Gregg Hurwitz – författare

Under sin uppväxt i den topphemliga organisationen Orphan inom det amerikanska försvarsdepartementet tränades Evan Smoak till att bli en briljant lönnmördare - tills han en dag hoppade av och blev Nowhere Man, utsatta människors sista hopp. Att lämna Orphan gör man dock inte ostraffat ... Neddrogad och förvirrad vaknar Evan upp i en luxuös säng, utan en aning om var i världen han befinner sig. Vet hans kidnappare om att deras gisslan är en av världens skickligaste mördare? I sin fångenskap nås Evan av ett desperat rop på hjälp och som alltid agerar han fullt ut när någon befinner sig i verklig nöd. En man från ingenstans är den fristående fortsättningen på Gregg Hurwitz spänningsladdade bästsäljare Vem är Evan Smoak? Med fängslande karaktärer, klaustrofobiska miljöer och ett språkligt schvung hugger Gregg Hurwitz fast läsaren i ett hårt grepp. GREGG HURWITZ är uppvuxen i San Francisco och bor idag i Los Angeles. Han har studerat vid Oxford och har examen både från Harvard och Trinity College. Hurwitz debuterade 1999, har 15 thrillers bakom sig och är utgiven i 25 länder. Han skriver också manus till film, teve och serieromaner, bland annat till Wolverine och Batman. Sagt om Hurwitz författarskap:

"Det här är väldigt spännande och otroligt intressant." Magnus Utvik, Gomorron Sverige om Vem är Evan Smoak?

"Läs den här boken du kommer att tacka mig sedan." David Baldacci om Vem är Evan Smoak?

THE HERO

Evan Smoak: former off-the-books assassin - code name Orphan X. His world is divided into those who deserve his help and those who've brought his singular brand of justice upon themselves.

THE VICTIM

A desperate father reaches out. His teenage daughter Anjelina has been kidnapped by a brutal criminal cartel and spirited over the border into Mexico. And while money is no object, Evan soon realises that his prospective client's past is as clouded and compromised as his own.

THE MISSION

If Evan is going to put his life on the line to rescue Anjelina, he must first decide whether he can act on behalf of a bad man. And even then, up against the men who are holding his daughter, there will be no guarantee of success...

Packed with edge-of-your-seat suspense, memorable characters, explosive action and razor-sharp plotting, Dark Horse confirms Gregg Hurwitz's place alongside Lee Child, David Baldacci, James Patterson and Harlan Coben as a master of the modern thriller.

Pre-order Evan Smoak's thrilling return in The Last Orphan, when everything changes and everything is at risk.As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program. When he broke with the program and went deep underground, he left with a lot of secrets in his head that the government would do anything to make sure never got out.When he remade himself as The Nowhere Man, dedicated to helping the most desperate in their times of trouble, Evan found himself slowly back on the government's radar. Having eliminated most of the Orphans in the program, the government will stop at nothing to eliminate the threat they see in Evan. But Orphan X has always been several steps ahead of his pursuers.Until he makes one little mistake...Now the President has him in her control and offers Evan a deal - eliminate a rich, powerful man she says is too dangerous to live and, in turn, she'll let Evan survive. But when Evan left the Program he swore to only use his skills against those who really deserve it. Now he has to decide what's more important - his principles or his life.Praise for the Orphan X series'Feels like a missile launch' DAVID BALDACCI'Outstanding in every way' LEE CHILD'Weapons-grade thriller writing' GUARDIAN'An immensely entertaining adventure' THE TIMES