First published 2019
Evan Smoak once lived as Orphan X, a government assassin trained from childhood in a secret program that created deniable killers. He broke free and became the Nowhere Man, helping desperate people when no one else will. Now someone at the highest levels of government is systematically murdering every remaining Orphan and their handlers. When killers execute his mentor, the only father figure Evan ever knew, he decides to strike back at the source. His target is President Bennett, the man who created the Orphan Program and now ranks as the most protected person on Earth. Bennett knows Orphan X is coming for him. The President unleashes his own weapon in response: Orphan A, the program's first and deadliest recruit. Evan must penetrate layers of presidential security while defending himself against an opponent who matches his own lethal skills. Two products of the same brutal training program hunt each other as the stakes climb beyond personal revenge to threaten the entire nation.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, action, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Earth
Period: 21st-century
388 pages · Hardcover · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: violence