Category: Gregg Hurwitz

  • “The Code” An Orphan X Short Story Summary

    “The Code” An Orphan X Short Story Summary

    Genre: Thriller Easter holiday Jack sends 17 year old Evan Smoak (long before he was Orphan X and The Nowhere Man) on a cross-country trek….speaking only Portuguese. At his destination Evan is subjected to a “boot camp” that would bring back memories for any Navy SEAL. Unfortunately, those memories are probably nightmares! But young Evan…

  • Book Review: “Nemesis” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Book Review: “Nemesis” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Genre: Thriller Evan Smoak and Tommy Stojack have been friends for many years. Tommy has been supplying Orphan X with sophisticated weapons, that work flawlessly, for as long as Evan has been The Nowhere Man. Recently, Evan has learned that Tommy supplied advanced weapons to the killer knicknamed “The Wolf” and in this book, Evan…

  • Book Review: “Lone Wolf” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Book Review: “Lone Wolf” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Genre: Thriller Evan Smoak continues his search for family and his identity…..while coming to grips with aging. Without his RoamZone (which never happens) Evan….Orphan X…..Nowhere Man….visited his biological father and came away even more depressed and confused about life, his life, and aging. Drinking should solve the problem! Soooo Smoak set himself up in one…

  • Book Review: “The Last Orphan” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Book Review: “The Last Orphan” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Genre: Thriller 2 months after the events of the last book, Evan Smoak (aka The Nowhere Man, aka Orphan X, Roamzone number: 1-855-2-Nowhere), with Mia still unconscious and Joey on a trip to discover herself, is sipping Vodka on a glacier in Iceland…..contemplating….life. Evan is getting older and his priorities, and abilities, are changing. He…

  • Book Review: “Dark Horse” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Book Review: “Dark Horse” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Genre: Thriller This is book 7 of 9 in the Orphan X series. The end is nigh….. 😦 6 months after his apartment in LA was destroyed by artificially intelligent drones, Orphan X / The Nowhere Man (Evan Smoak) is finally getting to the end of the repair. Then…..his RoamZone rings (1-855-2-Nowhere), and he answers…..…

  • Book Review: “Prodigal Son” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Book Review: “Prodigal Son” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Genre: Thriller “Sixty-five motherfucking dollars.” That is all that stood between Andrew Duran and his home, family, and a, hopefully, decent job. Now he is stuck working the midnight shift in an impound lot in a crappy part of town. Barely making child support for his beloved daughter, Sofia, and his wife Brianna. One night,…

  • Short Story Summary: “The Intern: An Orphan X Short Story”

    Short Story Summary: “The Intern: An Orphan X Short Story”

    Lucas is a reporter for an online “news” organization, and Aurora is an unpaid intern for the same organization. Together they have been watching a destroyed church thinking that they might meet the legendary Nowhere Man who is said to watch over the place. Lucas is obsessed with the Nowhere Man. Aurora….not so much. After…

  • Short Story Summary: “Buy a Bullet” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Short Story Summary: “Buy a Bullet” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Genre: Thriller Evan Smoak has left the Orphan X program and is sitting in a coffee shop on University Avenue getting ready to head back to LA. Minding his own business, Evan spots a man and a woman entering the shop. The man is holding onto the woman by her bicep, and is treating her…

  • Short Story Summary: “The List” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Short Story Summary: “The List” by Gregg Hurwitz

    Joey is a black ops, assassin, Orphan Organization dropout. She is smarter, and more lethal, than almost anyone in the world. A hacker extraordinaire. Rescued and protected by Evan Smoak, Orphan X, Joey is now attending UCLA (and living with her dog, Dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback) when she tries to help a college student before…

  • Once Upon a Crime: Five Authors Write a Short Story in Real Time

    Once Upon a Crime: Five Authors Write a Short Story in Real Time

    Ok, well, this was a VERY cool live streaming event that had this fanboy’s mind spinning after it was over. St. Martin’s Press and Minotaur Books, with Criminal Element, hosted a live streaming event June 24, 2020 where five invited authors would write a short story in real-time. But first….. I signed up for this…