Chapters (82)
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- 1. What He Needs to Know
- 2. The Social Contract
- 3. War Machine
- 4. Clean as a Scalpel
- 5. The Eyes of the Data-Mining Beast
- 6. Struck Oil
- 7. The Inevitable Gurgle
- 8. His Own Dollhouse
- 9. Our Lady of Holy Death
- 10. The Strange Language of Intimacy
- 11. No Longer the Same Place
- 12. Magical Machinations
- 13. Last Glance Back
- 14. Rambo in a Bespoke Shirt
- 15. Back-Alley Philosophers
- 16. Faithful Companions
- 17. Beautiful Monster
- 18. Flesh and Bone
- 19. Somewhere Much, Much Worse
- 20. No End Point
- 21. In Trouble
- 22. Divine Right
- 23. Destroying Angel
- 24. A Complex, Sticky Business
- 25. Not Very Nice
- 26. Man or Nature
- 27. Six in Total
- 28. The Grim Reapress
- 29. Your Bad Self
- 30. Someone’s Idea of a Library
- 31. A Hard Man
- 32. Ready
- 33. The Inexpressible
- 34. What It Is You Do
- 35. Into the Snowy White
- 36. A Real Fighter
- 37. More Animal Than Human
- 38. A Bad Night’s Work
- 39. To the Brink
- 40. People Who Deserve It
- 41. No Ready Answer
- 42. Corners of His Mind
- 43. Unleash Hell
- 44. Celebration
- 45. A Different Kind of Ruckus
- 46. All the Honey
- 47. Collision Avoidance
- 48. Some Bizarre Mating Dance
- 49. Flicker of Coldness
- 50. Making His Preparations
- 51. A Shout into the Abyss
- 52. Some Kind of Advantage
- 53. Some Delicacies
- 54. Bad Dogs
- 55. Almost There
- 56. Mostly Certain
- 57. A Very Persuasive Call
- 58. Cold
- 59. Reborn
- 60. The Only Person Worse Than Us
- 61. To Do Harm
- 62. That Gnawing Feeling
- 63. The People No One Wants
- 64. The Slender Man
- 65. Fragile Little Bond
- 66. Banged Up in All the Right Ways
- 67. What Was Missing
- 68. Object Permanence
- 69. No Extradition
- 70. The Slightest Misstep
- 71. Vaporized
- 72. The Old Stories
- 73. Resolute
- 74. Overlord of Everything and Nothing
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Gregg Hurwitz
- About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
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I’m also compelled to thank readers, booksellers, and librarians for embracing Evan Smoak the way you have. You make it all worthwhile.
And my family—Delinah, Rose, Natalie, my parents, my sister, and Simba and Cairo. I’m blessed to have you.
Also by Gregg Hurwitz
Also by Gregg Hurwitz
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About the Author
About the Author
Gregg Hurwitz is a New York Times bestselling author of fifteen thrillers, including, most recently, Orphan X. Critically acclaimed, Hurwitz is a two-time finalist for the International Thriller Writers’ Best Novel prize and a finalist for the Crime Writers’ Association’s Steel Dagger. Hurwitz is also a screenwriter, TV producer, and comic book writer. The first book in the Evan Smoak series, Orphan X, has been published in twenty-one languages. Hurwitz lives in Los Angeles. You can sign up for email updates here.
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