First published 2022
Evan Smoak operates under two identities. As Orphan X, he served as a government assassin in a classified program. Now he works as The Nowhere Man, rescuing people with nowhere else to turn. After surviving an assault that destroyed his base and navigating his growing relationship with neighbor Mia Hall, Evan wants to avoid new cases. Then Aragon Urrea contacts him. Urrea runs a major drug operation in South Texas but also provides jobs and protection to his community. A brutal cartel has kidnapped his eighteen-year-old daughter and taken her to their fortified compound in Mexico. Urrea's money and connections cannot reach her there. Only The Nowhere Man can help. Evan faces two impossible challenges. He must penetrate the heavily defended headquarters of a paranoid cartel leader. He must also decide whether to risk everything for a criminal client, even when an innocent girl's life hangs in the balance.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Mexico, South Texas
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Kindle Edition · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: violence