I always get excited when the New Year rolls around, and one of the reasons for that is it’s time for a new Orphan X novel.
Dark Horse, the seventh installment in the Orphan X series, features The Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak. After being left with a cliffhanger at the end of the last novel, Prodigal Son, Evan is thrust right back into action, fighting (and falling) for his life.
When Evan’s RoamZone rings, he answers, “Do you need my help?”, he never expects the voice on the other end of the line to be a pseudo-cartel boss. As Evan starts traipsing across the country looking for the daughter of drug kingpin Aragon Urrea. Attempting to live by his Commandment which tells him, “One mission at a time,” Evan simultaneously finds himself in an emotional tug-of-war, between wanting to complete his mission, and wanting to be there when neighbor, and possibly lover, Mia Hall, needs him most.
This is yet another classic Orphan X tale, wrought with some of the most elegant, Shakespearean prose I ever read. Hurwitz is arguably the best pure-writer of the thriller genre. He can weave a story and sentence like none other. This novel is packed with so much action, you’ll need rehab after you finish. Another fantastic book from one of the best thriller writers out there.
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