Antihero by Gregg HurwitzMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
My thanks to NetGalley for the advnace reading copy, this is not a paid review.
Long live the Nowhere Man! Hurwitz raises the bar with every X book. Now, in #11, we see the tremendous growth of Evan Smoak come to full fruition. This is a series that has consistently had the chops when it comes to action and great writing, now Hurwitz brings Orphan X the complete 360 degrees when it comes to his emotions and the consequences of some actions.
When a young woman who suffers seizures is kidnapped off of the subway by 4 thoroughly detestable individuals and is subjected to a mind numbing amout of degardadtion it is up to the Nowhere Man to find her.
Old freakishly smart stalwart, Luke Devine has a girl with him that was helping the other woman mentioned but left her top meet Luke, she is overcome with the grief of the action and Luke knows who to call, not just for her, but for himself.
Evan finds the woman, Anca, but in her he finds a forgiving soul who will not let him dispense justice the X way, meaning, no killing.
Reluctantly, Evan agrees, but the inner turmoil is briliant in its display within his thought processes. We of course have the brilliant Josephine as well, as Candy McClure along to help.
In short, this is X as you have never seen him before.
Great book!
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