Hellbent

In Gregg Hurwitz's "Hellbent," Evan Smoak, the former government assassin known as Orphan X, finds his carefully constructed life as the Nowhere Man violently disrupted. Having severed ties with the covert Orphan Program that raised him, Evan now dedicates himself to helping the desperate and overlooked. However, his past catches up when he receives an urgent, final plea from Jack Johns, the only man he ever considered a father figure and his original trainer. Jack, now hunted by ruthless government forces determined to erase all traces of the Orphan Program, tasks Evan with his most personal and perilous mission yet: locate and protect the last remaining Orphan recruit. This young, untrained protégé is unknowingly at the center of a deadly purge, targeted not only by the relentless new head of the Orphan Program, Van Sciver, but also by other shadowy entities. Evan must navigate a treacherous landscape of betrayal and high-stakes espionage, racing against time to save the final vestige of his old world, even as he becomes a primary target himself. "Hellbent" plunges readers into a heart-pounding struggle for survival, legacy, and the true meaning of family.