Lone Wolf

De: Gregg Hurwitz

Narrado por: Scott Brick

Brought to you by Penguin.

A thrilling new novel featuring Evan Smoak - otherwise known as Orphan X.

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Struggling with an unexpected personal crisis, Evan goes back to the very basics of his mission - and this time, the truly desperate is a little girl who wants him to find her missing dog.

Not his usual mission, and not one Evan embraces with enthusiasm, but this unlikely, tiny job quickly explodes into his biggest mission yet. one that finds him battered between twisted AI technocrat billionaires, a mysterious female assassin who seems a mirror of himself, and personal stakes so gut-wrenching he can scarcely make sense of them.

Evan's mission pushes him to his limit - he must find and take down the assassin known only as the Wolf, before she succeeds in completing her mission and killing the people who can identify her - a teenaged daughter of her last target, and Evan himself. Matched skill for skill, instinct for instinct, Evan must outwit an opponent who will literally stop at nothing if he is to survive.

©2024 Gregg Hurwitz (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Different

A very thoughtful story. A social commentary on AI, algorithms & their influence on humanity. The author has weaved an entertaining & poignant story around the impact of social media, social engineering & manipulation of fact & fake, plus a soupçon of what it is to get old. Very well done indeed.

The same but different.

Evan’s world seems to become more complex with every new book. He’s getting older and the world is getting more mixed up and so Evan is adapting.
A well written familiar listen with amazing narration by Scott Brick who does a great job of portraying the familiar cast of characters as they also mature and become more complex.
A deeper look into Evans life. More personal than before.
It does lack the familiar expected action and brutality that we are used to. However, maybe the series needed a curve adjustment. (Spoiler alert) unexpected twist at the end.
Looking forward to the next instalment, as always.