The Code
- Published
- 2 September 2025
- Pages
- 46
- ISBN-13
- 9781405992640
- Type
- short
About this book
The Code, published 2 September 2025, is the latest of Hurwitz's between-volume short stories, numbered 10.5 and issued digital-only like The List and The Recital before it. It runs 46 pages and, like the others in that strand, is optional reading that fills in supporting characters.
Key facts about The Code
Gregg Hurwitz wrote The Code, a short story on our list. It has been out since 2 September 2025. The book has 46 pages.
We list 1 edition of this short story. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405992640 to find the main one.
The Code is book 15 of 17 in the Orphan X series. The series has 17 published books. However, the series starts with Orphan X (2016).
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
The Code is book 15 in the Orphan X series. It follows Nemesis. It is followed by Antihero. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781405992640