Antihero
Published on 12. February 2026
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-241-59898-6 (ISBN)
Description
DISCOVER Evan Smoak's most complex mission yet - with his usual skills off the table, how can he bring vengeance for those who most need it? Sometimes two wrongs do make a right . . .
'Non-stop action and a wonderful lightness of touch. Hurwitz kills it again' DAILY EXPRESS
PRAISE FOR THE ORPHAN X SERIES
'Weapons-grade thriller writing' The Guardian
'Feels like a missile launch' David Baldacci
'Outstanding in every way' Lee Child
'Makes the Jack Reacher books look quaint' Sun
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Two problems: A tech-billionaire whose psychological crisis could have catastrophic implications for the global order. And the abduction of vulnerable young woman, Anca, seized from the New York City Subway, held, hurt, then discarded like trash.
One solution: Evan Smoak, a former black ops assassin codenamed Orphan X, now dedicated to helping the desperate with nowhere else to turn.
But saving the world from a powerful man who has lost his mind while pursuing justice for an innocent survivor will test Evan like never before. Especially when complicated by Anca's inconvenient insistence that he show some measure of mercy to the men who abducted her.
Because if the world's greatest assassin cannot kill, then this mission just got a whole lot more daunting and dangerous.
As lethal threats mount, Evan may have to choose between upholding a higher code . . . and his own life.
'Non-stop action and a wonderful lightness of touch. Hurwitz kills it again' DAILY EXPRESS
PRAISE FOR THE ORPHAN X SERIES
'Weapons-grade thriller writing' The Guardian
'Feels like a missile launch' David Baldacci
'Outstanding in every way' Lee Child
'Makes the Jack Reacher books look quaint' Sun
---
Two problems: A tech-billionaire whose psychological crisis could have catastrophic implications for the global order. And the abduction of vulnerable young woman, Anca, seized from the New York City Subway, held, hurt, then discarded like trash.
One solution: Evan Smoak, a former black ops assassin codenamed Orphan X, now dedicated to helping the desperate with nowhere else to turn.
But saving the world from a powerful man who has lost his mind while pursuing justice for an innocent survivor will test Evan like never before. Especially when complicated by Anca's inconvenient insistence that he show some measure of mercy to the men who abducted her.
Because if the world's greatest assassin cannot kill, then this mission just got a whole lot more daunting and dangerous.
As lethal threats mount, Evan may have to choose between upholding a higher code . . . and his own life.
Reviews / Votes
Laughs as well as action. A thriller that makes the Jack Reacher books look quaint * Sun * [Hurwitz] is a weapon of mass entertainment and the action never stops * The Express * First-rate and deftly varied combat scenes. Rewardingly, it's more plugged into the mood and issues of the present than a Lee Child slugathon * The Times * Feels like a missile launch * David Baldacci * Outstanding in every way * Lee Child * Weapons-grade thriller writing * The Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-59898-6 (9780241598986)
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Person
Gregg Hurwitz is the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Evan Smoak thrillers Orphan X, The Nowhere Man, Hellbent, Out of the Dark, Into the Fire, Prodigal Son, Dark Horse and The Last Orphan. He is also the author of You're Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don't Look Back. He lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics.