The Damage Man
- Published
- 1 September 2026
- Pages
- 64
- ISBN-13
- 9781250469465
- Type
- short
About this book
The Damage Man, published 1 September 2026, is the latest Orphan X short story, numbered 11.5 between Antihero (11) and the next full novel, Last Man Standing (12). Evan Smoak agrees to help a desperate father find his estranged son, a case that turns personal as it brushes against Evan's own birth father. It runs 64 pages and, like the earlier between-volume stories, is optional reading that fills in supporting threads rather than the main numbered plot.
Key facts about The Damage Man
The Damage Man is a short story by Gregg Hurwitz. Readers have had it since 1 September 2026. It runs to 64 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Damage Man. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250469465 to find the main one.
The Damage Man is book 17 of 17 in the Orphan X series. The series has 17 published books. However, the series starts with Orphan X (2016).
It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date. 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. It is also the latest published Gregg Hurwitz book on file.
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 Damage Man is book 17 in the Orphan X series. It follows 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 9781250469465