Out of the Dark
An Orphan X Novel
Evan Smoak: Book #4
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Description
*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
"This novel will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the year." —Associated Press
"A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." —Robert Crais
When darkness closes in—he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 international bestselling Orphan X series in Out of the Dark.
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan's past is catching up to him.
Someone at the very highest level of government has been trying to eliminate every trace of the Orphan Program by killing all the remaining Orphans and their trainers. After Evan's mentor and the only father he ever knew was killed, he decided to strike back. His target is the man who started the Program and who is now the most heavily guarded person in the world: the President of the United States.
But President Bennett knows that Orphan X is after him and, using weapons of his own, he's decided to counter-attack. Bennett activates the one man who has the skills and experience to track down and take out Orphan X—the first recruit of the Program, Orphan A.
With Evan devoting all his skills, resources, and intelligence to find a way through the layers of security that surround the President, suddenly he also has to protect himself against the deadliest of opponents. It's Orphan vs. Orphan with the future of the country—even the world—on the line.
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Evan Smoak Series

Orphan X
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
“Brilliantly conceived and plotted … Read this book. You’ll thank me later.” -- David Baldacci
The first in the international bestselling series!
Who is Orphan X?
The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to... Read more »
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The Nowhere Man
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
“Will keep readers on the edge of their seats.”―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Who is THE NOWHERE MAN?
He is spoken about only in whispers. He comes to those in greatest need of his protection. There is no enemy he cannot fight. He lives by his own code. He takes no prisoners. His name is Evan Smoak.
Taken from a group home when he was young,... Read more »
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Hellbent
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Evan Smoak—government assassin gone rogue—returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series.
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program,... Read more »
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Out of the Dark
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
"This novel will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the year." —Associated Press
"A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." —Robert Crais
When darkness closes in—he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 international bestselling Orphan X series in Out of the... Read more »
Learn more
Into the Fire
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 11 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
* A Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller *
“Read the Orphan X series. You’ll thank me later."―David Baldacci
Gregg Hurwitz's New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns―just when Evan Smoak thinks he's done, his deadliest job yet pulls him back Into The Fire...
Evan Smoak lives by his own code.
Once he... Read more »
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Buy a Bullet
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy—a near legendary figure who helps those lucky few who are given the means to reach out to him. Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a few as Orphan X. This is the story of Smoak's first outing as the Nowhere Man, where after completing a... Read more »
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The Intern
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy—a near legendary figure who helps the truly desperate, those with nowhere else to turn who are lucky enough to be able to reach out to him. When darkness closes in, the Nowhere Man is your last, best hope.
Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a... Read more »
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