Orphan X · Book 1

Orphan X

Published
19 January 2016
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781410486370
Type
novel
Cover of Orphan X

About this book

Orphan X opens Gregg Hurwitz's series in 2016, introducing Evan Smoak -- taken from a Baltimore foster home at twelve, raised inside a black-budget government program, and trained into the deniable assassin Orphan X -- as he goes rogue and reinvents himself as the Nowhere Man, helping people with nowhere else to turn. It runs 400 pages and is the first of the numbered novels that tell one continuous, spoiler-heavy story.

Key facts about Orphan X

Orphan X is a novel by Gregg Hurwitz. Readers have had it since 19 January 2016. It runs to 400 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Orphan X. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781410486370 to find the main one.

Orphan X is book 1 of 17 in the Orphan X series. The series has 17 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

The Damage Man is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 1 September 2026. Meanwhile, Last Man Standing comes next, with an announced date of 9 February 2027.

Additionally, Gregg Hurwitz writes Tim Rackley as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Damage Man is the latest published Gregg Hurwitz book on file, from 1 September 2026.

About Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz is an American thriller author best known for the Orphan X series, following Evan Smoak, a former deep-cover intelligence asset trained from childhood in a black-ops program called the Orphan Program who now operates off the grid as an anonymous protector for people with nowhere else to turn. See every Gregg Hurwitz book in order.

Its place in Orphan X

Orphan X is book 1 in the Orphan X series. It is followed by Buy a Bullet. See the full Orphan X reading order.

Evan Smoak was taken from a Baltimore foster home at twelve, raised inside a black-budget government program, and trained into Orphan X — an off-the-books assassin so deniable that even the CIA barely admits he exists. When the Orphan Program turns on him, Evan goes rogue, reinvents himself as the Nowhere Man, and starts using his lethal skill set to help people with nowhere else to turn: for a single favor and a phone number passed hand to hand, he'll make one impossible problem disappear. Gregg Hurwitz — who…

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