Prodigal Son - Gregg Hurwitz
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Evan Smoak thought he’d retired from the hero business; or at least that was the deal he’d made to stay out of a federal prison. But when you get a phone call from someone claiming to be the mother you’d never met, you’re at least curious… maybe a little obsessed. The woman in question had a job for The Nowhere Man (Evan’s last “career” before retiring): find and protect Andrew Duran, a down-on-his-luck impound lot attendant who’d had the misfortune of witnessing the murder of a client. Perhaps out of boredom, Evan took up the hunt. |
It’s a hunt that would lead him to a secret military base and the lair of a psychopathic inventor, a hunt in which the former Orphan X would himself become the hunted. The brother-sister team of contract killers on Duran’s trail was nothing compared to the high-tech assassins waiting in the wings. Lucky for Evan that he could assemble a team of his own: a fellow ex-orphan, his nine-fingered armorer, and a teenaged hacker who’d washed out of the Orphan program.
If that isn’t enough, check out that cliff-hanger…
The sixth in Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series, Prodigal Son, rolls out big chunks of Evan’s backstory. That includes both the tale of his entry to the Orphan program as well as some reasons for the animosity of Charles van Sciver, the late Orphan Z. As in previous installments, Evan cuts a swath through phalanxes of bad guys, thrives on subterfuge, and not only outfights but outthinks his opposition. Is he slowing down at thirty-eight? You sure can’t tell…
All five previous installments in the series have been fun romps featuring a hero who is only a radiation accident short of being a Marvel superhero. Prodigal Son is no exception, and it has the added bonus of imbuing Evan Smoak with just a little more humanity.
Highly recommended.
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An advanced reader's copy of Prodigal Son was provided by NetGalley in return for my honest review.
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