**THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING EXPLOSIVE THRILLER SERIES

'Outstanding in every way'** LEE CHILD

'The page turner of the season' THE TIMES

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TRAINED TO KILL, NOW HE HELPS THOSE IN TROUBLE

Evan Smoak was an orphan raised in a secret government programme.

When he lost faith in it, he got out and now uses his training to help the desperate and deserving who've nowhere left to run - if you can find him.

But no one can escape their past for ever. Someone is on Evan's trail.

Someone with the same skills and training.

And who knows the weaknesses of the boy who became Orphan X . . .

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'A Masterpiece of suspense and thrills' Daily Mail

'Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense' Harlan Coben