Dark Horse

An Orphan X Novel (Orphan X, Book 7)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

The New York Times bestselling series returns when Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever in Gregg Hurwitz's Dark Horse.

This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and Jack Carr.

Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission—The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life, and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbor Mia Hall, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission. But one finds him anyway.

Aragon Urrea is a kingpin of a major drug-dealing operation in South Texas. He's also the patron of the local area—suppyling employment in legitimate operations, providing help to the helpless, a rough justice to the downtrodden, and a future to a people normally with little hope. He's complicated—a not completely good man, who does bad things for often good reasons. However, for all his money and power, he is helpless when one of the most vicious cartels kidnaps his innocent eighteen year old daughter, spiriting her away into the armored complex that is their headquarters in Mexico. With no other way to rescue his daughter, he turns to The Nowhere Man.

Now not only must Evan figure out how to get into the impregnable fortress of a heavily armed, deeply paranoid cartel leader, but he must decide if he should help a very bad man—no matter how just the cause.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

©2022 Gregg Hurwitz (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Hurwitz & Brick, it doesn’t get any better!!!!

This is book 7 in the Orphan. Series. Although each book can be listened to as a standalone I would suggest listening to the series in order. Each book leaves off with a cliffhanger. The following is picked up where the prior left off. It is not necessary to know what happened in the last book but if you’re like me, you’ll want to know.

In this book Evan Smoak finds himself being contacted by a man he views very much like himself. He’s either a good man who does bad things or a bad man who does good things. He’s a drug kingpin but much of his drug money goes to helping the small Texas town and the people who live there. On his daughter’s 18th birthday it appears she was kidnapped by a particularly vicious cartel in Mexico. Evan is called to retrieve her. He must infiltrate the cartel to find and retrieve her. The previous person was discovered and beheaded.

This book is wild. It’s fast paced. Requires suspension of believability a few times. The ending is quite a surprise!

Scott Brick narrates flawlessly (as always).

This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
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Good but

I love the Orphan X Series and this book was pretty good but starting to get a little to "woke" in my opinion.

wow

as always, a great story. narrator always makes or breaks an audio book. even unedited, it was fantastic!! can't wait for the next one!

One of the best

Great story and performance. A lot of emotional scenes mixed with the usual action I’ve come to expect from X.

Great Character Development

One of the best Orphan X novels. A lot more character development than usual. X is starting to become a real person. Great entertainment.

Another amazing story

The Orphan X series never fails to amaze.
I really enjoy how much the side characters are becoming more important to the MC in each story and find the newest addition to Evan's life really interesting.
Can't wait to see what's next.

loved it!

Story continues to be outstanding. I love the collection of adventures and will continue listening.

Josie needs to change her style

I am addicted to the Orphan X series and I thank Greg for his work. I mean no disrespect but the Josie dialog isn’t believable and is quite annoying. I know, you’d say that’s what she’s supposed to do, annoy. But it’s over the top and non stop. Her disrespectful tirades aren’t close to how anyone talks. “Wait for it, wait for it” is overused in real life and in the book. She uses worn out cliches and it never stops. When she was talking with Evan and the cartel, it was bloody ridiculous and simply unrealistic. We get her character but dial it down and ask a younger person to help you with her dialog. Some recalcitrant banter is fine, but add some respectful and normal dialog. I’m happy to know that I’m not alone on this. My wife and some friends are fans and they agree that is too unrealistic and often worth fast forwarding through. Thank you for what you do

Pretty Good

I think X has run his course but it's good enough I might spring for the next one if I am bored.

Please, God, find another narrator.

Like the books, the narrator makes my skin crawl, just awful. I don’t know how anyone can stand him.