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    Dark Horse: An Orphan X Novel
    Dark Horse: An Orphan X Novel
    Dark Horse: An Orphan X Novel
    Audiobook15 hours

    Dark Horse: An Orphan X Novel

    Written by Gregg Hurwitz

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.5/5

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    *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

    The New York Times bestselling series returns when Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever in Gregg Hurwitz's Dark Horse.

    This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and Jack Carr.

    Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission—The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life, and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbor Mia Hall, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission. But one finds him anyway.

    Aragon Urrea is a kingpin of a major drug-dealing operation in South Texas. He's also the patron of the local area—suppyling employment in legitimate operations, providing help to the helpless, a rough justice to the downtrodden, and a future to a people normally with little hope. He's complicated—a not completely good man, who does bad things for often good reasons. However, for all his money and power, he is helpless when one of the most vicious cartels kidnaps his innocent eighteen year old daughter, spiriting her away into the armored complex that is their headquarters in Mexico. With no other way to rescue his daughter, he turns to The Nowhere Man.

    Now not only must Evan figure out how to get into the impregnable fortress of a heavily armed, deeply paranoid cartel leader, but he must decide if he should help a very bad man—no matter how just the cause.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateFeb 8, 2022
    ISBN9781250787880
    Author

    Gregg Hurwitz

    GREGG HURWITZ is the author of the New York Times bestselling Orphan X novels. Critically acclaimed, his novels have been international bestsellers, graced top ten lists, and have been published in thirty-two languages. Additionally, he’s sold scripts to many of the major studios, and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. Hurwitz lives in Los Angeles.

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    4.5/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be another great treat from Gregg Hurwitz, with a fantastic narration by Scott Brick. The series keeps getting better and better, with high stakes and an explosive ending. However, some readers have expressed disappointment with the writing of the teenage character, Joey, finding it unrealistic and poorly written. Despite this, the overall consensus is positive, with readers eagerly awaiting the next installment of the series.

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    • 4/5
      Evan Smoak! I've been a fan of this series since I read the first one, Orphan X, a few years ago, and have anxiously awaited every subsequent installment of the series. This was no exception, especially after the explosive ending of the previous book. And Dark Horse did not disappoint. As usual the stakes are high. Evan chooses to work with a cartel kingpin whose daughter has been kidnapped by a rival cartel. Not his usual type of client, and one he chooses to help because of the teenaged daughter. In the process he gets to know the kingpin, and as he gets to know him he finds his feelings about him growing more and more ambivalent. At the same time, his relationships back home are shifting and changing. I like that we watch Evan evolve as he gets further from his life as a trained assassin and continues to help people who have nowhere else to turn. I also worry that as he loses the tight control he's always had over his life, he's in more and more physical and emotional danger. But the Nowhere Man basics are still here - there's plenty of action, lots of weapons talk and computer talk and some unexpected deep philosophical discussions. And I'm absolutely ready for the next installment!
      I listened to the audiobook version, and as usual Scott Brick brings a remarkable sense of urgency when appropriate, handles the humor admirably, and does his usual exceptional job of narrating.
      Many thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Hurwitz writing of teenage Joey is absolutely heinous. He writes how he thinks a teen age girl would act instead of a real teenager. Cartoon version of a teen. It’s so bad that I fast forward through her parts. I’d expect better writing from this author. Seems like the orphan X series is running out of gas. Ever since Hurwitz has inserted the Joey character the series has fallen flat. She’s 16 but crazy smart and happens to be Latina. Smarter than the main character. Seems like He’s intentionally adding her for cultural flair. Not a fan. The Joey character could be awesome if he toned down the trashy writing.
    • 4/5
      Another great treat from Gregg Hurwitz, read by the fantastic Scott Brick. This series gets better and better!