Evan Smoak--government assassin gone rogue--returns in Hellbent, an
engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his
#1 international bestselling Orphan X series.
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained
as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with
the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the
Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers and dedicated to
helping the truly desperate.
But this time, the voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the man who
raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Secret
government forces are busy trying to scrub the remaining assets and
traces of the Orphan Program and they have finally tracked down Jack.
With little time remaining, Jack gives Evan his last assignment: find
and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program.
But Evan isn't the only one after this last Orphan--the new head of the
Orphan Program, Van Sciver, is mustering all the assets at his disposal
to take out both Evan (Orphan X) and the target he is trying to protect.