A great thriller emerges

Out of the Dark: An Orphan X Novel

Gregg Hurwitz Minotaur

Evan Smoak was trained to be Orphan X, and his first assignment more than 20 years ago seemed to be successful.

Now the other elite team members of that mission have been eliminated one by one. Evan investigates and realizes that the man who started the program that turned him into an assassin is having the other orphans killed.

Why is his former superior now taking out these operatives?

Rather than wait for the inevitable, Evan decides to go on the offensive and take out the man who started it all. It will take more than meticulous planning and skill to succeed, since this man is the most heavily guarded person in the world: the president of the United States.

The president knows he has to fight back, so he pulls his very first recruit, Orphan A, out of a federal penitentiary. Orphan A has no moral values, and his first job is to murder all potential witnesses before he kills Orphan X.

Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz takes the reader on a journey from potential love to outright terror. The relentless action and detailed mission-planning make for a clever tale. Hurwitz continues to profile this stellar character and improve with each new instalment.

It’s only February, but this novel will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the season.