Orphan X - Rilegato

Hurwitz, Gregg

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0718181840 ISBN 13: 9780718181840

Casa editrice: Michael Joseph, 2016

Riassunto

*The Nowhere Man is available for pre-order now*

'OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY'
Lee Child

'Do you need my help?

It was always the first question he asked. They called him when they had nowhere else to turn.

As a boy Evan Smoak was chosen, then taken from the orphanage he called home.

Raised and trained as part of a top secret programme he was sent to the worst places in the world to do the things his government denied any knowledge of.

Then he broke with the programme, using everything he'd learned to disappear. He wanted to help the desperate and deserving.

But now someone's on his tail. Someone who has issues with his past. Someone who knows he was once known simply as

Orphan X

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Praise 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 Baldacci

'Memorable as hell' James Patterson

'Orphan X is his best yet-a real celebration of all the strengths Gregg Hurwitz brings to a thriller' Lee Child

'Orphan X is the most gripping, high-octane thriller I've read in a long, long time!' Tess Gerritsen

'Orphan X is most exciting new series character since Jack Reacher. A page-turning masterpiece of suspense' Jonathan Kellerman

'Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense' Harlan Coben

'Mind blowing! A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher' Lisa Gardner

'Orphan X is the most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity . . . A new thriller superstar is born!' Robert Crais

'Orphan X is not good. Orphan X is great. Whatever you like best in a thriller - action, plot, character, suspense - Orphan X has it' Simon Toyne

'There is a pristine classicism to Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X, which borrows from Robert Ludlum and superhero lore to bring us Evan Smoak . . . Orphan X is tight and tense in all the right places . . . Orphan X is weapons-grade thriller-writing from a modern master.' Guardian

'A 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' Independent

'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills ... Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series' Daily Mail

'Bond, Frodo, Paddington Bear - some of literature's greatest heroes have been orphans. Add Orphan X's Evan Smoak to the list' Shortlist

'Orphan X is outstanding . . . 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 Post

'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series' Associated Press

'THE PAGE-TURNER OF THE SEASON' The Times

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Recensione:

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 Baldacci)

Orphan X is his best yet - a real celebration of all the strengths Gregg Hurwitz brings to a thriller (Lee Child)

Orphan X is the most gripping, high-octane thriller I've read in a long, long time! (Tess Gerritsen)

Orphan X is most exciting new series character since Jack Reacher. A page-turning masterpiece of suspense (Jonathan Kellerman)

Mind blowing! A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher (Lisa Gardner)

Orphan X is the most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity ... A new thriller superstar is born! (Robert Crais)

Orphan X is not good. Orphan X is great. Whatever you like best in a thriller - action, plot, character, suspense - Orphan X has it (Simon Toyne)

A 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 (Independent)

Bestseller 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 Weekly)

In 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 POST)

L'autore:

Gregg Hurwitz is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Orphan X and The Nowhere Man, the first Evan Smoak novels. He is also the author of You're Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don't Look Back. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford universities, he lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics, including Wolverine and Batman.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Michael Joseph
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0718181840
• ISBN 13: 9780718181840
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 400