Prodigal Son
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4.3 • 23 Ratings
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- £7.99
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
Pre-order Prodigal Son, the thrilling new Orphan X book from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz
He can escape anything. Except his own past . . .
'Evan. It's your mother. I heard you help people . . '
Evan Smoak used to be known as Orphan X: a figure as elusive as a rumour, until he came to the rescue of those who most desperately needed his help. The kind of help no one else could provide. The kind that caused concern in the corridors of power.
As a boy he'd been plucked from a foster home and trained as an off-the-books assassin inside a top secret US government programme.
Which is why, even forced into early retirement, he dare not trust the phone call. Nor the caller claiming to be his mother. Asking him to protect a complete stranger who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
None of it stacks up. Yet it bears the tell-tale signs of the secret world that made him. And from inside it, a deadly new threat to the nation's security.
But this time the danger is more personal than he could have ever imagined. Because blood runs deep ...
Praise for Orphan X
'Outstanding in every way' LEE CHILD
'Weapons-grade thriller writing' GUARDIAN
'A stellar series, and the stories get better with each instalment' DAILY MAIL
© Gregg Hurwitz 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
'An immensely entertaining adventure' THE TIMES
Customer Reviews
Hard work for an Orphan X novel.
Blimey, this was hard going. This spends way too long delving into the psyche of just about all the characters. There’s a lot less action in this and more about the emotional, physical and psychological scarring and childhood up-bringing of not just one or two, but just about every character. There is a reason for part of this, which will become apparent 75% of the way through the novel, but by this point, you are pretty fed up with it and find it tedious. You don’t read an Orphan X novel for this, and even the narrative from SB sounds out of place for this story. I wanted an action packed thriller, and all as I got was a rather long diatribe on why so many people are so emotionally screwed! Sorry!
Poor audio
I’ve binged this entire series. Previously very happy with the quality and think the narrator is perfectly cast. Unfortunately this download sounds like it was recorded in a bucket