Prodigal Son (Orphan X)

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After the death of the man who was his mentor, teacher, and father figure, Evan left the agency and became the Nowhere Man. Innocents who were in the direst of circumstances would call his number, and emotionless Evan would solve their problem in a high-tech, imaginatively violent fashion. The only request he had of those he helped was that they give his number to someone else desperate enough to need his services.

With time running out, he will need to out-think, out-manoeuvre, and out-fight an opponent the likes of whom he’s never encountered to have any chance of escape. He’s got to save himself to protect those whose lives depend on him. Or die trying.I'm actually a great fan of this series, so I couldn't resist when I got the chance to listen to the seventh installment. I was very curious what happened after the boom that ended the last book. So clear a weekend because you’re not going to be doing much once you grab this book. But be prepared as it’s extremely detailed and graphic in many areas. But that’s just who The Nowhere Man is.

As a graduate student at Trinity College at the University of Oxford, Hurwitz earned a master’s degree in Shakespearean tragedies, studies that turned out to be more relevant to his own work than one might think. That drug lord ended up being my favourite character in the book, a great example for ambiguity. Is he a bad man? Well, not entirely. Is he a good man, then? Well, not entirely. That pretty much sums up Evan, too. The science and the weapons information are almost more than up to date, and make for fascinating games of real or not real for readers. Just the other day I saw an article about dragonfly drones-but not ones with ethical decision making capabilities. Here is my petty little question. With all that great information available wouldn’t someone catch that poinsettia’s don’t have a scent? Maybe that booboo didn’t make it to the final version of the book. All of these things, that was the fun of it for me,” he says. “We don’t ever see James Bond go home, right? We never see Jason Bourne trying to figure how to make small talk. It’s funny, I focused on the tragedies, and those are really, you know, early thrillers,” Hurwitz says. “They’re tales of lust, intrigue and murder. They’re highly convention-bound and structured. Narrative-driven, based on pre-existing themes or stories that are repurposed.

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Evan found 'normalcy' was a little like a double edged sword. There is still the part of him that yearns to utilize his expert training, to continue to help people, craving the adrenaline and action, while the other part of him is enjoying his freedom, the feeling of a burden lifted, relishing the opportunity to live a different sort of life. It’s a conflict he’s wrestled with for a long time. A little disappointed. I doubt if this story will recover enough to be a seventh consecutive 5-Stars rating, but it is still keeping me intrigued."

We also learn a bit more about Evan's early life and how he eventually became Orphan X. All in all, this is a engaging and engrossing read and the legacy of this series continues to be one that grips and seduces the reader into wanting more. Considering this is the sixth book in this series, it is both brilliant and fantastic that Mr Hurwitz has been able to keep Evan's momentum going and makes those who are fans of this series wait with baited breath for book number seven. There are plenty of twists in the story, and a dramatic finale that has me anxious to read the next book in the series.

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Risking his freedom, he agrees to the request to help Andrew Duran, a man who is the target of a pair of assassins only because he was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Naturally, once Evan steps in, he draws unwelcome attention, and the race is on… again. I enjoyed watching Evan grow as a person and work on his relationship skills in this one. I have to admit that as much as I love Joey, she can grate on my nerves at times with her teenager attitude. Underneath that harsh exterior you know she has a soft core and is just protecting herself, but that doesn't stop her presentation from being annoying at times. I still love her, but I'm hoping she can be a little less abrasive in future installments. Whenever an author such as Lee Child or John Sandford has a series based on one protagonist, the question arises as to whether the character remains comfortably predictable, evolves, or — heaven forbid — becomes boring. Devoted readers feel that there is a moral contract to never have their main characters be diminished. The relationship between Evan and Mia is problematical because Mia is a prosecutor and Evan is a shady character, but they're drawn to each other anyway. In this book Mia experiences a health scare, and Evan gets even more involved with the prosecutor and her boy.