The Last Orphan (Orphan X #8) in 2-3-4 Challenge

Oct 18, 2023 Robin rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book, suspense, 2023, 2023-utd

Evan Smoak is on his way to the hospital to check on Mia when he is captured by Agent Naomi Templeton and her Government Agents. President Victoria Donahue-Carr gives him an ultimatum. She will let him live if he eliminates a very powerful man who has some senators in his pocket. This kind of work is against everything that Evan stands for. He decides it won't hurt to look into Lobbyist Luke Devine, the intended target, to see if a hit is justified.

This is the 8th book in the Orphan X series. I ...more

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May 07, 2023 Meera rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: action, 23fav

It was good to go back into the Orphan X world and be with the familiar characters.

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Aug 31, 2023 Charlene rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: follow-this-series, mystery, adult-themes, law-enforcement, crime, rated-not-reviewed, suspense, series-by-author, public-library, group-read

This book grabbed me at the first page. There is a bit of flashback that really fills in more of Evan Smoak's transition to Orphan X in these clearly discerned chapters.

The bulk of the story kept me on the edge of my seat, until I had to finish it before I went to bed. A very late night, but I could not put this book down until I read the last word.

I'm hoping that there will be a volume 9 to this series.

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Nov 24, 2023 Sharon Kallenberger Marzola rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2023-utd, series, mystery, suspense-thriller, audio-whispersync, buddy-read

I love this series. There is a lot of action throughout from Evan getting captured by the feds to the getting justice as the nowhere man. I enjoyed seeing Candy again. I love when Joey and Dog are around. She makes Evan squirm sometimes, but he always learns something from her. There are several times when we see Orphan X vulnerable. He is afraid when he was captured. We don't see him afraid often.

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Apr 28, 2023 Carla rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller-suspense, audio, netgalley, eidelwiess, adventure, 2023-edelweiss-challenge

I have said that the Orphan X series is my guilty pleasure. It is full of adventure, violence yet with a moral bent to it. In this eighth installment, Gregg Hurwitz continues to bring us non-stop action, twists and unfortunately, some morally reprehensible characters. If you aren't familiar with this series, the protagonist is Evan Smoak, who was plucked from an orphanage when he was just twelve. He was trained by the US government to become an assassin. He learned all manner of fighting techniq I have said that the Orphan X series is my guilty pleasure. It is full of adventure, violence yet with a moral bent to it. In this eighth installment, Gregg Hurwitz continues to bring us non-stop action, twists and unfortunately, some morally reprehensible characters. If you aren't familiar with this series, the protagonist is Evan Smoak, who was plucked from an orphanage when he was just twelve. He was trained by the US government to become an assassin. He learned all manner of fighting techniques, tactical evasions, and extensive use of weaponry. He also made contacts along the way, which he still uses now. When he decided he didn't want to do that anymore, he went underground and became "The Nowhere Man." Of course the government officials who know about this program, don't want it to become public so they have been after Evan ever since. With Evan getting older, he is slowing down and in this book, the is captured by the US government. The president wants him to kill a very bad man, who is influencing the government using blackmail. He doesn't want to be a gun for hire, but he agrees to look into it and if he deserves to die, then he will consider it. With lots of innocents involved, this story is another one that had me on the edge of my seat.

The Last Orphan will not be for everyone. There is violence, debauchery, rape, drugging others, murder and more when dealing with the crimes of the man the president wants killed. It is not throughout the book, but there is enough in there. Of course Evan is not a computer whiz, so he needs help from Joey, another orphan who bombed out of the program, who we met in an earlier book in the series. She is like an adopted daughter and I love her banter and humor when she deals with Evan. As always the adventure is over-the-top, and edge of the seat stuff, and this is the closest Evan has come to being killed. Another great addition to this series and one I would recommend to those who love this series, action-packed pacing, and good vs evil. Scott Brick continues to narrate this series and does a wonderful job. He is the voice of Orphan X/Evan Smoake/The Nowhere Man and I thoroughly enjoy his performance. ...more

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