece´
JONATHAN KELLERMAN

´A new series character to rival Reacher´
INDEPENDENT

´A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series´
DAILY MAIL

´There is a pristine classicism to Gregg Hurwitz´s Orphan X, which borrows from Robert Ludlum and superhero lore to bring us Evan Smoak . . . Orphan X is tight and tense in all the right places . . . Orphan X is weapons-grade thriller-writing from a modern master.´
GUARDIAN

´Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense´
HARLAN COBEN

´Orphan X is not good. Orphan X is great. Whatever you like best in a thriller - action, plot, character, suspense - Orphan X has it´
SIMON TOYNE

´Mind blowing! A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher´
LISA GARDNER

´Bond, Frodo, Paddington Bear - some of literature´s greatest heroes have been orphans. Add Orphan X´s Evan Smoak to the list´
SHORTLIST

´Orphan X is outstanding . . . a smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller´
WASHINGTON POST

´Bestseller Hurwitz melds non-stop action and high-tech gadgetry with an acute character study in this excellent series opener . . . Evan Smoak is an electrifying character´
PUBLISHER´S WEEKLY

´A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series´
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Orphan X blows the doors off most thrillers I´ve read and catapults the readers on a cat-and-mouse that feels like a missile launch. Read this book. You will thank me later David Baldacci

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