The latest installment of the Orphan X series takes readers to places long time fans weren’t sure we’d ever see. In The Last Orphan, Evan Smoak comes up against a new type of threat and comes up against the most difficult enemy he’s ever faced… himself. Gregg Hurwitz continues to elevate the art of storytelling, creating a real sense of the coldness of the gun’s metal, the cutting sensation of an emotional dagger, and the angst of The Nowhere Man deciding the type of man he wants to be.
When the unimaginable happens, Evan is forced to take stock of his life. A single mistake leads to Evan’s capture. His only means of escape is to accept an offer from the President to take out a man capable of bending the rich and powerful to his will. Having sworn to himself to only use his skills against those who truly deserve it, Evan and his allies set off to investigate what is worth more to him - his set of rules or his own survival.
The emotional growth and transformation of Evan Smoak over the last few books has added a new and important dimension to this already stellar series. The impact and effect that Mia, Peter, and Joey have had on Evan allows Hurwitz to raise the stakes even higher than he was able in previous installments. The humanization of The Nowhere Man is now a pivotal part of each story and we are all better off for it.
That being said, don’t let the focus on the emotional side of this story make you think that it is not a top notch action thriller. You like guns? Got ‘em. You like knives? Got ‘em. You like seemingly innocuous items used to kill a man? Got ‘em! There is more than enough action to carry this story on its own, but adding in the moral and ethical quandary that Evan finds himself in, The Last Orphan is everything you’d expect coupled with things you didn’t even know you wanted in a thriller.
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