I enjoyed reading this book. It had a good story to it. I like the authors style of writing in this book. I hope to read more books by this author.

I read the first three books in the Orphan X series almost back to back and really loved them despite having high expectations! As I have written in another review of the series, I really like that Gregg Hurwitz doesn't let his protagonist, Evan Smoak aka Orphan X, be an invincible super hero who never gets grazed by a bullet or makes a wrong decision. Orphan X has limited social skills, gets taken by the bad guys etc., acts in a predictable way etc., but he is still a super cool dude that you are rooting for from cover to cover.
There is almost a tie between the third and this fourth book in the series, but I actually think that this book is even better due to Hurwitz's plot and character development (the latter is still not his strongest suit, but the plot and attention to detail (without becoming show-off nerdy about it!) make up for it!).
I would definitely read the books in chronological order although Hurwitz does a fine job explaining past events in the progression of the series. Any way you read the books, however, you are in for a ride that will leave you begging Hurwitz for more.

“Like a prayer, he hears Jack’s words in his ear as if he were right beside him: Envision someone else, someone better than you. Stronger. Smarter. Tougher. Then do what that guy would do.”*

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Evan aka Orphan X, former assassin turned savior for people with nowhere else to turn, needs to eliminate the most powerful person in the United States before all traces of the Orphan project are destroyed. To make matters worse, Evan picked up a new client with a heart-breaking problem, an old nemesis hot on his tail, and has discovered a threat to someone close to him.

The reader is quickly brought up to speed on Evan’s background and current conflicts, making this an easy-to-dive-into story for those new to the series.

OUT OF THE DARK is a solid series installment with fantastic action sequences. Evan works to understand what about his first mission has made the Orphan project such a liability and he engages with series favorite characters such as neighbor Mia and her young son. His latest client is my favorite of the people he’s helped. I can’t wait to see where the author takes the series next.

Pour a glass of fancy vodka and buckle in for another wild ride.

Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Minotaur Books for the opportunity to experience this novel in advance of its release.

*Please note that my review is based on uncorrected text.

I found this book to be interesting in a couple of different ways. The first was that Evan's past of when he started out as Orphan X came back into play. This part ended up being a bit crazy. Evan goes after a big target, who then enlists the aid of another Orphan to beat Evan, who himself turns to an Orphan he has been at odds with in the past. Such a sticky web. At first it didn't seem like Evan was going to be able to accomplish what he needed to and quite frankly I wasn't sure at times if he would even survive. Ahhh, but the end with the phone and everything laid out, really shows why Evan is so great. To pull off something like that took genius and patience, so very much patience.

The second part of this book that was interesting was Evan's personal life. He really wants to be normal, to have connections and has been building them in the last while. But coincidences were great and a couple of lines were sort of connected for Mia, causing to rethink things. It's too bad too, because they would be so great together.

Evan's work as the Nowhere man broke my heart in this book. He couldn't have helped a better person. I liked that Evan went above and beyond what was needed with this person and gave comfort when needed.

It will be interesting to see where things go from here for Evan.

The main plotline in Out of the Dark picks up where the previous book in this series, Hellbent, left off. Jonathan Bennett, the President of the US, has authorized Orphan A to kill Evan Smoak (Orphan X) and thereafter to decimate all the remaining black ops orphans from the original secret government program. Evan doesn’t know exactly why he has been targeted, but he has figured out that it has something to do with his very first assignment back in 1997. He goes into attack-mode against both Orphan A and the President.

At the same time, his self-imposed responsibilities as the Nowhere Man provide Evan with a very different task: helping to protect Trevon, an innocent victim who, together with his family, has been targeted by a drug overlord. How Evan manages to juggle what needs to be done in these two disparate operations is a bit over-the-top. You have to suspend disbelief at times while reading about Evan’s exploits. Nevertheless, it is a compelling action-packed thriller that is hard to put down. I look forward to more novels about Orphan X, a rogue enforcer with his own unique set of moral principles.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was given this book from NetGalley for an honest review -
You may want to read the previous books by Gregg Hurtz as this continues Orphan X - Evan.
Orphan X was among the other orphans trained as assassins, but he broke away from the program.
Now someone is trying to kill off the orphans.
Orphan X is going after the killer.
This book is action packed and very exciting with a little romance thrown in.

This was another stellar product from Gregg Hurwitz. Evan Smoak is an amazing tool that the US government used in many ways and some of those might have been more ruthless and undermining to the good order on the international stage.

Smoak deals with demons from the past in forms of fairly prominent people. His job as an orphan in one of the most complex black ops communities has led him down a dark path that led him to running from the people that were leading him. They've wiped out a lot that Smoak loved and cared for and its his turn now to make things right. As Orphan X, Smoak fights against and with other orphans to make things right.

I have always enjoyed the Orphan X series from Hurwitz and this is another great read that definitely gets 5 stars from me. There is plenty of intrigue and page turning action to keep you driven to want to know the truth.

Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz is the fourth book in his Orphan X series. This latest offering is a thriller of the first order. Orphan X continues his exciting personal missions.

Evan is subject number twenty-four in the Department of Defense covert Orphan Program and has been given the codename Orphan X. All of the orphans were taken from foster homes, group homes or similar housing and trained as assassins. Evan was taken from a foster home at age twelve.

Evan left the Orphan Program because he could no longer see himself as a mindless killer sent on missions not of his choosing. As the Nowhere Man, Evan now uses his training and resources to help desperate people with nowhere else to turn. The Nowhere Man currently has two missions. The first is for Trevon Gaines, one of the desperate that he has vowed to help. The second is a personal vendetta against the current President of the United States, Jonathan Bennett.

I previously read book one of the series but not books two or three. This novel works well as a standalone, but the background from book one was helpful in understanding the mindset of the main character. Hurwitz has created a captivating cast. Each character has a complete backstory. These characters are complex but not confusing. Trevon Gaines stole my heart. Thus, the characterization is my favorite element of the novel.

The plot is also fully engaging. There are enough twists to keep the reader interested without being predictable. The ending is satisfying but leaves enough mystery to allow for an addition to the series.

Out of the Dark is a complete success and I give it 5 out of 5 stars. I recommend it to lovers of political intrigue.. There is some violence but not enough to deter the average reader, though the very squeamish may be offended.

My thanks to St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. However, the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine and mine alone.

This has to be the best in the series so far. Non-stop action, explosive tension and through it all, Evan still finds time for hope and love, if only he could get free of the clutches of his past, but it doesn’t’ stop him from seeing to another orphan’s future freedom. Gripping edge of your seat reading. There is always hope.

A Great New Orphan X
Orphan X is putting all his skills to work to get the man that is after him before he gets him. At the same time he still being the Nowhere Man and helping someone that needs his help. If that wasn't enough he is also trying to figure out what it's like to be a regular guy and all that is involved with that. You get all the fast action and plot twist that you love from a Orphan X book. I can't wait for it to be released so I can get the audio version and listen to it!

I love these books about Orphan X. They are filled with mystery and mayhem with a little bit of sexy thrown in the mix. It’s well written and pulls you in from the first page. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!

First, thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the Advance Readers Copy of OUT OF THE DARK. The Orphan X series is one of my current favorites, and this installment is probably the best yet. An excellent read, great fast-moving plot, lots of technical detail, and excellent, complex characters. I particularly enjoyed the return of Orphan V and Joey to the mix, both helping Evan in his main mission. My only small complaint is that the Kindle Edition provided by Net Galley has not been subjected to the final typesetting, and has a lot of broken words and paragraphs, rendering it harder to read smoothly. This possibility was clearly explained in the Net Galley agreement, so it was not a surprise, just a minor hindrance in enjoying the book. However, having the chance to read it before the actual publication date more than made up for the inconvenience, and I'll definitely read the future Orphan X novels as soon as possible before or after publication.

Fourth book in the Orphan X series.
Black ops assassin turned defender of the weak a.k.a The Nowhere Man.
Kills with guns,knives,poison and bombs...He is so clever that makes bombs with very high proof Vodka.
If you can suspend your sense of reality,you'll find the book full of non stop action,lovable characters(specially Trevon) and an enjoyable page turner.

I’ve become a real fan of this series highlighting Evan Moak, Orphan X, the Nowhere Man. Who doesn’t love a protagonist with three names? Author Gregg Hurwitz has written a fast thriller with, yes, three co-mingling storylines for our protagonist. Luckily, they all tend to use the same cell phone so our hero can effectively move between his roles. For readers, each of his personas has developed heft over the course of the series and each has strong appeal, for different reasons. While our protagonist may imply he wants to phase out one of his alter egos, as a reader, I want them all to stay. The varied adventures make for great tales that leave me satisfied in the moment but eager to read the next installment. Here’s hoping there is one. I received my copy from the publisher through NetGalley and am very appreciative.

Seriously, is there a better hero than The Nowhere Man?! This is such a fantastic series - as I've gushed in my reviews of the previous books, TNM (aka Evan Smoak) is such a perfect amalgamation of Badass and Everyman that he catapults off the pages of these books. Hurwitz keeps finding new, even more harrowing, situations that demand a particular set of skills that only The Nowhere Man could believably possess. The plots should, by rights, be impossible to buy into - yet somehow, through the particular brand of magic that Hurwitz and this character seem to spin, the tales are not only credible but thoroughly engaging from the opening gambits to the final moves. The action is deeply personal this time (well, as personal as TNM gets) and its resolution changes the game going forward - here's hoping that there are ever-more seemingly-omnipotent baddies on the horizon that we haven't met yet, because I for one would be crushed if this was the last novel...

I love this series and this book. It's action from the very start, and doesn't let up til the very end. I can't wait to see what's up next for Evan.

Another fine episode in the Orphan X series, where the Nowhere Man helps someone who has lost his family and faces a grave threat. The main plot line deals with a crooked, hard bitten president who finally shows that he has a heart. A little romance is thrown in the mix for Orphan X to lighten things up. The novel kept my interest throughout. Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.

Evan Smoak has been known as Orphan X and the Nowhere Man. As Orphan X, he has “killed generals, foreign ministers, captains of industry” to name a few. He was the best in a program that produced only the best. Orphan X has been hunted for three books now, at first, he didn’t know why, but as he was able to put the pieces together, he realized someone is erasing the Orphan program and disposing of all the orphans. Some have walked away from their life as word class assassins and have tried to create a normal life, some have even built themselves a family. Realizing that these orders are coming from the very top of the Government structure, Out of the Dark sees Evan transition from the hunted to the hunter.

As the Nowhere Man, Evan helps people in desperate need, grasping for a lifeline before they went under for good. Reaching him on his durable RoamZone, each client he helps is tasked with finding someone like themselves that needs the Nowhere man, the phone number 1-855-2-NOWHERE. In Out of the Dark, the mission is a brutal one. When Evan gets that call on his RoamZone, he is immediately forced to break the Seventh Commandment, continuing with the ultimate Nowhere Man mission, perhaps the biggest solo mission in history and helping his new client. The action is nonstop, the intensity continuously climbing. With Evan, nothing is as it seems, when you think he’s cornered, when you can’t possibly imagine how he will get out of the situation, he surprises you and his adversary, but before he does. He asks them; “Look into my eyes. And ask yourself: Do I look scared?”

The new client, Trevon Gaines also lives by a set of rules established for him in an effort for him to live a normal social life. Living with an intellectual disability of sort, but ‘high functioning’ he lives a structured life, following his ‘goals for the day’ given to him, whether it’s at his job, at home, or social cues to help him be accepted by others. At work Trevon found himself filling in for another co-worker that got food poisoning who was supposed handle a task in a specific manner. Trevon was given these new directions, but his ‘disability’ if I can call it that, prevented him from breaking the rules. As I mentioned, Trevon lives a life of structure, only being able to move forward when one task is complete properly. Since Trevon did not complete this task in the manner laid out by his co-worker, his boss decided to make an example out of Trevon to sway any other employee from making such choices. In what I can only describe as a man of pure rage, he jumps from normal to rage in a blink of an eye and decides to literally erase Trevon’s entire lifeline from existence by brutally murdering his entire family and loved ones. At this point, Trevon and his boss realize he has only one family member left that is currently out of the country. His boss’ intentions are clear, his threat real because he has already slaughtered his entire family. Trevon is now hopeless, lost, unsure of what to do, then, a stranger appears, a man with a mission of his own. Find someone that needs the Nowhere Man like he did, and Benito Orellana, the man whose son Evan saved from the gang in Hellbent, asked Trevon “can you remember a phone number?”

The U.S. President, Jonathan Bennet hellbent on killing Evan puts together two teams, one official, led by SAC, Naomi Templeton, the Secret Service agent that has been put in charge of finding this threat against the President. The other team, unofficial led by Judd Holt aka Orphan A, this team consisting of a team of misfits, convicted rapists and murderers. With the President driving the bus, Orphan A has all the tools he needs at his disposal to mount an attack on Orphan X. In one instance, utilizing a DoD supercomputer where Orphan A gave it specific hypotheticals that only an Orphan would be able to come up with, this supercomputer spit out a reservation for a hotel Evan was bedding down in. Attacking Orphan X however proved to be a suicide mission, killing his intruders and getting away from Orphan A in the nick of time. Orphan A, working for the President as well as being on a personal mission to kill Orphan X is resilient and won’t stop. However, it’s been proven time and time again that Orphan X is the best and Out of the Dark proves that once again. With Evan announcing his intentions to take on the most powerful man in the world, by sending him a clear message, multiple times. First, by placing a rifle on his route intended to send a message only the President will understand. The second, Orphan X mounts an attack on the President that is risky, but very impressive and brilliant. This mission, while successful, seems like a failure. It does however make the President become very paranoid. Forcing his people to check, double check, then triple check everything from the food delivered to the White House, to its water supply, the chemicals used in the pool, his clothes, even a suit tie made him scared of Orphan X. Which is exactly what Evan wanted!

Returning characters not yet mentioned include Joey, introduced in Hellbent as a runaway Orphan. She is back with a foul mouth and brilliant cyber capabilities which Evan utilizes to gain an advantage against the multiple parties pursuing him. Joey, bored with her current predicament, but staying put for the time being will hopefully (fingers crossed) return in future Orphan X novels, maybe even get her own short story that Gregg Hurwitz sometimes gives us. (Check out – Buy a Bullet & The Intern). Another returning character, Candy McClure also known as Orphan V. As elusive and deadly as Evan himself, she and Evan have had a long history of trying to kill each other, one of those times, back in Orphan X, Gregg Hurwitz’s first Orphan X novel, Evan was defending himself and kicked Candy into her own stash of concentrated hydrofluoric acid, her back and shoulders taking most of the damage, now “from the front, a centerfold. From behind, Freddy Krueger.” With Candy or Orphan V Evan must tread carefully, with the Secret Service and Orphan A and his band of misfits working hard to track him down, plus the Nowhere Man mission with Trevon, he can’t afford another target. But why exactly is Orphan V announcing herself all the sudden? This spoiler is too good to let escape in a review, order Out of the Dark and plan to take Tuesday, January 29th off from work. This is the best Orphan X novel to date, maybe the best thriller novel of 2019. It is an absolute Must Read. The only instance I can think of to not read this novel right away, is if you have not read any other Orphan X novels. While this book works just fine as a standalone, I highly recommend you start from the beginning of the Orphan X series and read them in order, you will not be disappointed.

Another excellent Orphan X book.. Highly recommended for fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher or Mark Greany's Grey Man. I hope this series continues and maybe Naomi Templeton's character spins off to her own sEricsson.

Evan Smoak is my favorite character. The books are well written and full of action and suspense. The things that Smoak had to go through just makes me like him even more. Smoak takes what he has learned and helps other people in need. Yes, he is like the A-team.

But now people are after Smoak because of what he knows. It this could be turned into a movie my heart would stop beating. Hurwitz was clearly born to write because Smoak is a well-developed character. And thanks to Netgalley I was able to devour the whole series. I want some more lol.