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The gripping Sunday Times bestselling thriller

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR' ASSOCIATED PRESS 
 
 
HOW DO YOU STOP THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH? 
 
 
Evan Smoak, code-named Orphan-X, was raised in a secret government programme. 
 
He left it behind long ago but now someone has been killing off the orphans - and all evidence of the programme. 
 
Only one person would and could do this. The man who created it. 
 
He'll do anything - anything - to save himself. 
 
But what can one man - even an Orphan - do alone? 
 
Against the President of the United States . . . 
 
 
'THE CHAPTERS SPEED BY LIKE AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 
 
'WEAPONS-GRADE THRILLER WRITING' GUARDIAN

Gregg Hurwitz is the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Evan Smoak thrillers Orphan X, The Nowhere Man, Hellbent, Out of the Dark, Into the Fire, Prodigal Son, Dark Horse and The Last Orphan. He is also the author of You're Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don't Look Back. He lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics.

THE PRESIDENT 
For President Jonathan Bennett, reaching the White House was the realisation of lifetime's ambition. He's leader of the free world and the most powerful man on earth. But public support for his administration is wearing thin. And if the truth about his rise to the top was exposed it would bury him. 
 
THE ASSASSIN 
As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from his foster home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Codenamed Orphan X, he was trained to become a lethal weapon, then despatched around the world to do whatever was required to keep his country safe. When Evan discovered the mission was rotten to the core he got out, using his skills to hide in plain sight while helping those left behind by mainstream justice. 
 
THE RECKONING 
But Evan knows about the President's dark past. And that's dangerous knowledge. To save himself and his country, Evan must ask himself one simple question: how do you kill the most well-protected man on earth? And, when he knows you're coming for him, how do you stay alive long enough to try? One thing is certain: a desperate call for help from another unfortunate in urgent need of Evan's protection isn't going to make it any easier ... 
 
Breathtakingly bold, brilliantly accomplished and blisteringly fast-paced, Out of the Dark is The Day of the Jackal for the twenty-first century.

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