Part of Orphan X
First published 2018
Evan Smoak lives three lives. Some call him Orphan X. Others know him as the Nowhere Man. But Jack Johns knew him as a boy pulled from an orphanage and molded into a government assassin. Jack trained Evan to kill, yet loved him like a son. When the secret program turned corrupt, Jack became a liability. They eliminated him for knowing too much. Now Evan faces a choice. He can remain in the shadows, helping desperate people who have nowhere else to turn. Or he can hunt down everyone responsible for murdering the one man who treated him as human. Evan chooses revenge. The government created a perfect weapon in him, and now that weapon turns against its makers. They killed his father. He will make them pay.
Genres: suspense, crime, adult, adult-fiction, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, revenge-driven, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, lone-wolf-hero, mentor-figure, revenge-quest
Period: 21st-century
413 pages · Kindle Edition · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: child-abuse, death, murder, violence