Author:Gregg Hurwitz
The explosive Orphan X thriller from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz.
'HURWITZ FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS' GUARDIAN
TO THOSE WHO TRAINED HIM, HE'S ORPHAN-X. TO THOSE WHO NEED HIM, HE'S THE NOWHERE MAN.
Once a secret government assassin, Evan Smoak walked away to help others.
But when his old handler calls with a warning - the Orphans are being killed off - he also receives a final mission.
A young girl - the last Orphan recruit - is in danger. First, Evan must find her. Then he must protect her.
But those tasked with her elimination will not stop.
And leading them is one of Evan's fellow Orphans - who'll do anything to see him dead . . .
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'WONDERFUL' THE TIMES
'MEMORABLE AS HELL' JAMES PATTERSON
If Bond and Bourne had a lovechild, Evan would be that end product. We're treated to a superb combination of suspense, action, and plot twists from cover to cover.
—— Shots MagazineNail-biting, twisty thriller . . . [that will] appeal to devotees of Robert Ludlum's "Bourne" series
—— Library JournalThis is a great novel ... Do not miss this one
—— BooklistAs well-done as the rest of the series and bloody good fun
—— KirkusA serious contender for best thriller of the year
—— The Real Book SpyHellbent is Gregg Hurwitz firing on all cylinders
—— GuardianPraise for Orphan X
—— -Orphan X blows the doors off most thrillers I've read and catapults the readers on a cat-and-mouse that feels like a missile launch. Read this book. You will thank me later
—— David BaldacciOrphan X is his best yet - a real celebration of all the strengths Gregg Hurwitz brings to a thriller
—— Lee ChildOrphan X is the most gripping, high-octane thriller I've read in a long, long time!
—— Tess GerritsenOrphan X is most exciting new series character since Jack Reacher. A page-turning masterpiece of suspense
—— Jonathan KellermanMind blowing! A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher
—— Lisa GardnerOrphan X is the most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity ... A new thriller superstar is born!
—— Robert CraisOrphan X is not good. Orphan X is great. Whatever you like best in a thriller - action, plot, character, suspense - Orphan X has it
—— Simon ToyneA new series character to rival Reacher . . . anyone reading Orphan X won't be surprised that a cadre of peers, from Tess Gerritsen to Lee Child, have lined up to praise it
—— IndependentBestseller Hurwitz melds non-stop action and high-tech gadgetry with an acute character study in this excellent series opener . . . Evan Smoak is an electrifying character
—— Publishers WeeklyIn terms of plot, characters, suspense and innovation, Orphan X is outstanding . . . I've always thought that one reason for Tom Clancy's success was the endless detail he provided about military hardware, and that the James Bond novels benefited from the loving attention Ian Fleming devoted to the martinis, expensive cars and gorgeous women he so admired. Hurwitz outdoes both writers . . . Orphan X is a smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller. It's also the start of a series, one that might give Lee Child's Jack Reacher books a run for their money
—— WASHINGTON POSTA masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series
—— Associated PressProfound and moving and completely original, with a storyline that is completely satisfying. It'll be one of those novels that stays in my mind forever... it's a work of art
—— Craig Brown on 'After the Party'I finished it in two days flat and I've never read anything quite like it
—— Hilary Spurling on 'After the Party'A wonderfully subtle and interesting account of the Mosley women, with a compelling voice
—— Linda Grant on 'After the Party'Fascinating, moving
—— Good HousekeepingA gripping story of love, loss and tragic betrayal
—— Country & TownhouseA compelling family saga
—— Sunday TimesA WOMAN'S WEEKLY BOOK CLUB READ
—— MY WEEKLYDaringly ambitious... a novel that invites the reader to immerse themselves in the sweep of history, the rich and detailed research... breathtaking
—— OBSERVERGreat Circle is an epic trip-through Prohibition and World War II, from Montana to London to present-day Hollywood-and you'll relish every minute
—— PEOPLE MAGAZINEGlitz and guts square off in Great Circle: a tale of two women set apart by a century, fighting to retain control of their own lives in a society that demands subservience. Shipstead is adept at writing so vividly, the reader can feel the thrill and pain of her characters. Cunningly crafted. . . richly layered, a joy to read . . . riveting
—— THE SPOKESMAN REVIEWMesmerizing
—— TATLERAn enthralling epic about aviation and adventure. A big, baggy blast of a book bulging with sex and drugs, taking in Prohibition-era Montana, wartime London, present-day Hollywood, painting and physics. I loved it
—— REBECCA JONES, BBC ARTS CORRESPONDENTA generous, escapist treat
—— i-PAPER, 30 BEST BOOKS FOR SUMMERA soaring epic of female adventure and wanderlust
—— GUARDIANBestselling novelist Maggie Shipstead was struggling to depict a female adventurer. So she became one. The stakes of GREAT CIRCLE are high-for its heroine, literally life or death. Though Shipstead never learned to fly herself, she aligned with her main character Marian Graves in more important ways . . . She is interested in testing her limits
—— L A TIMESRelentlessly exciting . . . My top recommendation for this summer. Shipstead's sweeping new female-centered epic intertwines the story of Marian, an aviator who wants to circumnavigate the globe with that of actor Hadley Baxter, cast a century later to play Marian in a film. What can Marian's life tell Hadley about her own?
—— WASHINGTON POSTDazzling prose in the service of an expansive story that covers more than a century and seems to encapsulate the whole wide world. With detailed brilliance, she lavishes heart and empathy on every character. She never wavers, pulls out a twist or two that feel fully earned, and then sticks the landing
—— BOSTON GLOBESwinging from one century to the next, from the moneyed splendor of cities to the shifting Antarctic ice, Shipstead's prose overflows with meticulous detail
—— MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNEEnthralling. Moving and surprising at every turn
—— GUARDIANSweepingly panoramic and immersive. An audacious epic
—— DAILY MAIL, 'Best Fiction of 2021'In a moment when our quarantined worlds have become so small, GREAT CIRCLE offers more than just wanderlust; it feels like a liberation.
—— ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYMaggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's eye for detail
—— THE TIMESThe beginning of Maggie Shipstead's astounding novel, a Booker finalist, includes a series of endings: two plane crashes, a sunken ship and several people dead. The bad luck continues when one of the ship's young survivors, Marian, grows up to become a pilot-only to disappear on the job. Shipstead unravels parallel narratives, Marian's and that of another woman whose life is changed by Marian's story, in glorious detail. Every character, whether mentioned once or 50 times, has a specific, necessary presence. It's a narrative made to be devoured, one that is both timeless and satisfying.
—— TIME, BOOK OF THE YEARAbsolutely dazzling
—— NEWSWEEKThrilling
—— DAILY MAILGREAT CIRCLE flew us to a different world. A book to devour
—— TELEGRAPH, BOOK OF THE YEARA sweeping saga that alternates between the life of a tenacious female aviator in the 1930s and that of a millennial film star cast to play her in a biopic. In death, 'each of us destroys the world,' the author observes - but her engrossing novel is a moving reflection on the will to survive
—— THE ECONOMISTArtfully constructed and exhuberantly entertaining
—— THE MAIL, BOOK OF THE YEARShipstead soars in this expansive, beautiful novel about women and flight
—— THE STRAITS TIMESEngrossing, ambitious, beautifully written
—— DAILY EXPESS, Summer ReadingCompletely engrossing from the very first page. You won't be able to put this down
—— HELLO MAGAZINEA brilliant saga of a book. It will absolutely captivate you
—— JANE GARVEY, Fortunately Podcast