The Nowhere Man

An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 2)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

Narrated by: Scott Brick

“Will keep readers on the edge of their seats.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Who is THE NOWHERE MAN?

He is spoken about only in whispers. He comes to those in greatest need of his protection. There is no enemy he cannot fight. He lives by his own code. He takes no prisoners. His name is Evan Smoak.

Taken from a group home when he was young, Evan was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X - until he used everything he’d learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man. But now, his new life has been interrupted by a surprise attack from an unlikely source. Captured, drugged, and spirited off to a remote location, Evan finds himself heavily guarded from everything he knows. His captors think they have him trapped and helpless in a virtual cage, but they do not know that they’re dealing with one of the deadliest, most resourceful men on earth.

“Superb on all levels and a must-read for all thriller fans.” - Providence Journal

“A masterpiece of suspense and thrills.” - Associated Press on Orphan X

©2016 Gregg Hurwitz (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved

Edge of Your Seat Good

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I loved Orphan X and was waiting not so patiently for the second book in the series. The wait was worth it - Nowhere Man is fantastic. It gripped me from the first page to the last. Evan Smoak (the Nowhere Man or Orphan X) is one of the best heroes in thriller literature. I find him similar in many ways to Jack Reacher but I can relate to Evan Smoak a little better. In this book Evan is continuing with his "pay if forward" help for people who are in desperate trouble. Evan never fails to rescue the people who need him, but this time he is in desperate trouble and time is running out for the person he needs to help - in fact time is running out for Evan. Early on he is in captivity and has a lot of time on his hands to think about his mentor, Jack. In the previous book Evan has watched Jack bleed out on the floor of a parking garage and feels guilty because he believes he caused Jack to be shot. Jack was like a father to Evan - the only person that ever cared about him and that he ever cared about. There are a lot of bad guys out in the world that want Evan dead too. And I mean really BAD guys. There are a lot of people out there that Evan has helped and people he wants to help in the future. I was really pulling for Evan to get out of his predicament. There are several other reoccurring characters in this series. Now I can't wait for the third book. This is becoming one of my favorite series.

Love Evan Smoak..

Okay, this is what I’m talking about. Evan tried to escape from Rene’s fortress twice and both times got caught and taken back. Finally Rene found out who Evan really was and decided on an auction for all those who Evan hurt, killing someone in their family, or killing more than one someone. It was amazing and exciting all the time he was a captive. He never gave up, never accepted defeat. All he thought about was Alison, who was in a shipping container on her way to a foreign country to be sold, and of the boy who kept calling Evan asking for help.

I have no idea what the 1 star reviews were talking about in complaining about this book. It was sooo damn exciting I had to keep pausing the narration to catch my breath. One reviewer said this, “Nowhere man is a good suspense thriller, but it loses credibility when prisoner Evan Smoak always finds the right response to the many desperate situations he encounters.” Well, yeah! That’s what a hero does. This is a BOOK! It’s not real life. This comes from the author’s imagination, not his life experiences. But then there’s a reason 5500+ readers gave this book 4 and 5 star reviews.

Anyway, as much as I love Evan Smoak I won’t be moving forward to book 3. The first 2 were $2.99 and the third one is $9.99? Yeah, that’s not going to happen. There’s too many other good books out there where the price is reasonable for me to spend that much on the 3rd in the series. Maybe if the publisher and author get over being ridiculous with the cost of books I’ll read it. Until then I will say I enjoyed the first 2 books.

No romance or sex and the F-bomb was used 29 times.

As to the narration: As always, I love Scott Brick. He sure needs help with his women’s voices but he does everything else so well that I can forgive him.

Intense

No-one is this strong and crafty and unintentionally compassionate , however it’s cool to think it could be possible. Evan is a scary good guy. Good read!

FANTASTIC

Evan Smoak, aka Orphan X, aka The Nowhere Man wins 1st place in Time Magazine's "Most Talented and Mentally Unstable Fictional Killers" of 2017. Mr. Smoak, a landslide winner of this same category in 2016 for his brilliant debut in Orphan X, has done it again in The Nowhere Man. In the face of overwhelming odds, even fellow tough guys like The Gray Man, Jack Reacher, Mitch Rapp, Gabriel Allon, or John Rain would surely find themselves dead, but Evan Smoak pushes himself beyond death and back to survive the impossible in The Nowhere Man. What an awesome story!!
Although Scott Brick's narration is excellent, it's not worthy of a Time Magazine award, (possibly an honorable mention in People Magazine).

very realistic.

I read a lot of other reviews before reading this book. A lot of the complained that this book was too long and draw out. I think this book is just very realistic. This character is a real person, not a super hero. He has real problems that he works out and not everything goes to plan.