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Out of the Dark
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph

  • Published: 07/02/2019

  • ISBN: 9780718185480

  • Length: 448  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 40mm x 162mm

  • Weight: 685g

  • RRP: £12.99

Out of the Dark

  • President. Traitor. Target..

  • (An Orphan X Thriller - 4)

Gregg Hurwitz

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'IT'S ONLY THE END OF JANUARY, BUT THIS NOVEL WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR' - Associated Press

'Exceptional. Gripping, powerful and only too believable. Don't miss it' Daily Mail

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
____________

THE PRESIDENT

Leader of the free world, the most powerful man on earth, and the greatest threat to his country.
He's hiding something dark and sinister, and if the truth got out it would bury him.

He will not let that happen.

THE ASSASSIN

Codename: Orphan X. Evan Smoak was taken from his foster home and inducted into a top-secret Cold War programme. Trained to become a lethal weapon, he was forced to do whatever it takes to keep his country safe.

But then he discovered the mission was corrupt, and escaped. Now he helps those who can't help themselves.

THE RECKONING

Evan knows the President's secret. And that's very dangerous knowledge indeed.
To save himself and his country, he must ask himself one simple question . . .

How do you kill the most well-protected man on earth?

Breathtakingly bold, brilliantly accomplished and blisteringly fast-paced, Out of the Dark is the stunning new thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Orphan X.
__________

'The perfect thriller' Robert Crais

'This will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the year' Mail Online

Praise for Orphan X:

'Outstanding in every way' Lee Child

'Memorable as hell' James Patterson

'Blows the doors off most thrillers I've read. Read this book - you will thank me later' David Baldacci

  • Imprint: Michael Joseph

  • Published: 07/02/2019

  • ISBN: 9780718185480

  • Length: 448  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 40mm x 162mm

  • Weight: 685g

  • RRP: £12.99


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About the Author

Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Orphan X and The Nowhere Man, the first Evan Smoak novels. He is also the author of You're Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don't Look Back. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford universities, he lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics, including Wolverine and Batman.

Gregg Hurwitz

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