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Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and…

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As a historian, I read and write a lot of history, and enjoy it, but I also like to get a change from nonfiction with fast-paced, character-driven novels that are just fun to read. I latched onto this series early - it features one of the most fascinating characters I've run across: Evan Smoak aka Orphan X aka The Nowhere Man. The author takes this outstanding character and places him in complex situations with seemingly endless challenges, and the novels are populated with great secondary characters, too. This latest in the series is as good as its predecessors. I was…

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