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Evan Smoak survived a brutal kidnapping at age twelve and was raised as an off‑book government assassin in the Orphan Program. After breaking away, he vanished and adopted the identity of the Nowhere Man, a covert operator who helps only those in dire need. When his childhood trainer, Jack Johns, is targeted by secret government agents intent on wiping out the Orphan Program, Evan receives his final assignment: locate and protect Johns’ last protege before the program’s new leader, Van Sciver, unleashes all remaining assassins to eliminate both the target and Evan himself.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Suspense/Action Suspense
Authors: Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
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